Walked through a new construction house yesterday and noticed something about the carpet seams

I was checking out a buddy's new build in Phoenix and walked through about 8 rooms. Every single seam was running the wrong direction for the room layout. The installers had them aligned with the longest wall instead of perpendicular to the main entryway. In the master bedroom it created this weird optical illusion where the carpet looked crooked. The hallway had a seam right at the transition where you step from tile to carpet which is going to get hammered in 6 months. I asked the builder about it and he said the sub was picking the fastest layout not the best one. Anyone else notice new builds cutting corners on seam placement like this?

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robin_wright15d ago

Can't believe they'd just run the seams however they wanted like that.

daniel55215d ago

Wait, like the drywall seams in that new condo complex?