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My folks have them on their custom built retirement home (built 2009). I like them myself (at least for that house), sure would make painting go a LOT faster without all the persnickety trim work.
It was an option on our house built in 2005. We opted not to get them because our house is Victorian style, and I didn't think it would look right. But the house next door is Spanish style, and on that house, I think it's appropriate. But it makes painting difficult if you're doing different colors in different rooms. You have to get a perfect tape line.
Yeah, that filled it with caulk in my old house. Part of why I didn't like how it looked. Really prefer the clean edges I have now. If only they had offered the option to not have knockdown finish! That's something I would have paid for.
Yes, me too! Parkwood builders does offer the option of smooth walls. The only builder I know of in Stapleton. I hate that texture... maybe in 20 years, people will be paying to have their walls plastered/smoothed out the way people today have popcorn ceilings removed. As much as we re-paint walls in our house, we'll probably smooth them out with layers of paint lol!
When we lived in Colorado in the 90s they seem to be one the way to pretty much standard fare. Supposedly cheaper for the builder than having a trim carpenter put up all the molding around openings. Cheaper way to do things sold as a higher end upgrade. When we redid our first house, we put in actual trim and got an amazing number of compliments from people who only had the plaster corners.
Now in Tennessee, houses seem to be very different with a lot more trim in place.
I trim the bullnose corners with base cut 22 !/2 degrees and it looks great.Same for sills an easy cut set your compass @ 1 1/2 radius and cut fits perfect every time.Very popular here and I have the cut lines permently marked on my chop saw.Finding a good Trim Carpenter is the key.Cutting 90's and filling them with caulk will get you run out of town around here. far as texture I hate it except a good skip trowel job.Hard to find a taper who can do a good smooth wall.I do them and it takes time not many will pay for.Contractor grade means just that the fastest and cheapest.Lucky for me I sub for High end builders mostly.
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