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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of trolling, dcum has gone downhill

Sweet mother of Mary and all the saints in heaven, it is brutally muggy and hot outside. Would you rather we whine about the weather?

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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.

+1 We all know you can't actually enjoy living in a house that small. Anyone who states otherwise is just pretending they aren't jealous of what I have.

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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

FTW!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:sounds ugly

Your jealousy is ugly.

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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.

Can I ask why you didn't go with a 3-story foyer? I built a 12,000sf home with a 3-story foyer and turret and really think it improves the space. Maybe you can add on?

Ugh. You should be embarrassed to have anything under 20,000 and without a moat. The floods when it rains more than half an inch are a total bitch on the wine cellar and movie theater flooring, but these are the sacrifices one must make to live in faux grandeur.

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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.

Can I ask why you didn't go with a 3-story foyer? I built a 12,000sf home with a 3-story foyer and turret and really think it improves the space. Maybe you can add on?

Ugh. You should be embarrassed to have anything under 20,000 and without a moat. The floods when it rains more than half an inch are a total bitch on the wine cellar and movie theater flooring, but these are the sacrifices one must make to live in faux grandeur.

The 12,000 sqft house is just the guest cottage. It's attached to my main home by a drawbridge (made of hardiplank and the finest in curated Home Depot "stone") over the moat. And the foyer doesn't even have a ceiling, it reaches to the stars!

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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.

+1
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.

Gosh, I so agree. OP specifically asked for my opinion. Luckily, I have time to provide it as I lounge by my pool outside my 15,000 sq foot home, watching the children frolic on the back 40. Beulah, peel me a grape.

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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.

+1
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.

Gosh, I so agree. OP specifically asked for my opinion. Luckily, I have time to provide it as I lounge by my pool outside my 15,000 sq foot home, watching the children frolic on the back 40. Beulah, peel me a grape.

You will be sorely disappointed if you think this is the lifestyle of people building a home that size in McLean.

Troll on...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of trolling, dcum has gone downhill

DCUM has always had lots of trolling, and do you really expect posts this stupid to be taken seriously?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

+1
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.

Gosh, I so agree. OP specifically asked for my opinion. Luckily, I have time to provide it as I lounge by my pool outside my 15,000 sq foot home, watching the children frolic on the back 40. Beulah, peel me a grape.

You will be sorely disappointed if you think this is the lifestyle of people building a home that size in McLean.

Troll on...

If they have that kind of money and are building that size house and aren't living the high life, then they're just stupid. As long as they have that McLean zip code, though, I guess.

[Anonymous]

I hate 2 story foyers. I think they look McMansiony plus the sound all goes right upstairs and wakes the kids plus you can never get the temperature right and you can't change the lightbulbs in the stupid chandelier. If you're going to actually live in this house and it's not just for show. I vote no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate 2 story foyers. I think they look McMansiony plus the sound all goes right upstairs and wakes the kids plus you can never get the temperature right and you can't change the lightbulbs in the stupid chandelier. If you're going to actually live in this house and it's not just for show. I vote no.

+1. I had a house with a 2 story foyer and a 2 story kitchen, and the noise level upstairs was incredible. OP, if you do this, put the bedrooms a looong way from the foyer. Also, there is always a dead bug on the sill of the second floor window (that you can see from the second floor landing) and somebody's got to go up on a ladder to dust it off.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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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.

Can I ask why you didn't go with a 3-story foyer? I built a 12,000sf home with a 3-story foyer and turret and really think it improves the space. Maybe you can add on?

Ugh. You should be embarrassed to have anything under 20,000 and without a moat. The floods when it rains more than half an inch are a total bitch on the wine cellar and movie theater flooring, but these are the sacrifices one must make to live in faux grandeur.

The 12,000 sqft house is just the guest cottage. It's attached to my main home by a drawbridge (made of hardiplank and the finest in curated Home Depot "stone") over the moat. And the foyer doesn't even have a ceiling, it reaches to the stars!

How in the world do you heat that in the winter? Your bills must be through the roof. Oh wait....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hate 2 story foyers. I think they look McMansiony plus the sound all goes right upstairs and wakes the kids plus you can never get the temperature right and you can't change the lightbulbs in the stupid chandelier. If you're going to actually live in this house and it's not just for show. I vote no.

+1. I had a house with a 2 story foyer and a 2 story kitchen, and the noise level upstairs was incredible. OP, if you do this, put the bedrooms a looong way from the foyer. Also, there is always a dead bug on the sill of the second floor window (that you can see from the second floor landing) and somebody's got to go up on a ladder to dust it off.

Thanks you, Captain Obvious. Yes, of course "somebody" has to go up on a ladder. The "somebody" is called a butler. If you can't afford one, you obviously have no business with a two-story foyer. Newcomers. Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate 2 story foyers. I think they look McMansiony plus the sound all goes right upstairs and wakes the kids plus you can never get the temperature right and you can't change the lightbulbs in the stupid chandelier. If you're going to actually live in this house and it's not just for show. I vote no.

+1. I had a house with a 2 story foyer and a 2 story kitchen, and the noise level upstairs was incredible. OP, if you do this, put the bedrooms a looong way from the foyer. Also, there is always a dead bug on the sill of the second floor window (that you can see from the second floor landing) and somebody's got to go up on a ladder to dust it off.

Thanks you, Captain Obvious. Yes, of course "somebody" has to go up on a ladder. The "somebody" is called a butler. If you can't afford one, you obviously have no business with a two-story foyer. Newcomers. Sheesh.

A butler's job is to clean the house? That's something new!