Is this house a Mansion or a McMansion?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The “McMansion Hell” blogger/writer has lots of genuinely good articles on how to identify mansion vs McMansion (square footage is irrelevant but there are many distinctions between the two)

Square footage is absolutely relevant. There are different measures of square footage depending on location. Legit mansions in NYC, Charleston, and other brownstone-esque city mansions couldn't possibly have 20k+, so they are evaluated differently.

https://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/sales/detail/180-l-85048-21006861/50-52-murray-boulevard-charleston-sc-29401

This is a historic mansion in Charleston and it's less than 10k. Built in the early 1900s when it clearly would have been considered a mansion--and remains one today.

[Anonymous]

Ewwww....and it backs to a highway!

[Anonymous]

Ugly, yes. McMansion, no. A McMansion alludes to McDonald’s and is a mass produced cookie cutter house in a development.

[Anonymous]

The haters are out in full force. Read the owners name on plans. Sad to see all of this - really.

[Anonymous]

Hideous mansion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The haters are out in full force. Read the owners name on plans. Sad to see all of this - really.

Yeah, the poor losers claim they have better taste because they know they've got nothing else (not that they have taste either in reality).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The haters are out in full force. Read the owners name on plans. Sad to see all of this - really.

Yeah, the poor losers claim they have better taste because they know they've got nothing else (not that they have taste either in reality).

Keep telling yourself that. There are properties that warrant admiration and then big piles of uninspiring crap. This house falls in the latter category.

[Anonymous]

It strikes me that it is 10x the size of a 2200 sq foot house that would be a $425k house, which means the materials and craftsmanship would be typical of a smaller version, which makes it not a mansion.

[Anonymous]

Reminds me of this one off of Georgetown Pike in Great Falls.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/804-Hortense-Pl-Great-Falls-VA-22066/246582720_zpid/

[Anonymous]

This is a true mansion. McMansions are big houses in a neighborhood with cookie cutter big houses just like it all around. This is a standout.

[Anonymous]

It is built like a mansion but a true mansion would also have the pool, and extravagant landscaping. So it is a mansion with a McMansion finish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a true mansion. McMansions are big houses in a neighborhood with cookie cutter big houses just like it all around. This is a standout.

Ha ha. Stands out for being big and ugly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The “McMansion Hell” blogger/writer has lots of genuinely good articles on how to identify mansion vs McMansion (square footage is irrelevant but there are many distinctions between the two)

Square footage is absolutely relevant. There are different measures of square footage depending on location. Legit mansions in NYC, Charleston, and other brownstone-esque city mansions couldn't possibly have 20k+, so they are evaluated differently.

Lol sweetie. No. This house would be a McMansion at 6k, 16k or 60k square feet. The roofline alone is textbook McMansion, as are the fake (non-structural) interior columns, bad windows, lack of mature landscaping and so very much more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The original owner, or possibly current owner, left their name on the floorplans that are part of the listing. Appears to be a surgeon.

I think it's the CEO of SweatWorks.

Nope this is a different guy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The “McMansion Hell” blogger/writer has lots of genuinely good articles on how to identify mansion vs McMansion (square footage is irrelevant but there are many distinctions between the two)

Square footage is absolutely relevant. There are different measures of square footage depending on location. Legit mansions in NYC, Charleston, and other brownstone-esque city mansions couldn't possibly have 20k+, so they are evaluated differently.

Lol sweetie. No. This house would be a McMansion at 6k, 16k or 60k square feet. The roofline alone is textbook McMansion, as are the fake (non-structural) interior columns, bad windows, lack of mature landscaping and so very much more.

It's a "mansion" built for the Sopranos whose taste never left Queens. It has all the hallmarks of a tacky McMansion, but SUPERSIZE it. It's enormous, but nothing about it looks nice.