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Used to paint garage floors for new construction in the early ‘00s and can absolutely concur with this assessment. Supposedly “concrete” columns nothing more than PVC pipe sprayed with a layer of cement and then stucco for texture; “crushed coral” window frames just high density foam sprayed to look like coral. These were homes being marketed as luxury but built exactly like the cheap apartments that were also popping up everywhere. Foundations are now cracking, exteriors peeling away and revealing extensive mildew…