Vienna has the ugliest new build mcmansion ever (pics)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Behold:

http://www.redfin.com/VA/Vienna/503-Windover-Ave-NW-22180/home/17111273

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/501-Windover-Ave-Nw_Vienna_VA_22180_M64958-75113

The next door house is awesome, looks like the same architect who likes to build rectangles.

Description
Amazing Mediterranean-style Villa in the heart of Vienna! Minutes to schools, metro, restaurants and more! Beautifully appointed home superbly built, includes today's most up-to-date energy efficient technology. This regal home offers up to 8,000 square feet of brand new construction giving you a rare opportunity to personalize the interior finishes for your custom home!Must see to believe!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a HUGE backstory on this house. Anyone who has lived in Town long enough probably knows it. The house was supposed to be tear down but the new home building plans needed a minor zoning change due to something like a bay window overhang in a side yard... which the neighbor on that side would not support in front of BZA. So...the homeowner demolished most of the house except the required number of interior structural walls to qualify as a remodel and did so by-right with the results you see in previous posts. The Town could not legally stop him...

I don't understand, the owner still spent his own money to build this extremely unattractive home. The right thing to do would be to build the home according to zoning laws. Vienna has a certain feel to it that's different from surrounding areas. I am all for the town trying to enforce its unique look and feel. If you don't want to fit in, don't buy into that area, or move if you are already there. Having built a home in McLean, the last thing I want to do is ask the county (or a city/town) for a zoning change. Nothing good will come out of the public hearing that ensues and your neighbors will absolutely make sure they have a say if given the chance, even if it was of no real consequence to them to begin with.

Now, I am all for letting people know that they've poked their nose in the wrong thing, but spending large sums of your own money to accomplish this is rather wasteful if you ask me. There are cheaper ways to annoy your neighbors.

[Anonymous]

This a wrong thing to do if this is an occupied house. This house isn't for sale, it is some family's home that OP has just pulled up on Google maps. I enjoy a snarkfest like any other red-blooded dcumer, but this goes too far.

[Anonymous]

I was thinking if you made it into 3 row houses (TH) it won't look so bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This a wrong thing to do if this is an occupied house. This house isn't for sale, it is some family's home that OP has just pulled up on Google maps. I enjoy a snarkfest like any other red-blooded dcumer, but this goes too far.

googlemaps is public domain as is fairfax county assesments

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Behold:

http://www.redfin.com/VA/Vienna/503-Windover-Ave-NW-22180/home/17111273

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/501-Windover-Ave-Nw_Vienna_VA_22180_M64958-75113

The next door house is awesome, looks like the same architect who likes to build rectangles.

Description
Amazing Mediterranean-style Villa in the heart of Vienna! Minutes to schools, metro, restaurants and more! Beautifully appointed home superbly built, includes today's most up-to-date energy efficient technology. This regal home offers up to 8,000 square feet of brand new construction giving you a rare opportunity to personalize the interior finishes for your custom home!Must see to believe!

Looks like it's back up for sale. The outside is so damn ugly and there is no garage. Who thought of this?

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Vienna/501-Windover-Ave-NW-22180/home/19001769

The home next door is even more horrendous, is it the same architect?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a HUGE backstory on this house. Anyone who has lived in Town long enough probably knows it. The house was supposed to be tear down but the new home building plans needed a minor zoning change due to something like a bay window overhang in a side yard... which the neighbor on that side would not support in front of BZA. So...the homeowner demolished most of the house except the required number of interior structural walls to qualify as a remodel and did so by-right with the results you see in previous posts. The Town could not legally stop him...

I don't understand, the owner still spent his own money to build this extremely unattractive home. The right thing to do would be to build the home according to zoning laws. Vienna has a certain feel to it that's different from surrounding areas. I am all for the town trying to enforce its unique look and feel. If you don't want to fit in, don't buy into that area, or move if you are already there. Having built a home in McLean, the last thing I want to do is ask the county (or a city/town) for a zoning change. Nothing good will come out of the public hearing that ensues and your neighbors will absolutely make sure they have a say if given the chance, even if it was of no real consequence to them to begin with.

Now, I am all for letting people know that they've poked their nose in the wrong thing, but spending large sums of your own money to accomplish this is rather wasteful if you ask me. There are cheaper ways to annoy your neighbors.

Clearly, this guy felt the same exact way you do! Typical pissing contest of teeny tiny peenies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a HUGE backstory on this house. Anyone who has lived in Town long enough probably knows it. The house was supposed to be tear down but the new home building plans needed a minor zoning change due to something like a bay window overhang in a side yard... which the neighbor on that side would not support in front of BZA. So...the homeowner demolished most of the house except the required number of interior structural walls to qualify as a remodel and did so by-right with the results you see in previous posts. The Town could not legally stop him...

I don't understand, the owner still spent his own money to build this extremely unattractive home. The right thing to do would be to build the home according to zoning laws. Vienna has a certain feel to it that's different from surrounding areas. I am all for the town trying to enforce its unique look and feel. If you don't want to fit in, don't buy into that area, or move if you are already there. Having built a home in McLean, the last thing I want to do is ask the county (or a city/town) for a zoning change. Nothing good will come out of the public hearing that ensues and your neighbors will absolutely make sure they have a say if given the chance, even if it was of no real consequence to them to begin with.

Now, I am all for letting people know that they've poked their nose in the wrong thing, but spending large sums of your own money to accomplish this is rather wasteful if you ask me. There are cheaper ways to annoy your neighbors.

Important rule of thumb: don't push unless you want to be pushed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live near here and walk by daily. I agree it doesn't match the neighborhood but on a larger lot I think it would be fine: it's the size / setback that makes it stand out from the neighbors. If somebody offered it to me, I would not turn it down. And I like the gazebo porch.

FYI, the neighborhood is changing. There are several new builds on that street, and the small house pictured next door is a pending tear-down soon to be replaced with something bigger. You may not like this particular house, but matching the existing neighborhood was not a winning strategy either. In 10 years, all the houses on that street will be big (new or remodeled) and this one will not look that out of place.

+1 Change is inevitable. Get over it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg, pimmit hills looks like mclesn compared to this. At least in pimmit hills the houses that look like this are smaller and are old (not new ones)





http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/2/1283554.html

If the goal was to encapsulate the McMansion/Shitshack debate into one picture - mission accomplished

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Omg, pimmit hills looks like mclesn compared to this. At least in pimmit hills the houses that look like this are smaller and are old (not new ones)





http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/2/1283554.html

If the goal was to encapsulate the McMansion/Shitshack debate into one picture - mission accomplished

That is not a McMansion

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
That is not a McMansion

Its like the bastard child of a McMansion AND a sh*tshack.

[Anonymous]

Love, love, love it!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I recognized this house, too, in Vienna. REally, this thread should be taken down. It's too recognizable! I feel sorry for the owners.

I feel badly too for the owners. They didn't do anything to bring this on except try to build and improve their home.

[Anonymous]

That house looks like it was photoshopped in.