Which appearance/style do you find most attractive for a home? (townhouses, pool)
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I've become very interested in real estate lately, and I've got to thinking about all of the different types of home styles there are out there. It seems to speak to the wide variety of tastes and styles that we all have. Certainly some styles are much more common in certain parts of the country, but in my experience a decent variety of homes can be found in most places.
Is there a particular appearance you prefer for a home, or do you think there are attractive homes of several varieties? Please pick all of the options that you would like.
This poll is by no means comprehensive, but I thought I'd stick to the more common styles of homes. Here are some pictures representing each option (what I thought were the nicest representations for each for the sake of fairness):
Those all looked nice, and I think every kind of home is attractive in a different kind of way, they can all look really nice if you make them, but I think that picture you put of the Victorian house really did it for me. Wow, that house looks amazing, had to vote for it.
Some of these options overlap. For instance, a "Victorian" home could have been built using almost any of those materials (brick, stone, clapboard) on the exterior.
Some of these options overlap. For instance, a "Victorian" home could have been built using almost any of those materials (brick, stone, clapboard) on the exterior.
Yep, you're exactly right. I thought Victorian was a more distinct type of style that it should have it's own category, however, as opposed to a relatively plain/straightforward brick, stone or clapboard home.
What you picture as "Victorian" is known as "Queen Anne." "Victorian" encompasses many different styles including Queen Anne, Stick Style, Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, Gothic, Shingle Style, and several others. "Victorian" refers to an era, not to a particular style.
Those are all pretty nice houses except the one labled Stucco. The one labelled "Mediterranian" is out of balance and therefore unattractive, but the concept can be nice. Just that particular one is badly done. The brik house is nothing special. You do not like Tudor? That may be a better brick option for you to consider.
If you are looking a new houses, you will not find houses like what you picture unless it is a very expensive custom house. Most modern houses have bad attempts at elements of all styles.
Traditional (crap)
Folk Style (my favorite house by far here)
Georgian (nice- see how great the real thing looks here without shutters)
Queen Anne
French Eclectic
Craftsman
Builder's basic box
Pseudo European/Mediterranean Eclectic (disaster)
Cabin
I think you should choose better photos for these examples and/or stick with either home style *or* building materials. Brick, for instance, hits a positive note for me because I think of the rowhome I grew up in or more stately older townhouses or brick colonials from the turn of the century or before. That image of the newer house (which, in all honestly, might not even be real brick) really doesn't do it as a classic example of a brick home. Same for stone...I imagined some quaint stone cottage in Ireland, not what could be a faux-stone facade on a mcmansion. Again, with stucco...you have a house that is synthetic stucco. A *real* stucco home is more attractive, durable, suited to its environment and doesn't look like a typical mcmansion with some stucco slapped on. Stick to classic, real examples of building materials or home styles. Wikipedia has a pretty comprehensive list under "house styles."
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