You want to build a house. When given a choice to either buy affordable materials that may be more or less the same as expensive materials or choose costly materials instead of guaranteeing the quality, you’re pondering and thinking hard on it.
What to do? What to choose? It’s a normal reaction, also to put in the factor of financial capabilities, you’re left to make a choice that would lean towards whatever you can afford.
However, it may be tempting to think this way, but either way, you’re going to have to spend a significant amount for a house, so spending is already given, there’s no wiggle room around that, the endeavor is now how to get the best out of what you’re spending. And the best most often come with a price. So choose quality over everything else.
Here are some reasons why you need to invest in good quality materials when constructing your house:
Reliability
First things first, it’s reliable. If that itself won’t convince you to get rid of affordable and cheap products, then all subsequent topics below would be considered futile and in vain. Reliability is the very soul of house building. What’s the use of a shelter when it can’t even live up to its name?
Like for example, you work in the healthcare industry or the food and service industry. The construction of your place of work is carefully planned. They used good quality paint, ESD epoxy flooring coating, good quality lights, and many more. If they don’t use good quality materials, they will be held responsible if an accident happens, which you should avoid.
Durability
With great reliability comes great durability. They’re mutually exclusive with one another. The other ceases to exist without the other. Durability is the longevity that a quality product ensures you. It’s the very reason why they’re called quality products in the first place. It’s the mental exhaustion to guarantee the best possible output of what a specific product can offer in terms of performance, endurance, survival, and continuity.
Finance
In the grand scheme of your life and your direct descendants’ life, it will prove to be more affordable. You are building for yourself and your family includes members of your family who are yet to be born. Quality products would have a higher percentage of perpetuity, the possibility that the house you built would persist until the time where you’re long gone.
Though it would affect your finances on a short-term basis since quality products don’t come cheap, still, then again, it would decrease the possibility of more expenses, maintenance, replacement that would eventually eat up your finances. When contrasted, you would find yourself in a position that you would have rather chose quality instead.
Knowledge
You gain more knowledge on the different materials used. You get to know how it’s made and what makes it durable and dependable. This is more of enlightenment and skill unlocked that could potentially make you an expert in the field. Knowing things that others don’t know is the element of division between amateurs and professionals.
Health
The materials used for your house, if not checked, may be harmful to you, your pets, and your family. Most of the time, hazardous chemicals come with cheap materials. Quality materials are professionally and expertly studied and tested by the companies behind them. Securing your family from the outside world is one thing, but sometimes the threat that can undermine you and your family can also emanate from within the house itself.
Distraction
Problems arising from affordable materials may come later on and, if you’re lucky, can happen while the house is in the process of being built. That itself is a distraction; instead of focusing on something else, you’ve ended up firefighting on a supposedly done part of the house. Replacement or repairs would help distract you from the other essential things that the place needs; you may also end up prioritizing repairs and spare other essential needs due to unforeseen budget leakage.
Time
When you encounter faulty wiring, damaged flooring, or holes on the roof, that itself is a distraction from your allotted timeline. Instead of exhausting energy and efforts to move forward, you’re placed in a position of firefighting and repairs. If only you chose to purchase quality products, then you would’ve been within your timeline or maybe already done by that time.
Productive
After finishing a specific portion of the house, you have the confidence to move forward to another portion. A house can be reliant on each other’s building materials too, and a kitchen floor may be dependent upon the durability of the basement wall ceiling; if one collapses, the other is sure to do so too. Thus, postponing and delaying your productivity,
Sustainability
Most quality materials are proven to be sustainable. Yes, it is most likely that a tree was cut to provide for that hardwood for your panels. However, there would be less need or requirement to cut another tree if the one you have proves sufficient. Choosing durable products is more environmentally friendly in that aspect.
Success Rate
The question arises on how you measure your success when building a house. Is it just the physical building itself that satisfies those eyes, or is it the function and condition of what the building is capable of? This may seem subjective and an object for debate. However, the majority of people lean towards the latter.
Finally, it’s the reason why you’re building the house that matters, and it’s not just the house per se. The purpose of the house you’re building should be as durable as the materials themselves. The quality of your house’s capabilities reflects upon the quality of your decision-making process.
