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Old 04-29-2022, 05:30 PM
 
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Old 04-29-2022, 09:19 PM
 
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Ok. Build your own.

I’ve got 2x6 framing. R34 insulation, triple pane windows, elevated foundation, kick ass back deck and no neighbors behind me.
Most home buyers are not as wealthy as you are.
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Old 04-29-2022, 09:59 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C. By way of Texas
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They’re both bad. Just about all post WW2 houses look like car storage.
Somebody had to say it. Both those homes look bad but I prefer that McMansion over that ranch home. Though I may speak from bias as I hate ranch style homes.
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Old 04-30-2022, 10:01 AM
 
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It was $311K to build 1583 sq Ft. Wealth isn’t a factor.
And how long ago was that?

Does that include the land, land preparation, utility connections, etc.? I suspect once you have those things, yes, the price could make sense in today's market.
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Old 04-30-2022, 11:57 AM
 
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It seems like all new houses in the north suburbs have the same look to them. This style just screams Frisco. Steep roof, multiple colors or styles of brick or stone, a round arch over the front door, and what looks like a round column from a medieval castle. Lots so small that you can toss a bag of sugar through your neighbor's window. One tiny sprig of a tree in the front yard and none in the back. Do people actually like the way this looks? It looks so cheesy to me.




Why don't they build more of these classic ranch style homes? The look of these is timeless.
Fortunately, and I'm not sure you're aware of this, when you go to build or buy your house, you are free to buy any type you like! There are plenty of old ranch houses available, and lucky for you, they're cheaper than the house type you hate! So you will have plenty of choices.
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Old 04-30-2022, 04:33 PM
 
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Fortunately, and I'm not sure you're aware of this, when you go to build or buy your house, you are free to buy any type you like! There are plenty of old ranch houses available, and lucky for you, they're cheaper than the house type you hate! So you will have plenty of choices.
You and EP are confusing "DFW has a lot of bad architecture in its new builds" with "I can't build a house I like."
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Old 04-30-2022, 05:05 PM
 
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You and EP are confusing "DFW has a lot of bad architecture in its new builds" with "I can't build a house I like."
We're not confusing anything. We're saying it is irrelevant to you what style your neighbor's house is, and if it is important to you, move to a neighborhood with rules that enforces a particular style - just like the hundreds of such HOA-enforced neighborhoods around the area.

If there isn't such a neighborhood favoring your ideal house style, its because not enough people agree with you to buy into such a neighborhood. Which means yours is the minority opinion, perhaps even the extreme minority opinion.

Q.e.d. those houses are not built because they are not popular. If people actually wanted those houses, builders would build them. They don't.
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Old 04-30-2022, 06:28 PM
 
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I agree about cookie cutter neighborhoods. Luckily, Dallas has a lot of older neighborhoods with lots of architectural variation. And many of them don't have HOAs. Those have other issues (such as people knocking down reasonable, well-maintained homes to build 3500 ft2 homes that don't respect neighboring houses or existing trees etc. But in general, I will take an older, reasonably maintained neighborhood with a mix of architecture and no HOA every time.
I'd agree with a HOA-less neighborhood if pigs did not exist. It's baffling why someone would choose a nice neighborhood because they like the way it looked and then they turn it into a pigsty once they move in. These are the types that makes HOAs desirable, unfortunately.
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Old 04-30-2022, 06:32 PM
 
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I first saw the mixed-materials facades probably 10-15 years ago in Oklahoma. Then it started showing up in the Texas markets, especially North Texas. I wondered, "Why? This is kind of ugly." Not sure if OK is where it started.
Not entirely accurate. My 15 year old home has mixed materials (bricks/stone). I recall first seeing this trend as early as 2005 when I first entertained the idea of moving again and jokingly asking did they run out of bricks, so the trend has been here in DFW for a while, perhaps even before 2005.
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Old 04-30-2022, 06:46 PM
 
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3 years. And yes - all in. Today’s market, probably $400-450

I GC’d almost all of it - which is really very simple if you’re reasonably intelligent, patient and don’t panic. My entire point has been that there are a multitude of options available out there. Expecting someone else to magically perform exactly what you want is not one of them.
Where is this? How did you find the land? I wouldn't even know where to look for the land or the contractor.
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