Brick House

Brick House

I am blessed in many ways.

For one, I live in the same community where I grew up.

Call me crazy, but I have no desire to fight traffic in Atlanta or move to a large city out west.

Nor am I interested in moving into the new 600 house community down the road where the houses are 16 feet apart and you can hear the wind blow in the walls.  

Production homes are just that, built with less expensive building materials on a .35 acre lot, crammed in a cul de sac in the back of a sub par neighborhood.

I am Carolina born and bred and south Charlotte is my home. Raised in a great Crosland community built during the 60’s.

Folks love the side of town where I am from.  They do.

Relatives visiting family, people looking at moving, transplants from the north and the south.

Come one and come all.  

One reason that my community is so popular is because every house was built with brick exterior.  Good luck finding vinyl siding here.  These brick homes retain value year in and year out and damn if the brick on my childhood home looks better with age. 

Brick offers lasting value. 

It doesn't rot, dent, or need to be painted, and it will never tear or be eaten by termites It is one of the few materials that can actually look better with age. Brick also absorbs noise, giving it an acoustic advantage over other materials - especially helpful in densely populated areas.

What kind of siding is on the house you live in? What building materials were used to build your house?

Do you really care? You should.

Brick is such a strong and durable building material that your insurance companies may even offer you a discount on your home insurance costs.

And for those who are looking to build their dream home? Good news!

Carbon Custom Homes builds brick homes. Some of our house plans have fiber cement in the gable or vinyl soffit boxing, but the primary cladding for each house we build is brick.  

Visit our site: Carbon Custom Homes

Conclusion?

Choose brick as your primary exterior cladding.

So huff and puff, but a brick home ain’t going anywhere. 

* Reference: Why Choose Brick? The Brick Industry Association

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