Would this be considered a McMansion?
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http://franklymls.com/DC7998055
Because if it isn't then I don't know what is. |
Anonymous
| On .2 acres in DC, yes. On multiples acres surrounded by similar properties, no. For me it's all context. |
Anonymous
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no
mcmansion implies mass produced large tract homes think ashburn |
Anonymous
| That just looks like a regular "mansion" on a crappy lot. Different than McMansions which are big, garish homes within subdivisions of identical big, garish homes on 9,000 sq ft lots. |
Anonymous
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Uh, no. McMansion is cookie-cutter 5,000 SF homes, or tacky tear-down rebuilds. You may not like this style, but the setting and custom nature don't a McMansion make. +1 on the comment about a crappy lot, but again that in and of itself doesn't make it a McMansion.
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Anonymous
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Why OP, you are jealous of new beautiful homes? What do you care? Work on yourself instead of trying to mind others.
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Anonymous
Tacky tear down rebuilds arent mcmansions they are just tacky tear downs and rebuilds. Anytime you hear the word tacky its either some bethesda bungalow dweller or an asshole rich guy who thinks a 190k kitchen reno is cheap |
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| No, because that house appears to work with its surroundings. See how it's built into the hillside, and has landscaping? A McMansion is plopped down on a too-small otherwise-empty lot, and requires no forethought about the surrounding terrain. |
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To clarify, not all rebuilds are tacky. Some - maybe most - are well designed. And I o know that tacky is in the eye of the beholder. My definition would be plopping a stock Ashburn design in the middle of Bethesda. |
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+1. While you can't tell from the renderings, I would be willing to bet that that house is well built, or at least moderately built. It actually looks nice. When I think of a McMansion, I think of a large cookie-cutter house with a brick facade and vinyl siding sides. The key to McMansions is that size is more important than quality. You don't see many (or any) McMansions in Wesley Heights, but they rule in McLean and parts of Potomac. |
Anonymous
Who cares?! I'd live there in a heart beat! Now what school district does it feed into? That is the question 
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Anonymous
no idiot vinyl siding sides with brick front isn't a mcmansion but can be one. |
Anonymous
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I guess anything that isn't plain boring craftsman are mcmansion GTFO morons you guys are so boring.
Craftsmans are boring to me, they try to be modest looking but are over 1.5 million BLAH |
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It feeds to Beauvoir. |
Anonymous
Now we're talkin! I've heard they have a financial aid program for McMansion owners. |