One of the basic choices home buyers in Central Florida face is whether to choose a house built with concrete blocks or with a wooden frame.Block-built houses used to be the rage in Florida.

My concrete-block home recently passed its annual termite inspection. My friend, however, wasn’t so lucky. He’ll be visiting for a few days while his wood-frame home is tented — to the tune ...

NORTHEAST FLORIDA -- Despite similar threats -- from termites and hurricanes -- homes in North Florida are much more likely to be built with wood frames than concrete block, such as those in South ...

In the eerie silence of a neighborhood torn apart, stands a loud reminder of Melanie Hardegree's survival: her solid, concrete block home. "I hate to even think about it now," sighs Hardegree.

Concrete block homes were once almost synonymous with Florida, as post-World War II developers sought to build affordable homes that would stand up to the state's hurricane-prone weather.

The average cost to build a tiny home is $23,000 if built by the owner. The average cost of a standard-sized house is $272,000, plus $209,704 in interest on a 4.25 percent, 30-year loan. Two out ...

Voted the 26 th best island in the entire world in the Conde Nast Traveler Reader Choice Awards—the only Florida ... concrete-block residences and built multi-story mega vacation rental homes ...

“Ask about any builder what they want in their own home, and they’ll usually say concrete block _ the strong stuff,” said David Astorland, owner of Astorland Contracting in West Palm Beach ...

She also helped popularize some of the features that became standard in many concrete-block homes that sprang up in Florida after World War II: screened lanais, Formica kitchen cabinets and ...

In Lee County, just steps from the Caloosahatchee River, lies Priscilla O’Harra’s concrete block home. Her husband built it in the ‘70s, she said, and at 86, she lives there with her son ...

A: Poured concrete and concrete block are the two foundation types that dominate the residential-construction industry here in the USA. I've built buildings using both materials.