My wife is from upstate New York and every home is made from wood, I don’t think I’ve seen a wooden house in the UK. Maybe one or two grade 1 listed pubs.
I get the proximity to cheaper materials, the availability of brick, local resources etc.. But I also see it reflected in the price £400k, for a 4 bed in East Greenbush (outside Albany), vs £700k for a 4-bedroom brick house outside Chester (I thought roughly equivalent, if not weighted in favor of NY).
Surely there’s a market for cheaper wooden houses in the UK? What’s the deal?
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The short simple answer is that, at least in North America, it is far cheaper to build a stick framed house (wood) than any of the common alternatives.
A well build wood framed house will last hundreds of years even in snowey and humid climates.
Its not so much about tradition as it is about cost.
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