What exactly is wrong with the mcmansion?

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Anonymous wrote:I do not have a problem with the "mc mansion" in general.

I do have a problem when they shove them in a small lot, in an established quaint neighborhood and it becomes an eye sore for everyone around it.

Not to mention that it towers over some of the other homes, taking their sunlight for their gardens, etc. Go out it out in Potomac on a huge plot of land.

I agree with this. I also consider something a McMansion if it has no discernible architectural style or is a mish-mash of styles or poorly constructed (i.e., vast expanses of vinyl siding with nothing interesting to break up the monotony, brick facades with siding on the sides and back and no windows on the sides).

If it was built just to be big, I consider it a McMansion. I am not jealous of McMansions.

Of the three houses that pp above has posted, can we all agree that the last one (yellow) is the only one that looks really, really bad?

I don't mind McMansions but I see houses like that all over Nova and I think they're just too horrific to even be mcmansions.

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I like #2 , #1 looks like an addition, #3 belongs in a warmer climate like florida.

I like this one

You MUST be joking! The third one is horrible...almost as bad as the yellow one! Hideous!

Well. What does your glorious house look like

Not a tacky eye sore with 5 roofs like that house.

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I'm sorry 20:29 I think that last house is just fine, it's quite nice actually.

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Anonymous wrote:I do not have a problem with the "mc mansion" in general.

I do have a problem when they shove them in a small lot, in an established quaint neighborhood and it becomes an eye sore for everyone around it.

Not to mention that it towers over some of the other homes, taking their sunlight for their gardens, etc. Go out it out in Potomac on a huge plot of land.

I agree with this. I also consider something a McMansion if it has no discernible architectural style or is a mish-mash of styles or poorly constructed (i.e., vast expanses of vinyl siding with nothing interesting to break up the monotony, brick facades with siding on the sides and back and no windows on the sides).

If it was built just to be big, I consider it a McMansion. I am not jealous of McMansions.

Of the three houses that pp above has posted, can we all agree that the last one (yellow) is the only one that looks really, really bad?

I don't mind McMansions but I see houses like that all over Nova and I think they're just too horrific to even be mcmansions.

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I like #2 , #1 looks like an addition, #3 belongs in a warmer climate like florida.

I like this one

You MUST be joking! The third one is horrible...almost as bad as the yellow one! Hideous!

Well. What does your glorious house look like

Not a tacky eye sore with 5 roofs like that house.

it was not easy finding a new home in vienna that was new and nice, imo

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Haven't read the whole thread but the words that come to mind are gauche, tacky, and new money. Also no character. Lack of mature trees is also horrible. Skinny little saplings and three cars in every driveway don't do it for me. Yuck.

Whatever. You get your badge now.

The DC region is all about new money, for the most part. What's wrong with that? Are you some trust fund princess who had it given to you on a platter?

And the obnoxious new money element loves old homes, as they mistakenly think it bestows more legitimacy on them.

Of course, some of the homes pictured here are ugly, but they aren't remotely representative of typical houses in this area.

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Not everyone can afford a Victorian in Hyde Park + the lot next door on a state senator's and hospital lobbyist salary. Just sayin.

Oh snap, forgot tha adj. profs pull down some bank.

GTFO of here. Barack Obama was a best-selling author by 2005 and they were pulling in a combined HHI of $1.6 million. Their 2005 tax return is here: http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/files/obama_2005_tax_return.pdf. Go back to the political forum and spew your bullshit there.

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Anonymous wrote:I do not have a problem with the "mc mansion" in general.

I do have a problem when they shove them in a small lot, in an established quaint neighborhood and it becomes an eye sore for everyone around it.

Not to mention that it towers over some of the other homes, taking their sunlight for their gardens, etc. Go out it out in Potomac on a huge plot of land.

I agree with this. I also consider something a McMansion if it has no discernible architectural style or is a mish-mash of styles or poorly constructed (i.e., vast expanses of vinyl siding with nothing interesting to break up the monotony, brick facades with siding on the sides and back and no windows on the sides).

If it was built just to be big, I consider it a McMansion. I am not jealous of McMansions.

Of the three houses that pp above has posted, can we all agree that the last one (yellow) is the only one that looks really, really bad?

I don't mind McMansions but I see houses like that all over Nova and I think they're just too horrific to even be mcmansions.

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I like #2 , #1 looks like an addition, #3 belongs in a warmer climate like florida.

I like this one

You MUST be joking! The third one is horrible...almost as bad as the yellow one! Hideous!

Well. What does your glorious house look like

Not a tacky eye sore with 5 roofs like that house.

one roof for you?

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Yup 20:51....you got me....that last one is my house.

Happy now?

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I like this one

No, seriously... Is this a joke? Someone admits to liking this mishmash of architectural styles and having HALF your frontage be garage? Do you put your toilet in the living room, too? I mean, I know you have to have one (or three, or whatever) but WHY would you want to put it out front and center??? Painful.

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OMG, I just now noticed the little gable thing stuck on the roof, dead center!

LMFAO!

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I like this one

No, seriously... Is this a joke? Someone admits to liking this mishmash of architectural styles and having HALF your frontage be garage? Do you put your toilet in the living room, too? I mean, I know you have to have one (or three, or whatever) but WHY would you want to put it out front and center??? Painful.

Well apparently multiple posters like this house. This is the epitome of a tacky McMansion, agree with you pp.

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Anonymous wrote:Yup 20:51....you got me....that last one is my house.

Happy now?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yup 20:51....you got me....that last one is my house.

Happy now?

At least you've got a view!

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I like this one

No, seriously... Is this a joke? Someone admits to liking this mishmash of architectural styles and having HALF your frontage be garage? Do you put your toilet in the living room, too? I mean, I know you have to have one (or three, or whatever) but WHY would you want to put it out front and center??? Painful.

Oh, for shame! The tackiness, the tackiness! Where do you live? Have you not noticed that most lots are too small to put the garage anywhere other than the front? Yeah, it's less than preferable but I'd rather have a garage anyway.

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I like this one

No, seriously... Is this a joke? Someone admits to liking this mishmash of architectural styles and having HALF your frontage be garage? Do you put your toilet in the living room, too? I mean, I know you have to have one (or three, or whatever) but WHY would you want to put it out front and center??? Painful.

no toilet in the living room but i do have one next to it in the powder room. I also have another one next to the mudroom. When I get old I don't have to worry about running to far if I have diarrhea.

Or do you prefer one of the sister homes

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Anonymous wrote:Yup 20:51....you got me....that last one is my house.

Happy now?

one roofline and very eco friendly. I really like the hand scraped bricks and sustainable lumber roofline