Old buildings, particularly stone ones, can stand for centuries with good maintanence. I've seen so many cases of old (100yo) buildings standing in much better shape than newer (20-30yo) ones.
They can stand but it's the other stuff that's difficult - plumbing, electrics, the things people will need renovated quite often. New builds definitely need to be good quality though. I know a lot of housing in the US are basically made of paper.
Old buildings, particularly stone ones, can stand for centuries with good maintanence. I've seen so many cases of old (100yo) buildings standing in much better shape than newer (20-30yo) ones.
They can stand but it's the other stuff that's difficult - plumbing, electrics, the things people will need renovated quite often. New builds definitely need to be good quality though. I know a lot of housing in the US are basically made of paper.