Will Boston start building nice houses? (Wellesley, Westford: condo, landscaping, neighborhood)

[jayo2k]

Originally Posted by timberline742

And "decorative" brick? A nice brick house with the old bricks are pretty sweet (as long as they aren't painted), but decorative brick? That's the crud I saw in places like Atlanta or Houston, its just heinous.

I do not know how do you call them in english so I said decorative bricks. But the houses are built in wood then bricks being place all around, like my first pic

[495neighbor]

Sparkle brick is so tacky, yuk, no thank you.

[timberline742]

Originally Posted by jayo2k

I do not know how do you call them in english so I said decorative bricks. But the houses are built in wood then bricks being place all around, like my first pic

So a fake / facade "brick" facing? Totally tacky. No thank you.

[Cliff Clavin]

Originally Posted by jayo2k

I do not know how do you call them in english so I said decorative bricks. But the houses are built in wood then bricks being place all around, like my first pic

That's precast brick/stone siding. It's a cheap building technique and IMO, tacky looking.

But to each their own as they say.

[jayo2k]

I guess, it is the culture of MA to like plastic covered houses... Well, I just can't, too bad, Boston is a very cool city but the houses... yuk. I might just cross it off my list

[Cliff Clavin]

Originally Posted by jayo2k

I guess, it is the culture of MA to like plastic covered houses... Well, I just can't, too bad, Boston is a very cool city but the houses... yuk. I might just cross it off my list

If you don't like vinyl siding, have the vinyl siding removed. It's not difficult. Some people like it because you don't have to paint your house every X years.

I'd also like to point out it appears the Montreal home you posted a pic of has vinyl siding on the sides.

[jayrandom]

Originally Posted by jayo2k

I guess, it is the culture of MA to like plastic covered houses... Well, I just can't, too bad, Boston is a very cool city but the houses... yuk. I might just cross it off my list

If you're considering Silicon Valley your budget is probably enormous. You can find neighborhoods of beautiful houses if you know where to look. Like serious full on mansions. If you want the whole city to look like a postcard look somewhere else, though.

[CaseyB]

Originally Posted by jayo2k

I guess, it is the culture of MA to like plastic covered houses... Well, I just can't, too bad, Boston is a very cool city but the houses... yuk. I might just cross it off my list

I don't know what suburb your second picture is supposed to represent but it is NOT one of the good suburbs.

[Whatsnext75]

I didn't think the point of the thread was about good or bad Suburbs. And for the record I've seen vinyl sided homes like that in milton.

[CaseyB]

Unless I read it wrong, I thought his post implied that it was the type of house available in the suburbs.

Yes, I'm aware Milton has some less than desirable areas.