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Easy to answer...BTW, I live in the suburbs, don't ever go into DC.
The answer is that I would like to bring some sort of awareness. [b]Maybe, people will start to take a closer look at details and start to ask the contractors to do it right, rather than big.[/b] [/quote]

You make a lot of silly assumptions, like that our McMansion was not built "right" just because it's big.  We took part in designing our house from the start.  We worked with the builder to do things the way we wanted it...and for us, the "right" way.  I also put in the contract that I had two times, once BEFORE the walls went up and once at the final walk-through that I could bring a contractor that I hired on the side to do the walk though and look for issues.  This contractor was the contractor that my insurance company had assigned in my last home when I a major disaster that required about 75% of the house to be rebuilt.  So, I hired that general contractor to come out, do the walk-throughs, flag anything that he thought needed to be addressed.  He actually said that he was quite impressed with a lot of the workmanship.  He told us to take photos of all of the walls  before the drywall went up.  He caught a handful of issues (all small), that he had the builder address, and they did.  So, while you may not like a McMansion, just the fact that it *IS* a McMansion does not mean that it was built big and poorly.  Some of us took special pains to get big and well built.  The style of the house, whether big and modern, or small and artsy/with character dose not determine the quality of the construction.  The two are completely independent.  I've seen many a small hosue with "character" that have been poorly constructed.[/quote]

NO ONE said that big means poorly built. Most new homes have many shoddy short cuts. Most new homes are big, but that does not mean all. [/quote]

Oh please.  Read the bolded text that I was responding to.  The clear implication was that big suburban houses are built big and cut corners and are not built "right".  If you can't see that from the quoted line, you need to learn to read subtext better.  While you may be judicious and give the PP credit for meaning "some", the implication is clearly "all" or "most".  But, then, you get what you pay for.  If you want a big McMansion cheap, then you'll probably get shoddy workmanship.  If you pay more for it, you'll probably get better workmanship.  But that has nothing to do with style of house or size.[/quote]

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