Newer Homes (90s and newer), New Home and McMansion Appreciation Thread!

[Anonymous]

I can't keep track of what is what so basically any home built in the 90s or newer appreciation thread.

- Open Floor plan
- Walk in closets
- large kitchens
- Garages
- 9 foot or higher ceilings
- Dry livable basements
- Higher resale value
- Lower energy costs / Better insulation
- Aesthetically pleasing (not a square or rectangle box)

[Anonymous]

Large windows? Usually kitchens are more socially laid out, like islands, bar stools, etc?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't keep track of what is what so basically any home built in the 90s or newer appreciation thread.

- Open Floor plan
- Walk in closets
- large kitchens
- Garages
- 9 foot or higher ceilings
- Dry livable basements
- Higher resale value
- Lower energy costs / Better insulation
- Aesthetically pleasing (not a square or rectangle box)

are you joking? They all look like beach hotels. BTW, most of what you list is true for my childhood home built in the 60s (except for the 9 foot ceilings, which sort of cancels out "Lover energy costs".... How do you heat those monsters?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't keep track of what is what so basically any home built in the 90s or newer appreciation thread.

- Open Floor plan
- Walk in closets
- large kitchens
- Garages
- 9 foot or higher ceilings
- Dry livable basements
- Higher resale value
- Lower energy costs / Better insulation
- Aesthetically pleasing (not a square or rectangle box)

are you joking? They all look like beach hotels. BTW, most of what you list is true for my childhood home built in the 60s (except for the 9 foot ceilings, which sort of cancels out "Lover energy costs".... How do you heat those monsters?)

Some people like box shaped houses others like something different. If people hate beach front hotels why do they keep building new houses liek that? When was the last time a new house that looked like a rectangle was built? The market doesn't demand that.

There are newer technologies that make newer larger home home energy foot prints very small. There are house wraps, sealing packages and insulation which are mandated where in the past they weren't. An extra foot or 2 of ceiling space isn't much more to heat and the house insulation completely negates any additional costs.

Also in case you missed the title this is the appreciation thread, not the hater's thread.

Please start your own thread.

[Anonymous]

Big doors to the outside. We've had to add larger doors to our older homes to get onto the patio or back yard. Newer homes have the doors already. This doesn't seem like a big deal until you don't have them.

[Anonymous]

I actually like 2 story foyers and tall ceilings. Not sure what everyone else thinks.

[Anonymous]

I like that they make you appreciate how nicely folks built in the US in the 1930s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like that they make you appreciate how nicely folks built in the US in the 1930s.

drafty, cold, boxy and small?

[Anonymous]

Second floor laundry room
a real master bathroom with seperate tub, shower and toilet room.

[Anonymous]

Airy, light, energy efficient. Our new 3,600 sq foot home costs less to heat than our prior 1,000 sq foot home built in 1921. I prefer open spaces - if we need cozy, we just head upstairs to our bedrooms or our formal living room. Our new home stays cleaner longer since it is more air tight, but I do have to say the negative is cleaning it. It does look clean for longer since there is less clutter to deal with so i guess, time-wise - it evens out in teh end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Airy, light, energy efficient. Our new 3,600 sq foot home costs less to heat than our prior 1,000 sq foot home built in 1921. I prefer open spaces - if we need cozy, we just head upstairs to our bedrooms or our formal living room. Our new home stays cleaner longer since it is more air tight, but I do have to say the negative is cleaning it. It does look clean for longer since there is less clutter to deal with so i guess, time-wise - it evens out in teh end.

On the other hand since the house is larger we don't feel the house is a mess or cluttered. In terms of cleaning we don't use all the rooms and often the mess is not everywhere so the cleaners know where to focus.

[Anonymous]

Duct work in the proper places and not added on later.

Tall basement ceilings

[Anonymous]

Everything OP!

Thanks for starting this thread. Haters gonna hate.

NOT our problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like that they make you appreciate how nicely folks built in the US in the 1930s.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like that they make you appreciate how nicely folks built in the US in the 1930s.

+1

off topic start your own thread