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Perhaps this would be a better post for my city-data blog and I know over the past year there has been a lot of press (http://www.newsobserver.com/news/wake/raleigh/story/1022984.html - broken link) about the issue of tear-downs inside the beltline, but I am still curious what people think on this issue. What are your thoughts on the look of the addition to the house on the right pictured below? I'm thinking it looks a tad bit out of place, but that's just me.
LOL. OK, to be honest, I like the house. But I think you need to keep the neighborhood in mind when you build. The scale and design both overpower the little house next door.
I can't help but think that I would feel a little sheepish every time I came home, if I were the owner of the house on the right.
Although there are some houses near me that I think ought to be candidates for tear-down construction, my heart almost breaks when I drive by and see the remnants of what I remember being a lovely brick house - in keeping with the neighborhood. This has happened to me recently on Glenwood near Five Points, and on Fairview (going away from Oberlin). In one case, I actually said to myself that I hoped they were merely replacing the roof or expanding upwards....only to come by the next day and find it gone forever.
In most cases, I would prefer that the houses were extended back or up rather than being torn down and replaced by a monstrosity.
A builder said to me once that although they look out of place now, one day all the houses around them will look like that. I get the point but find it had to swallow - particularly in the beautiful bungalow areas of Five Points.
And although I love the idea of my house value increasing, it doesn't seem right that nurses and school teachers aren't able to live closer to the place they work. I feel that the mix of price points is important.
Is that an addition on the back, or does that face the front visible from the street? If it's an addition, it's still not fitting in with the neighborhood (fire that architect!) but worse if it is a complete teardown.
Up here in MA, if an area is declared an historic district, any building must be approved by the local historical society.
Wow, way out of place. It doesn't even match the house behind it and just looks very odd. I agree that the architect should be let go!
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Originally Posted by findingmesomeday
Is that an addition on the back, or does that face the front visible from the street?
Actually, that modern looking structure is an addition connected to the little blue house peaking out from behind it. The addition is to the the front of the house and faces the street.
Actually, that modern looking structure is an addition connected to the little blue house peaking out from behind it. The addition is to the the front of the house and faces the street.
Wow, I'd love to know what they were smoking when they dreamed that up then! I *might* *might* *might* be able to buy some convoluted, twisted logic IF it were an addition to the back of the house. But the front? In addition to being downright b*tt ugly and not in keeping with the neighborhood it's just..........wrong.
Well, NRG, if you make it to the next Modernist Homes tour, you might be able to get inside this one.
According to that link you provided about modernist homes, there was mention of a really small subdivision that may be created of only George Jetson houses. The house in your photo above would seem better suited for that neighborhood.
I like the home on the left, very cute, needs a little TLC, in addition to some weeding/trimming. No comment on the house on the right.
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