If you're building houses, and your walls are a "few centimeters" off from straight, you'll get a real asswhoopin'.
Especially if you're building something with more than one story, and you expect people to actually pay for it.
Especially if you're building something with more than one story, and you expect people to actually pay for it.
Brick and concrete make a lot more sense.
So I know quite well what kind of maintenance is needed. We replaced the entire 6000sqm tiled roof last year, it was the original roof, 80 years old.
The maintenance needed on a brick building is fraction of what's needed on a wood building.