Building a 9000SF house without 2 story foyer, is that ok?

[Anonymous]

Not okay, no way.

Can you not go to 10000 SF?

Please consider ship- lapping your main living area. Also, think through where your front yard fountain will go and how that will look with your sideload four car garage. I assume a circular driveway, no?

And to save money, go with a brick front...no one will see the sides of your house, so siding everywhere else.

Skimp where you can! Have the million dollar house, but $5.00 door hinges and the Little Tykes-looking plastic mailbox. Splurges are for the big ticket items like rock gardens and white rocks as mulch and lawn ornaments and statuaries.

Consider lining your drive with elaborate "stone" figures or statuettes.

Have you researched a timed entrance gate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it is unusal. Depends on the style of the house. We are a similar size and have a small two story area but I wouldn't call it grand. It is simple and fits the house design.

I don't think there is an expectation either way.

As for the others talking about how wasteful it is - ether try to be helpful or take it somewhere else. OPs question is legit. You might not like it by not every thread on this site is intended to invite your opinion.

That is incorrect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree. For a 9,000 square foot a 2 story foyer sends a message of wealth and grandeur to the Jehovah's Witnesses and FedEx driver.

LOL Best of thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you have like 18 children?

How could she possibly fit 18 children into a house that size? Someone would have to share a bathroom. Ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it is unusal. Depends on the style of the house. We are a similar size and have a small two story area but I wouldn't call it grand. It is simple and fits the house design.

I don't think there is an expectation either way.

As for the others talking about how wasteful it is - ether try to be helpful or take it somewhere else. OPs question is legit. You might not like it by not every thread on this site is intended to invite your opinion.

That is incorrect.

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False. I do like it, and only wish I had more time to comment on every thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, I have a newer 5000 sq ft house that we're in the process of selling (to relocate to a different area). It has 10 ft ceilings but no grand foyer, stairs are towards the back of house. This was actually an issue for some with resale, some buyers really wanted the more traditional stair foyer. Our next house is going to have a more standard albeit smallish two story stair foyer plus a smaller back staircase which I think I'll prefer to our current more "modern" set up. At least I think it will be safer so far as resale goes.

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Ignore the rambler dwellers! They have no idea what people in your price range really want.

I am a rambler dweller and I have a two story foyer with clerestory windows at the top. It is beautiful at all times of the day and night and gives a different perspective skyline. Although our rambler is only 8, 777 square feet, I insisted on a two story foyer and like it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it is unusal. Depends on the style of the house. We are a similar size and have a small two story area but I wouldn't call it grand. It is simple and fits the house design.

I don't think there is an expectation either way.

As for the others talking about how wasteful it is - ether try to be helpful or take it somewhere else. OPs question is legit. You might not like it by not every thread on this site is intended to invite your opinion.

That is incorrect.

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False. I do like it, and only wish I had more time to comment on every thread.

+ 1 to the two PP. I frequent DCUM to provide my opinion. Fortunately, my opinion is very valuable or I would not bother providing it. The readers are so lucky to have my opinions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, I have a newer 5000 sq ft house that we're in the process of selling (to relocate to a different area). It has 10 ft ceilings but no grand foyer, stairs are towards the back of house. This was actually an issue for some with resale, some buyers really wanted the more traditional stair foyer. Our next house is going to have a more standard albeit smallish two story stair foyer plus a smaller back staircase which I think I'll prefer to our current more "modern" set up. At least I think it will be safer so far as resale goes.

+1
Ignore the rambler dwellers! They have no idea what people in your price range really want.

I am a rambler dweller and I have a two story foyer with clerestory windows at the top. It is beautiful at all times of the day and night and gives a different perspective skyline. Although our rambler is only 8, 777 square feet, I insisted on a two story foyer and like it.

You have an almost 9,000 sft rambler?? Ha. Now that's a rare beast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For 9000 sqft, absolutely a two-story foyer. It makes your house look grand and inviting (which is part of these reason you're building a house of this size).
We built a 8000 sqft (3 levels) and has a two-story foyer. It looks stunning.
Ignore the sour grapes complaining it's a waste of space. You'll be living in the house, not them.

At 9,000 sf you have lots of space to waste. Do what you like.

[Anonymous]

I luv my 1500sq ft rambler.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But if you have money to throw you are employing people but using up more land thereby effecting stormwater run-off. That is an issue with development as we Houstonize ourselves. It's an issue in great Falls especially on lower Walker Road.

We have family back in the midwest.

There is a great neighborhood there of nice, normal sized homes on appropriately sized for the size of the house lots that has never ever flooded, in spite of being in an area that gets a ton of rain and neighborhoods which are a few miles from a small river.

Last year they had a ton of rain, and those houses which had never flooded, along with several streets that never flooded, got completely flooded out, with sveral feet of water in the houses.

The reason? All the new giant McMansions built on too small of lots, plus the new shopping center developments built on built up floodplains.

These giant homes on too small of land are awful.

However, OP one must really consider the impact to the eye when one builds such a grand estate. My vote is a 22 foot foy yay, and a chandalier of no fewer than 22 lightbulbs to represent each beautiful foot of ceiling height. One can not be too common when one is making a home building statement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unless you have the appropriate entablature, OP, I would not recommend it. You must also be careful of how your colonnade is designed along the the exterior and interior sprandrels and crestings.

It is not as simple as what you describe.

Oh Lovey!

I do so enjoy your wit and your eye for all things beautiful and tasteful. Bravo dear. Bravo.

With fondest regards,

Always yours,

Thurston.

[Anonymous]

Lots of trolling, dcum has gone downhill

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I luv my 1500sq ft rambler.....

PP, I think you have an autocorrect issue. You did mean 15,000 sq ft rambler, right? If you don't have 5 digit square footage, you should not be competing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unless you have the appropriate entablature, OP, I would not recommend it. You must also be careful of how your colonnade is designed along the the exterior and interior sprandrels and crestings.

It is not as simple as what you describe.

Oh Lovey!

I do so enjoy your wit and your eye for all things beautiful and tasteful. Bravo dear. Bravo.

With fondest regards,

Always yours,

Thurston.

Thurston, you old dog,

Why do you always insist on spelling my name incorrectly?

Deeply yours (and I do mean deeply),

Lovi