I suspect this varies from country to country, feel free to specify if you’d like. It is known that many of your buildings are old and made of stone. What about your new homes?
Where I come from (US), many houses are made using lumber framing and plywood. The roofing is made of asphalt shingles. Sometimes cedar shakes are used. The siding is typically vinyl, but cement board, cedar lap siding, and engineered wood are also common. Some people may use stone siding, though it is way more expensive. The walls are insulated with fiberglass rolls/batts, and are sheeted with drywall. These materials are relatively cheap in comparison to stone, but need a lot of upkeep.
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Bricks. We don’t have the quantities of lumber required to build houses out of wood. US houses always look a bit flimsy to me as a result.
Bricks, or more specifically brick and block which is an inner layer of breeze blocks, insulation in the middle then an outer layer of traditional bricks.
Double skinned brick/block walls with insulation between. Mixture of plaster of plasterboard on the internal wall facings, the latter being cheaper.
Tiled roof (slate/tile)
Timber joists for flooring / roofing
Interval walls vary – will be blockwork when structural, timber framed when not.
We’ve taken heed of the Three Little Pigs.
Cardboard, if they are anything like mine
>[In USA] The roofing is made of asphalt shingles.
And, afaik, they don’t last very long. My sister’s house has been re-roofed a number of times.
Our house has slates and lead gullies. We’ve just had it replaced because some slates started to slip and the gullies were beginning to leak. The house is well over a hundred years old.
The house is brick built. Double-skinned with an air gap, also air bricks to encourage air movement below the wooden, sprung, floors. Most downstairs floors are now made of concrete – it’s cheaper and, generally, warmer.
In Scotland most new builds are timber frame with brick facades. Insulation is a mix of rockwool and celotex with interior walls and ceilings drywall sheeted
Cardboard held together with spittle and milk-glue.
“Ticky tacky and they all look just the same”
“What about your new homes?”
Depends on the housebuilder, the cost of the house, etc.
Some will do timber frame with “architectural brick” exterior, basically stone cladding, non-structural
Others will do double-skinned brick, either with decorative brick outer, or rendering to cover.
Profit and lies