re: People who went from nice older home to newer one

When I built my house about 5 yrs ago the only thing that was cheap really was the sheathing but that is technically better generally speaking because the glue actually makes it last longer.

But I had a friend build a home in Dallas and the actually had finger jointed 2xs

I have been in construction for 20yrs and I had never seen finger jointed material except for cheaper trim materials.

They also used some of that plastic/cellulose sheathing on parts of the house which I had only seen that one other time on a garage.