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Old 04-12-2016, 11:55 AM
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Siding can last a long time, depending on the quality. I have no idea about the grade of siding used by the Developer. The block/stucco houses are not originally painted with the highest quality of paint plus there may be some issues with how soon they were painted after applying stucco. The Villages, in their new home disclaimer, indicates that you may need to paint in a few years. We will see - ours still looks like new after a couple of years.

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Originally Posted by Challenger View Post
Would like to see some justification to the claim that block and poured are more expensive to maintain.

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