uneven or sloped floors

jim, it seems to me that they are one of the requirements for new luxury condos. just like granite or marble countertops and stainless steel appliances.

well, i was expressing shock about this , as in "bow in the hell do you not pour the concrete evenly", and someone told me they had seen sloped floors in luxury condos in chicago....

so, really, is this common?...someone said it relates to excesses of the boom years when people would buy anything

personally, i think even a slight slope is off-putting, and ought not to be tolerated....

" It seems bizarre to me that this could happen at all, but some people say it is rather common. Personally, I've lived in and been in plenty of post-war construction and actually don't recall seeing sloped floors ....."

In the '50s, '60s, and '70s, we didn't have as many untrained illegal day laborers constructing our buildings as we do today.

Developers today are also rushing construction so fast that they don't give the ground and foundation time to settle adequately.

I'm with you, jimstreeteasy.

I don't know if it's common, but there is something wrong if it's egregious and not limited to a very small square foot area--a couple of feet of threshold area slope might be acceptable, but you seem to be talking about more. Personally it would drive me crazy, I could never live in a place like that.

And I would sure hate to re-sell that place and try to explain it away!

FYI, floors that are obviously sloping are a red flag to property inspectors. A good inspector will find out the underlying cause.