One of the biggest reasons I did not buy a new home was not being able to be here during that all important first year when all the building issues show up. There is no way you can buy, go back North for a year, only coming down for short vacations and weekends and identify all the necessary repairs required. For the problems to show up, things need to be used on a daily basis.
If I was planning to be here full time during that all important first year then I might consider new, but if not if, I would only buy a few year old resale. And one that had a full time person living there.
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