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Large trees make a huge difference. And, of course, over many years people will do necessary remodeling and even landscaping. The neighborhood one of my rental houses is in is exactly like the one you described - except the houses were all built in the early 60s. 55 years later, most of the houses have been resided, many have had garages built on, etc. It's a neighborhood like the one you describe.
Yes, I definitely agree with you about HOAs. I think HOAs are more creators of cookie cutter neighborhoods than the original developers.
Cookie cutter means that is like other things, or made from common pattern and is not original.
It is sort of like calling a large house a McMansion. Different people probably have different ideas about what a McMansion is. And by the way, you demean a house when you call it a McMansion. You are assuming a position of superiority. Some people need big houses, and why would anyone sneer at that?
Similarily, cookie cutter seems to be a demeaning term which indicates that it has no originality, and perhaps is cliche ridden.
Many of us live in cookie cutter homes that we seek to make original.
To me, it means a subdivision with, at most, ten different elevations and all of them within the same basic color palette (if that's the right word) -- for example, all pastels or variations of the same four or five colors.
So what does it mean to you? What would you consider "cookie cutter"?
We like cookie cutter homes since the builder has gone thro' several iterations of building the same home multiple times and its down to a science now plus having a neighbour with the same home allows me to help or ask for help when there are issues with the home since everyone on the street has someone who share the same floor plan or layout.
Location: Finally the house is done and we are in Port St. Lucie!
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My son had a cookie cutter house. Before all the houses were in, it was fairly easy to find his house. His was one of the few that had an empty lot next to him. After the lot was no longer empty, I had to look at landscaping to decipher which was his.
His new home is not in the same extreme cookie cutter but there are some tendencies towards that trend. We've only been there once so far (we live in Florida, he is in Michigan) for Christmas last year. We are going up there next month and it will be interesting if we will remember the house and pick it out easily.
I like being able to spot the house just based on the facade.
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