Why do people in the DC area hate newer and larger homes?

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Anonymous wrote:Can one build a new house with the character and feel of old nice homes from 100 years ago? That is, solid construction with good current standards but with the feel of old houses (eg molding, architecturally correct dimensions, etc)? Wouldn't that be the best of all worlds?

Yes of course. But it's not efficient or cost effective to individualize which is why you won't see developers doing it. You can do it on your own but the process can be very expensive and time consuming.

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To me, that is good enough reason to not be attracted to new homes. Interestingly, developments in the 1930s (but not after that), while definitely not as nice as, say, Georgetown, did have these type of architecturally interesting elements. Looks like cookie-cutter 80 years ago was, in general, nicer than cookie-cutter now.

so you like old McMansions not the new ones

You do not understand what a McMansion is.

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Anonymous wrote:The costs to build a 2000sf and a 6000sf are not that much more. Why would you build a small home on land worth 4 to 600k and sell for 600k. I used to think 3000sf was big until i lived in 5000sf. Don't hate what you haven't experienced.

Some of us HAVE experienced. I grew up in a LCOL area. All the houses are huge. I don't want to clean 5K square feet. I mean I get why they do it financially. I guess I just find it frustrating. And I do think a 5K sq foot house looks ridiculous on a tiny lot. There is a new home by me and I think there is 2 feet from the back of the house to the back fence. It feels so claustrophobic to me!

setback requirements will never allow 2 feet form the rear of the house to the back fence.

If you have a larger home you tend to not dirty up more than a smaller home because it is either spread out or you are cleaning only the rooms heavily in use (kitchen, bathroom and bedrooms).

It's like saying you use more toilet paper because you have more toilets. This idea doesn't make sense because the use of the toilets would be the same unless you have the runs or are sick.

That is just not true. If you have children or animals, they are going in all the rooms. (Assume you wouldn't want 5000 sf for just one or two people without children.) Even if you close off certain rooms, the rooms need to be dusted, windows washed, curtains taken down and laundered, etc. unless you are willing to live in a dusty, gross home. I lived in a 5 Br sf house in Utah because there literally is nothing smaller to rent or buy. Good thing the cost of living is cheap there so I could hire a service to come in and clean. Your toilet paper analogy is wrong, although we also had to buy more hand towels and bathmats for all the bathrooms we didn't need. Too much house can be a pain and expense to run.

Why would you put curtains up? Why is your home so dusty? We don't have these issues and the cleaning people don't focus on the other rooms more than once a month.

You are missing the point. I don't want to pay people to clean rooms I don't use often or at all. Your priorities are obviously different.

Umm you still need to clean your house regardless of it's size.

God, are you people really this thick? If you live in a one bedroom apartment, you can clean your kitchen in five minutes with a damp paper towel. If you have five bedrooms, four bathrooms, two living areas, and a laundry room, it's going to take a lot more work. That is one of many reasons that some people prefer to live in smaller spaces. I like to do other things with my time and money other than care for a big house. I can't speak for anyone else.

When we moved to a bigger house is was only like 30 bux more a cleaning. No biggie.

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some people clean their own homes. I know this is a shocker to DCUM

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I used to live in an older house. After moving to a new house I would hate going back to an old one. Everything in a new house is planned and properly setup. Love the fact that any renovation or project big or small doesn't have a hidden hacked up surprise like in the old homes.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to live in an older house. After moving to a new house I would hate going back to an old one. Everything in a new house is planned and properly setup. Love the fact that any renovation or project big or small doesn't have a hidden hacked up surprise like in the old homes.

Ha, I live in an old row house and have seen those surprises many times! Nothing like finding plumbing inside a random interior wall. Still prefer it to many newer houses.