What style is most desirable ? (Freeport, Glen Cove: real estate, neighborhood, living in)

[propain]

I like colonials or traditional's.

I have to say though, high ranches get a bad rap. While the curb appeal is not the best the layout has many functions people overlook.


Mother/Daughter. Renting. The reason for the high ranch was due to building on low water tables and flooding issues. Most high ranches are on the water. People seem to forget that one day 1/2 the island will be under water due to a hurricane. People with basements will have a full basement of water followed by 3-4 feet of water in their living room and kitchen. (Cat 4 hurricane) Slabs will also be under water on the first level but the kitchen (The most expensive part of the home) main bathrooms and bedrooms will be intact.


A high ranch done right looks great and is VERY functional if you have children. Nothing worse than tromping up and down a huge flight of stairs every time your child cries or gets out of bed. Its also VERY difficult for your child to get a glass of water or even the adult in a colonial in the middle of the night. A high ranch with an open floor plan is great in my opinion.

I have some great pics of my old home in Massapequa. Great open floor plan. My 1st level "den" was 35x35 with big windows and a french door leading out to the yard after I took out the supports and sunk an I-beam in to support it. A nice wet bar, full laundry room and utility room closed off. The upstairs sported a 18x25 kitchen and I made the living room into a dining room / living room. 3 big bedrooms on the same floor with a 12x12 master bathroom. 1 18x20 guestroom on the 1st level. 1 full bath on the 1st level also.

I miss my high ranch these days with kids. I also loved Massapequa. My opinion is if you have kids. Stay away from colonials or your gonna get a big leg workout daily.

[OhBeeHave]

Originally Posted by sean sean sean sean

IMO, this is the most perfect house on Long Island.

92 Main Avenue
Sea Cliff, NY

I love the old painted ladies of Sea Cliff!

[OhBeeHave]

Originally Posted by Crookhaven

Looks like 1313 Mockingbird lane to me.



I like Contemporary, what can I say?

Crooks

We won't hold that against you because you are anti fucco.

[hotkarl]

Originally Posted by OhBeeHave

We won't hold that against you because you are anti fucco.

Just tell 'em to go fucco off
ha ha!

[TheTruth08]

Posted by someone on the NY vs TX thread.

I wouldn't mind living in a house of one of those styles. Something different.

[OhBeeHave]

Originally Posted by TheTruth08

Posted by someone on the NY vs TX thread.

I wouldn't mind living in a house of one of those styles. Something different.

Interesting; looks like someone allowed their child's predilection for Legos influence their design style.

I think a house that looks like Legos (the old school Legos when I was little -- all blocks, no curves) would be rather cool!

[OhBeeHave]

Originally Posted by hotkarl

Just tell 'em to go fucco off
ha ha!

I think I have an idea for a new company:
Fucco Off: "We Remove Bad Taste"

[AlexisT]

I like colonials or Victorians.

High ranches tend to have small rooms and the kitchen is in the middle, preventing expansion: if the kitchen was built small, your only option is to lose the dining room. Because you're on the 2nd floor, you can't expand out the side.

Splits can be a little better, but again, the expansion problem.

Capes, all depends on layout and how they expanded it. A badly expanded cape is a pain. My sister's old cape had been extended on one side to make the living room bigger and add a dining room. Nice. But they'd left the double doors to the patio in the old dining room, and it was open on the other, effectively turning it into dead space. (What they should have done was move the doors, then extend the kitchen into the old dining room--it could have used the extra cabinets and counters.)

"Post modern"/contemporary: Again, poorly laid out and a lot of dead space. What a lot of people don't realize, when comparing the 2000 sf house of 1970 to the 3000 sf house of 2000, is that the amount of usable space may not have increased much. Big foyers feel spacious, but don't add living space. Many "great rooms" don't function better than an older family room, because the space is not subdivided into easily usable segments. Space is not solely a function of square footage; it's a question of usability and planning.

[totallyfrazzled]

Originally Posted by OhBeeHave

I think I have an idea for a new company:
Fucco Off: "We Remove Bad Taste"

That's perfect!!!!!!

[sean sean sean sean]

Originally Posted by Crookhaven

Looks like 1313 Mockingbird lane to me.



I like Contemporary, what can I say?

Crooks

Hell yeah, that's probably why I like it!!

Contemporary is synonymous with McMansion on LI. Most homes built in the last 15 years are hideous.