Dutch Colonial style--less appealing to buyer?

[Anonymous]

I love them - one of my fav architectural styles.

[Anonymous]

I think they are cute and I would buy one!

[Anonymous]

I really like them. Except when they have the windows situated like the Amityville Horror house. Those houses give me the shivers a little.

[Anonymous]

We live in one - I love it - it has personality.

[Anonymous]

I've always called them Barn Styles. LOL! Didn't know they were considered Dutch Colonials.

I don't like them that much but as it's become more and more apparent that I can't afford a SFH around here, I'm starting to realize that if that was my only option, I would certainly take it. Some look nicer than others, though, so it'd have to be well kept up.

My husband absolutely hates them though...

[Anonymous]

I think some PPs are confused by the classical Dutch colonial and the neo-classical 1960s crappy remake version (tons in the McLean area). The crappy neo-classical styles are those cedar shake shingle roofed, square houses with two-angled roofs ... or the vinyl-sided barn look from one of the PPs pics. Those are all pretty hideous. The classic style - often with stone - is much more attractive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We bought a dutch colonial because the location, space and yard were fabulous. We didn't love the "dutch" but we were ok with it. 5years after we bought the house we decided to replace the metal siding on the house, new windows and a new roof. As we removed the siding we discovered that the "dutch" roof line was all an add on to a regular colonial. We were able to remove that part and we now have a colonial!!

I live in a Dutch Colonial. Our house is actually on the market so maybe OP is talking about mine! I actually love the style. It has a lot of charm. But the funny part is we had a contractor over recently and he was saying that, like a PP mentioned, it's not actually a true dutch colonial. It's a traditional colonial meant to look like a dutch colonial. The contractor said it could easily be turned into a "traditional" colonial without much cost. Who knew!

[Anonymous]

I love them.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We bought a dutch colonial because the location, space and yard were fabulous. We didn't love the "dutch" but we were ok with it. 5years after we bought the house we decided to replace the metal siding on the house, new windows and a new roof. As we removed the siding we discovered that the "dutch" roof line was all an add on to a regular colonial. We were able to remove that part and we now have a colonial!!

I live in a Dutch Colonial. Our house is actually on the market so maybe OP is talking about mine! I actually love the style. It has a lot of charm. But the funny part is we had a contractor over recently and he was saying that, like a PP mentioned, it's not actually a true dutch colonial. It's a traditional colonial meant to look like a dutch colonial. The contractor said it could easily be turned into a "traditional" colonial without much cost. Who knew!

I'm the 1st pp that removed the "dutch". Our house was built in 1941 so evidently this has been a style for quite awhile.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm like you. They certainly aren't my favorite, but, if I loved the neighborhood, interior, etc., I would absolutely buy one. But I don't seem to have the same deal breakers that I see a lot of people on this Board mention. Although, my budget was more like $700-750 so I assumed there would be tradeoffs.

Echo above. Tend to dislike but at my budget of 850k I won't rule them out if other factors compensate.

[Anonymous]

The exterior is literally the last thing I care about on a home. I am in the 600K range so compromises have to be made and I don't live in front of my home, I live in it, so to me that's rarely going to be a deal breaker.

[Anonymous]

We rented one prior to buying our home and I loved it! I thought it was adorable.

[Anonymous]

Gosh, I really like them a lot and think they have a lot of character, and are "different" from the cookie-cutter colonials you get everywhere around here. Had no idea people would NOT like one!

(And no, I don't have one. We live in a TH. But I would be happy to buy one b/c I think they are adorable.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The exterior is literally the last thing I care about on a home. I am in the 600K range so compromises have to be made and I don't live in front of my home, I live in it, so to me that's rarely going to be a deal breaker.

Extetior is cute. It's the top floor/attic uneven ceilings and weird spaces created by the slanted roof and windows that create the problem for me. Plus if not done properly, it gets hot in the summer (Most I've seen finished the attic to use as bedrooms).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any pic of what you are calling dutch colonial? Cause from what I think it is, I really like them?

http://www.antiquehomestyle.com/styles/dutch-revival.htm

Have to say that this one is quite attractive pp!
Usually IMO much ess so and that roof coming all the way down to the first floor (and lots of times it's mossy and discolored).

OP -- a deal breaker for my DH.