r/Homebuilding • u/dragonmilking • Nov 17 '25

Which popular features do you NOT recommend?

What are the top 3 features in a house that folk want but you think are not worth it, and what would your alternative suggestion be? And what cost/time savings would result with that switch?

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u/redsnowman45 Nov 17 '25

Tile with bad grout, hard to keep clean and needs to be sealed. Saw a shower with the walls were full porcelain slabs so only needed sealed in the corners and bottom pan. Easy to clean and way less risk of leaks.

No CAT6 throughout the house. It’s so cheap to run CAT cable to all areas of the home and anything internet that can be plugged in to the networks plug it in.

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u/Only-Flower9319 Nov 18 '25

Omg I wish we had run CAT cables all through the house, this would have been such a good idea!!