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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't hate newer, as long as they're well designed
Don't hate larger, as long as they fit the lot.

We live in an area that has seen a lot of tear downs recently.  Some are lovely - well designed and fit the lots.  We've been fortunate to have a couple in our immediate neighborhood (not surprisingly, built by someone who lives in the area and knows the neighborhood).

Others are hot messes - generic looking, or weird designs so that a 4000sf home can fit onto a sub-divided and narrow lot.  They're just unattractive.  Too many of these look like the builder is in it for the flip/quick profit, rather than building a nice home.  I don't understand why anyone would then pay $1-2million or more for one of these homes.

We have one of the smaller, older homes that receive a lot of criticism on this and other threads.  We bought it because of the location, its floor plan, and the fact that it was turnkey - we haven't had to do anything major since we've moved in, and our inspector mentioned how well-built it was.  That said, a new home has appeal, and our older home isn't historic or necessarily worth "saving."  But once I started looking into teardown/new build options, there doesn't seem to be much that fits my criteria.  Ideal would be less than 3000sf, and more modern.  Just the size alone seems to preclude most builders.  And good design (modern or otherwise), what a PP called "bespoke architecture", just doesn't seem to happen around here (with the possible exception of Hugh Newell Jacobsen.)  [/quote].

"older homes that receive a lot of criticism on this and other threads. "

Judging from your "hot mess" and "unattractive", Here's the difference, people who LIVE in the older homes criticize the older homes.

People who live in the newer ones don't care either way.

The people criticizing the newer homes are the ones living in the older ones.[/quote]

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