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I'm not an architect, but to me it looks like a "mansion" -- i.e., a big house, but tastefully designed.
It's crazy what $470K gets you if you don't live in CA! Here's what $500K will get you in Davis (where I lived for many years) -- and it's by no means the most expensive area in CA. Not only is it less than 1000 sq ft, but right on a very busy road in a less desirable part of town.
When I think of McMansions, I think of homes that are simply out of place versus the surrounding neighborhood.
Like a cheaply constructed 4,000sqft 2-story replete with z-brick veneer sitting in the middle of a neighborhood full of 1,400sqft cookie cutter CBS ranch-style homes. The sort of place invariably occupied by a wannabe "kept woman" thinking she's trendy wearing the Spanx she purchased from Kohl's during Black Friday after the soreness from her debt-financed boob-job wore off. Her husband, the formerly working-class, balding, overweight dolt with ED, finally kissed enough ass to earn his place as the junior executive of an irrelevant department populated by fellow corporate castaways. So now they see themselves as royalty each morning, departing for la-la land in their respective, heavily worn, 2002 Mercedes C-class sedans missing matching hubcaps.
Oh boy! You should be writing stories. Your imagination and fantasies run really wild.
Far from a worst offender, but yes, sort of. It is visually uninspiring, especially the rear elevation.
Compared to many new construction homes, it would rank high on the list for being as conservative as it is. However, a handful of things lend to the notion that it was designed to fit both a budget maximum and a square footage minimum:
- It's only brick on 3 sides. Better than 1 side, but... 360-degree brick would be nice.
- The rear elevation... is that the false gable?
- Semicircular faux dormers, I'd do away with.
I found this property in Raleigh, which appears to be full masonry. What do we think of this in comparison?
Compared to many new construction homes, it would rank high on the list for being as conservative as it is. However, a handful of things lend to the notion that it was designed to fit both a budget maximum and a square footage minimum:
- It's only brick on 3 sides. Better than 1 side, but... 360-degree brick would be nice.
- The rear elevation... is that the false gable?
- Semicircular faux dormers, I'd do away with.
I found this property in Raleigh, which appears to be full masonry. What do we think of this in comparison?
It’s in the south. Full masonry isn’t required and lack of it doesn’t a McMansion make. Our house has 75 percent masonry, the rest hardie. Doesn’t mean a thing. There’s no real comparison, one is custom and a higher price point. The other is probably a slightly higher end tract home. Both look nice to me and both are 2000 era period knockoffs.
It's a pretty nice house, but it's cheek by jowl with other houses. That makes it a McMansion, IMO.
'Mansions' aren't lined up in a row, at least so close to each other.
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