Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
You see so many homes in Canada with the garage front and center and a little bit of house off to the side. It is hideous. Nearly every new development features this type of design. I don't understand what the architects are thinking.
And when this plan is utilized, why is it that the garage door isn't painted or otherwise trimmed out so that it is not so boldly commanding of visual attention?
The garage front-and-center design doesn't seem as usual on the US east coast -- the garage door is either on the side or even with the rest of the house, usually.
In many cities they getting around this by placing an alley in back. The garage goes in back and the front can look good.
I suggested this in the similar thread she started in the Canada forum, but another poster brought up the salient point that that's even more area to be plowed in the winter, which could be quite problem for getting ones car into the alley as at leas teh major roads get driven on in storm keeping them relatively drivable, whereas alleys just fill up.
Those lots are small, there's no room for a detached two-car garage on the side of the house, so it's pretty much got to be in the front. You could run an alley down behind the houses, but again, that's wasted space.
Regardless, you can easily find new developments here without a snout garage if that's offensive to you.
Personally, I don't see how the second is anymore more "horrible" than the first. Size difference of the home aside, I actually prefer the second to the first. Having a large driveway gap between each runty little house isn't so hot either. Way too much extraneous cement. It's also a pain to park in for the typical two-car household.
The garage front-and-center design doesn't seem as usual on the US east coast -- the garage door is either on the side or even with the rest of the house, usually.
Yea, they're rather rare on the US east coast, didn't realize they were a common housing style until I traveled in the west.
Personally, I don't see how the second is anymore more "horrible" than the first. Size difference of the home aside, I actually prefer the second to the first. Having a large driveway gap between each runty little house isn't so hot either. Way too much extraneous cement. It's also a pain to park in for the typical two-car household.
I'd still go for the second over the first, it seems strange to see garages more than houses. Agree #1 is a bit of a waste of concrete. In the Northeast, as I said, the first is the norm not the second, so it's partially just what I'm used to.
You see so many homes in Canada with the garage front and center and a little bit of house off to the side. It is hideous. Nearly every new development features this type of design. I don't understand what the architects are thinking.
I know what they are thinking:
"What kind of house can we design that makes our clients the most money?"
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
