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gotta agree with the OP
We are in the process of re-locating to the South and have done house hunting both in person and via the internet.
I so despise houses that are partially brick that I "X" them out as soon as I read that.
full brick=great
vinyl siding=fine with me
partially brick=absolutely not
I can't think of any thing that immediately makes me drop a house selection quicker.
Funny you say that... my house has a brick facade. The exterior design of our house may not have been what we picked if we had built it from scratch. It was a spec home. The brick was a $12K upgrade. I still love my house though.
The weirdest thing I have seen was a house that sits on the corner of the entrance of the neighborhood next to mine. The house has a brick front, brick on the back and brick on the side facing the street, but no brick on the side facing the neighbor. I'm like... ok you've bricked it that far, why don't you just finish that other side? lol
In the Dallas area most of the cities REQUIRE that EVERY building (residential and commercial) be a MAJORITY masonary (brick, stone, stucco, etc). For residential the typical home is required to be at least 75-80% brick. The only parts of the home NOT brick are in some second story sections (you can not put brick on the 2nd story if it sits over a part of the first floor unless extra support is built in). If the area lets you go down to the 75% brick then some builders have the sides of the garage on the outside wall siding (hardyboard, siding, etc). The only homes NOT brick are older frame houses. Our city govt's are pretty strict on this. I don't like a house w/ just a fake brick facade on the front w/ siding on the rest either, yuck.
The first picture is the best looking one IMHO.It doesn't look cheap at all, maybe the cedar siding makes it look more appealing.The stucco look great also,not much my choice, because of the Midwest seasons.Third house does look cheap now that i look at more closely,but its the norm lately i guess.The fourth house is my second best,because its charming,the dormers stands out.I would poll it,if i know how.
I would choose stucco over brick most often, but it would depend upon the style of the house. However, there are plenty of stucco homes that are 90+ years old in the midwest. So there's really no argument for not building with stucco in the Plains or midwest. I lived in an 80+ year old stucco house with no problems. If stucco is applied correctly, it can last for a long, long time with minimal repair/maintenance required, similar to the maintenance/repair of tuckpointing a brick home over time.
I don't personally like the look of a one, two or even three sided brick homes. I'd rather have an exclusively wood or vinyl sided home, or an all brick home over one that's partially this and partially that (unless it's architecturally interesting). The good thing is we all get to choose what appeals to us!
the first home has a very beautifull herringbone brick pattern. Nice
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