McMansion construction looks WAY better than Old Renovations
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Anonymous
I suspect the OP posted because that first house is so fugly that she had to share it with the world. 
I would never own a McMansion - I find them bland - but I've seen some tastefully done bigger homes that I wouldn't mind owning. I salivated a little over that Cherrydale house - I would kill for a wraparound porch like that. (Or a normal front porch.) |
Anonymous
you can add that porch to any new construction. If you base your home on having something old and a wrap around porch I suggest you educate yourself on building codes, standards and layouts. |
Anonymous
| 8:32 - This. There was not much money in the area when the houses were built, which is why the old houses are so ugly. The land is what you pay for. I am shocked that there are not more tear downs, especially considering what people pay for horrible renovations. Remember, the area was mostly military and government workers until very recently. |
Anonymous
The typical renovated old house in this area is not the Cherrydale house, but some ugly house in Arlington or Bethesda with a POS addition that cancels out whatever little charm the tract house had in the first place. |
Anonymous
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Yes, the house you posted looks like crap but do you really aspire to this??
Sorry, not me. 
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Anonymous
Is this even in the DC area? But, if the schools are great and it's not too far from a job, it's OK and certainly better than either living in a shitty public school district in the city or sending my child to school with spoiled, private-school brats. |
Anonymous
Right cause this crap is so much better
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Anonymous
That's crap too. But it's also much cheaper than the typical McMansion. If you're going to make comparisons at least make it apples to apples. Face it--new construction isn't inherently better than old, any more than old is inherently better than new. The are good and bad examples on both sides of the equation. |
Anonymous
| if you were to go buy a car would you go in looking to buy something that was built in the 50s or today? The value in real estate is the land, the structure (like a car) depreciates and wears out. |
Anonymous
| I'd rather rather have a 10-year-old BMW than a new Chevy Aveo. |
Anonymous
LOL. Wait till you see the service/repair costs! |
Anonymous
Not if it's been refurbished, which is what we're talking about here, right? Renovated vs. new? |