Many constructions but few of good quality

As we have mentioned in other articles, construction in Argentina has went through an outrageous boom. The number of buildings built in the main cities, despite its size, has been really high. This can be seen especially in the city of Buenos Aires. The thing is that despite there are a lot of new buildings, their general quality is not as it promised to be.

Nowadays, most of the built constructions have been done with low-quality materials or the later have been collocated without paying attention or even without checking that the requirements were fulfilled.

With the idea of finishing the construction fast in order to sell it as soon as possible, the constructing businesses don’t pay attention to the quality of the materials or to the construction itself… They check the quantity, not the quality. This can be seen in many of the buildings that are on sale today. Another way of proving this is through the consults done at the consumer services institution. Many people have gone there and showed their concern about problems on buildings, like hidden faults, humidity, or water leaks.

One of the things that worry about the quality of the constructions is that it could bring bigger problems in the future. If their is a wrongly placed pipe, it could be wrongly placed in the whole building, and all the pipes would have to be checked, just in case. Although it could be a bit extreme, if you see there are humidity problems, or that some masonry is wrongly placed, you will doubt of the whole construction.

The bad quality of the new buildings and constructions may be a factor that prevents the properties from being sold. Nowadays, the price of property is high, and if people are planning to spend so much money, they would probable expect a good construction and not a property with bad quality products or wrongly placed things. Let’s hope that changes in the near future, or that, at least, the property price go together with its quality.