What the heck were they thinking?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:can't believe someone would pay that high for 22042

City Park Homes and Greenway Downs are cute little neighborhoods. What's wrong with 22042?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:can't believe someone would pay that high for 22042

City Park Homes and Greenway Downs are cute little neighborhoods. What's wrong with 22042?

22042 has crappy public schools

[Anonymous]

that is an amazingly bad spaceplan. you can't even have just one person in there cooking, it'd be tight. Plus it's not like it's a condo, they have all that empty space in the adjoining room! INSANELY bad.

You should submit it to this side, in the bad MLS photos section:

www.hookedonhouses.net

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you ever seen a remodel job so bad that all you can do is shake your head and wonder what the heck the owners were thinking? Without further ado, I present my nomination for DCUM's, "What the heck were they thinking?" -- the kitchen edition:

http://csmedia.mris.com/platinum/getmedia?ID=97669794043&LOOT=50000881743

Got an even better example? Please feel free to add your nominations.

Is this a townhouse?

And it's not a joke?

OMG!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:can't believe someone would pay that high for 22042

City Park Homes and Greenway Downs are cute little neighborhoods. What's wrong with 22042?

22042 has crappy public schools

Better than DC, Alexandria or South Arlington. Get over yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: That first house is cute and has potential.

I think kitchens that small is why IKEA was invented.

that tall skinny house is sort of frightening for some reason.

That part hanging over the driveway might be part of the reason! I've seen chimneys built that way but not rooms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: That first house is cute and has potential.

I think kitchens that small is why IKEA was invented.

that tall skinny house is sort of frightening for some reason.

That part hanging over the driveway might be part of the reason! I've seen chimneys built that way but not rooms.

Overhangs like this were popular in the 1960s. The practical rationale was that it gives you slightly more floor space in the upstairs without expanding the basement.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daily-bungalow/5842011615/

This design feature disappeared for a while but reappeared after being popularized in RVs:
http://www.vacation-rv-rentals.com/rv_rentals/03/images/c28s.jpg

I don't know where this RV trend might lead. Return to aluminum siding? Satelite dishes?

[Anonymous]

That kitchen remodel is one of the most ridiculous I've seen. Can a person even fit in there? Who was the genius who designed that?

As for overhangs, my mid-70's home has an overhang of the upper level in the back. It adds about a foot to the rooms upstairs. The only problem is that the floor in the overhang area gets really cold in the winter.

[Anonymous]

Even more tragic with the first house... it's facing a parking lot. You can change the kitchen.