GTM Architects getting sloppy...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok...

As someone who loves historic houses, and who has owned very nice old houses of the 1910-1930s vintage, and who currently lives in a handsome 1930s colonial, I don't see what the anger is all about?

And, actually, I really like this house. The architects are clearly inspired by 1920s architecture and they've updated it to 2026 living. The layout is efficient for a prosperous modern professional family. The interior design is excellent, subtle, tasteful, easy on the eye. Yeah it's waspy for the 21st century, but it's nice. And it's also a great portfolio space for customizing to your own tastes.

My one argument with the design is that the exterior architecture is clearly modeled after a 1920s colonial cottage style house, when this house is much bigger and I would have gone with a different exterior design to match the scale. But this is a minor quibble. It's a handsome house. And it's better than 99% of the new builds I see out there. I would buy it if I was in the market.

Uh hunh. See the realtor or someone from GTM found the thread.

This is the best you can come up with when someone doesn't validate your opinions? Why don't you post a link to a house you approve of and we can have a better understanding of what you like and criticism of this house.

I will add that without being inside this house I can't vouch for the quality of construction or finishes. But I don't think that is the issue at hand here.

[Anonymous]

The roof lines on the front are a mess. There is just too much happening for me. The flare on the window roof along with the lines coming off around the second story windows… too much. The interior is fine I like plain white and wood.

[Anonymous]

I like it. Clearly you haven’t seen the garbage that gets built in Arlington because this is infinitely better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This abomination is by GTM Architects and looks like some junior assistant living in an apartment designed this over beers with a friend. What's going on with them? It says Megan Lynn Interiors collaborated on it. I don't know her firm, but I would be embarrassed to have my name on this. When I was walking by, I assumed it was by one of the atrocious builders popping up in CCDC. Alas...some fool will part with his money.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3118-Patterson-St-NW-Washington-DC-20015/458904_zpid/?

What interior design? Its white and black with verrrrry basic bathrooms.

Someone has to pick all the moldings and tile and kitchen etx

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok...

As someone who loves historic houses, and who has owned very nice old houses of the 1910-1930s vintage, and who currently lives in a handsome 1930s colonial, I don't see what the anger is all about?

And, actually, I really like this house. The architects are clearly inspired by 1920s architecture and they've updated it to 2026 living. The layout is efficient for a prosperous modern professional family. The interior design is excellent, subtle, tasteful, easy on the eye. Yeah it's waspy for the 21st century, but it's nice. And it's also a great portfolio space for customizing to your own tastes.

My one argument with the design is that the exterior architecture is clearly modeled after a 1920s colonial cottage style house, when this house is much bigger and I would have gone with a different exterior design to match the scale. But this is a minor quibble. It's a handsome house. And it's better than 99% of the new builds I see out there. I would buy it if I was in the market.

Agreed. I don't see the hate. It looks pretty nice! But I also prefer houses built between 1910-1940. Is it overpriced? Maybe. But it's not hideous like the OP implied. I was expecting a Falls Church or Potomac style McMansion.

[Anonymous]

the bathrooms are tragic. A house at this price should be staged.

[Anonymous]

It’s much nicer than most spec houses. The millwork looks nice, the kitchen is pretty. The freestanding tub is killing me but otherwise, everything looks fine. They sacrificed curb appeal to fit more bedrooms on the upper floor because of the lot size. But overall, I think the OP is exaggerating.

[Anonymous]

This is OP. Ya'll are crazy. No foyer, PR off the dining room (and looks small and ugly), weird entry off back to kitchen, terrible basement layout, cheap sliding doors, bad window placement upstairs, horribly small deck, no patio, overwhelming large on a hill, crazy roof line, and on....They want $3.4M.

LOL on people saying they were inspired by the 1920s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Ya'll are crazy. No foyer, PR off the dining room (and looks small and ugly), weird entry off back to kitchen, terrible basement layout, cheap sliding doors, bad window placement upstairs, horribly small deck, no patio, overwhelming large on a hill, crazy roof line, and on....They want $3.4M.

LOL on people saying they were inspired by the 1920s.

They didn't start with nice big and flat lot.

[Anonymous]

Look at picture #3 the new house fit well with the houses near by.

[Anonymous]

Never heard of GTM.
-alumna of David Easton, worked on John Russell Pope and Palladio award winning homes, the firms i have worked with are members of the ICAA

[Anonymous]

It's just a typical nice new house, OP. They almost defintely had a budget which limits a lot of what you can do, and they certainly had a client who directed the work (or nixed some suggestions). It's totally fine. I'm an architecture professor, by the way.

What's your beef with GTM? This seems like a "stealth" competitor post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's just a typical nice new house, OP. They almost defintely had a budget which limits a lot of what you can do, and they certainly had a client who directed the work (or nixed some suggestions). It's totally fine. I'm an architecture professor, by the way.

What's your beef with GTM? This seems like a "stealth" competitor post.

Not OP,
But why didn’t they have a better looking symmetrical roofline on picture #3.
Is it a cost issue?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's just a typical nice new house, OP. They almost defintely had a budget which limits a lot of what you can do, and they certainly had a client who directed the work (or nixed some suggestions). It's totally fine. I'm an architecture professor, by the way.

What's your beef with GTM? This seems like a "stealth" competitor post.

LOL. What was their budget if selling the house for $3.4? It's been on the market since last year -- probably because it sucks.

If you think a powder room off the dining room is fine, then you are a terrible at design.

Like PP said if you live in the neighborhood you know GTM. There are enough builders of shitty spindly houses here, we don't need to add a formerly-reputable firm to the mix.

[Anonymous]

This is a nice house.