People in open concept homes are realizing the walls were there for a reason (vent, company)

[Mikala43]

Not defensive at all, I am amused.

I've NEVER had a home sell for a lower price in my life.... and I have torn out one wall in a house opening it up. It was an older home too!!! I think it sold for over double what I paid for it.

I am happy to live with poor decisions like that.

[emotiioo]

Originally Posted by elhelmete

I can't imagine this level of outrage. Really.

And ignorance about how other choices could be...and probably are...judged just as harshly but silently, because other recognize it's a choice, not an absolute.
Something like, "enjoy your mac-n-cheese in your architecturally correct kitchen" (with a condescending tee-hee under one's breath).

It's expensive to re-do an undo. Someone upthread said to put walls back in if they were taken out, and find molding/features that had been ripped out. Easier said than done. Again only talking about older homes. So there is frustration yes. Sellers might not realize that some of the "flip or flop" design decisions might not appeal to their buyers.

[emotiioo]

Originally Posted by Mikala43

Not defensive at all, I am amused.

I've NEVER had a home sell for a lower price in my life.... and I have torn out one wall in a house opening it up. It was an older home too!!! I think it sold for over double what I paid for it.

I am happy to live with poor decisions like that.

You talk a lot about the good decisions you make. Great for you.

I'm not here to compare notes on successful real estate transactions. Only to make a point which others will ignore or reject as they also feel smugly satisfied that everyone agrees with their taste. I don't fundamentally disagree with open concept. It's not what I prefer but I have lived in them. I fundamentally disagree with ruining historic houses for a trend embraced because of a TV channel. In a decade maybe others will be scratching their heads wondering why or pointing out what dated decisions were made in classic homes.

[tamajane]

Originally Posted by Northern Maine Land Man

"Weird how some people have to be so rude towards different styles."

If people didn't like them, there would be no market for them. It's like the remodeling craze in the 1950s where the structural integrity of many homes was lost. Those homes slowly fell apart or had a sudden and catastrophic collapse.

What 1950s craze caused houses to collapse?

[elhelmete]

Originally Posted by emotiioo

Only to make a point which others will ignore or reject as they also feel smugly satisfied that everyone agrees with their taste. .

OK. No irony here.

Originally Posted by emotiioo

In a decade maybe others will be scratching their heads wondering why or pointing out what dated decisions were made in classic homes.

What % of the US housing stock do you think is "classic?"

And in that decade you will probably have owners of those homes living the way they want, happily, without judgement of others' choices.

Edited to add: I write this as someone who would say that about 1/3 of the open-concept remodels I've seen are, IMHO, poorly executed.

[Mikala43]

Originally Posted by emotiioo

You talk a lot about the good decisions you make. Great for you.

I'm not here to compare notes on successful real estate transactions. Only to make a point which others will ignore or reject as they also feel smugly satisfied that everyone agrees with their taste.

It's personal taste, no feels smugly (why all the negative and mean words in your posts?) about their home choices, they just like what they like. The are not "victims" of HGTV (I don't watch), or sheep following a trend, or anything else insulting.

[CapitalBat]

Originally Posted by Mikala43

It's personal taste, no feels smugly (why all the negative and mean words in your posts?) about their home choices, they just like what they like. The are not "victims" of HGTV (I don't watch), or sheep following a trend, or anything else insulting.

Thank you. My house would probably be laughed off this board as too small, too trendy, and too open, but it’s the house we got and are making our home in and we love it.

[emm74]

Originally Posted by Giesela

I think its brilliant and the only solution for open kitchen. A sink counter open to the house is FILTHY. Unless of course you don't cook and you only have a kitchen to impress people.

And this is as rude and ridiculous from the other direction. You like the raised bar top, great, you do you. But some people don't, so it's far from "the only solution" and no, my house with a flat island with a sink in it isn't filthy and it's incredibly rude for you to make that claim and pretend it's got anything to do with facts as opposed to your mean spirited and silly opinion.

[ChessieMom]

Originally Posted by Brandon Hoffman

Nobody has told the buyers in my market yet.

Exactly.

Article is just another piece real estate bunk aimed to get people to change it up (buy something else).

[bizcuit]

Originally Posted by emm74

the main photo in this blog is what I'm talking about in terms of the raised countertop that I loathe and despise. I like a flat counter, all one height

https://www.rtastudio.com/2017/10/ki...rchitect-ohio/

I can understand why some might like that type of arrangement, but I'm with you. I prefer a flat counter at one height. It's a cleaner, smoother look.