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One rather surprising thing to me was a lack of standardization here. For example, I wanted to put up a wall and an interior door for a friend. I picked up the framing and drywall, but when I went hunting for the door, I found that broadly speaking, hung doors don't exist here. Someone buys a slab of wood, and a joiner will build a frame to the size, router out for the hinges, chip/cut out for the door handle you want, where you want it, plus any other locks or accessories. There's no such thing as a standard door handle size, shape, or location.
This applies broadly here, and I have no doubt it causes a loss in efficiency. There are lots of individual artisans making one-off solutions for things that could be mass produced and standardized.
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