What feature of the new craftsman style house is most likely to become outdated?

[Anonymous]

Every style of mass build home and every era eventually has some feature that ultimately makes it look outdated. By mass build I mean the 'whole neighborhood' style house ... as distinct from super high end homes that are less prevalent and may or may not have the typical emblematic features.

Today's mass build style is obviously the arts and crafts / craftsman. Any care to offer a guess as to what feature / design element is most likely to seem "so 2014" in 15 years? I could see the symetrical dual triangle roofs becoming a hallmark of the mass appeal craftsman:

http://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/3400-N-George-Mason-Dr-22207/home/11226639

I also am not so confident that the open floor plan kitchen inside the living room will be a lasting trend. That's more of a longshot but I have heard more people asking for a little separation (not entirely different rooms, but some offset and/or half walls).

Other guesses?

[Anonymous]

hardiplank

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:hardiplank

so aluminum is coming back?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:hardiplank

good one. The two-tone/style hardiplank is a dead giveaway ... colored flat hardi on bottom, wood shingle hardi on top.

street facing double garage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:hardiplank

so aluminum is coming back?

no, but hardiplank looks bad.

[Anonymous]

Great rooms. Seriously. No one really wants to see their kitchen mess while they have company for dinner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great rooms. Seriously. No one really wants to see their kitchen mess while they have company for dinner.

Thats stupid we have gone over this time and time again. If your house is large enough and laid out properly you won't see a kitchen mess. No one wants closed of quarters for servents anymore.javascript:void(0);

[Anonymous]

Small foyers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great rooms. Seriously. No one really wants to see their kitchen mess while they have company for dinner.

If you have a dinner party- eat in the dining room. Most dining rooms aren't visible from the kitchen. Stop having dinner parties in the breakfast room.

Most dining rooms are too formal for today's living and it makes people not use them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:hardiplank

good one. The two-tone/style hardiplank is a dead giveaway ... colored flat hardi on bottom, wood shingle hardi on top.

street facing double garage.

Street facing garage is the most convenient way to enter with a car and most lots in desirable areas are too narrow cannot have side load garage.

In the list of what home buyers want the majority want a front loading garage.

Another stupid comment

[Anonymous]

I personally feel like brick or stone front is the best. Consumers got played here because hardiplank is a savings to the builder.

[Anonymous]

Garages on the facade. Ew.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:hardiplank

good one. The two-tone/style hardiplank is a dead giveaway ... colored flat hardi on bottom, wood shingle hardi on top.

street facing double garage.

Street facing garage is the most convenient way to enter with a car and most lots in desirable areas are too narrow cannot have side load garage.

In the list of what home buyers want the majority want a front loading garage.

Another stupid comment

Don't disagree with this ... it's a matter of convenience. But, I would love to see the garage doors become somewhat more aesthetically appealing. Making them blend more with the style of the house is going to become more standard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I personally feel like brick or stone front is the best. Consumers got played here because hardiplank is a savings to the builder.

I thought Hardiplank was kind of expensive? And isn't a whole house of Hardiplank more expensive than a brick or stone front with alumninum or vinyl sides and back?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:hardiplank

good one. The two-tone/style hardiplank is a dead giveaway ... colored flat hardi on bottom, wood shingle hardi on top.

street facing double garage.

Street facing garage is the most convenient way to enter with a car and most lots in desirable areas are too narrow cannot have side load garage.

In the list of what home buyers want the majority want a front loading garage.

Another stupid comment

Agreed that front-facing garages are sometimes necessary for narrower lots, but they certainly are NOT desirable. There is a difference between aesthetics and practicability.