Is this sarcasm ? because sounds like sarcasm.
If Grok generating naked images of children is your ideea of free speech no wonder nobody takes a stand against Trump and Co., you somehow managed turn your common sense to dust...
If you think house prices are a joke now, just wait 2-3 years.
I'm actually a structural engineer with a passion for passive houses and went into programming 8 years ago. I designed and built a lot of houses and I know what you're talking about.. the house builders chase profits disregarding any laws.
IMHO the best thing is to buy a lot and build yourself the house, this way you are sure that you get what you want.
House prices per sqm in Romania based on average net earnings per month is lower than ever, lower than 2014 when price per sqm were at the lowest after the 2008 financial crisis.
Why don't you consider buying the house with a bank loan? it's the best decision to do so even if you have all the money... if you talk with a financial consultant you'll see why.
Housing prices are not out of control, we are lagging years behind other European countries in regard with house prices.
If you look on the numbers you will see that this is actually a good time to buy a house in Romania.
Just yesterday my father's Philips CPAP was replaced after more than a year of complaints to Philips Romania.
Thanks to HN I read an article that said Philips put a lot of money aside for Respironics issues and this made me investigate further.
If it wasn't for HN I wouldn't have found out and most probably Philips Romania would have ignored the issue, so thank you HN!