Not true,
new houses are built to much better building regulations than any others were. They're now safer more efficient and use less building materials than they ever have done.
Buuuuut design has changed, so a lot of people prefer old houses because of their solid walls and high cielings, but they're not "better"
(PsychoChomp, Mon 21 Nov 2011, 11:19, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Safer and more efficient, yes certainly
Better built, no. The design of the layout in my house seems to have been done by throwing rooms onto a board and building them where they land.
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 21 Nov 2011, 11:23, Reply)

We need to bare in mind the source here.
Chompo lives in Milton Keynes and seems to like it, thus one would expect his to be in favour of efficient boxes, rather than proper houses.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 21 Nov 2011, 11:26, Reply)

Possibly

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 21 Nov 2011, 11:28, Reply)

Solid walls and high ceilings are better than
walls I can accidentally put my foot through and ceilings I graze my knuckles on when I stretch, both features I have noted new new builds. They may well have their up sides, but space is not one of them, nor is robustness. I suppose it depends what you prioritise, but feeling comfortable in the space and not cramped matters to me more than efficiency whatever that means in this context.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 21 Nov 2011, 11:24, Reply)

Less likely to get subsistance and stuff.
Basically what I'm trying to remember is what my architect friend said. It was summarised as new builds have less things that go really badly wrong than older houses. But then by the time you've bought it, it's probably already gone wrong and been fixed.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 21 Nov 2011, 11:53, Reply)