Not sure if most people really like the modern farmhouse. My impression of affluent buyers is that anything new and nice does the trick. Builders chase the trends. Buyers follow.

Builders can spend $1 M on a lot and build a 3,000 SF house for $1,500,000 and sell it for $2,800,000 or build a 7,000 Sf house for $1,700,000 and sell it for $3,800,000.

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Anonymous wrote:I will never understand why NW DC and moco have beautiful new construction across a range of styles and we get stuck with 5 variations of mcfarmhouse on the VA side

Moco?!?!? Beautiful construction? Huh? Did you mean nova?

It’s because you have to be a sheep and have no imagination to live in Virginia.

Anonymous wrote:I will never understand why NW DC and moco have beautiful new construction across a range of styles and we get stuck with 5 variations of mcfarmhouse on the VA side

Moco?!?!? Beautiful construction? Huh? Did you mean nova?

Anonymous wrote:Modern architecture has lower resale value in that area than farmhouse, McCraftsman, or Colonial architecture. The one recent modern architecture development was targeting south asian buyers. Most flippers are not targeting so narrowly.

Which development?

White House black trim
White House black trim

Repeat
Repeat

Unless you are in one of the many Willowsfords..
Grey House grey trim
Grey House Grey trim

Modern architecture with flat roofs is much harder to do correctly. Builders go with what they know and what's easier.

Those crazy South Asians and there are modern architecture tastes…

wait what???

Modern architecture has lower resale value in that area than farmhouse, McCraftsman, or Colonial architecture. The one recent modern architecture development was targeting south asian buyers. Most flippers are not targeting so narrowly.

Anonymous wrote:I don't see why anyone would want a 7k sq ft house. I don't care how much money I have, I feel like a house that big just wouldn't feel cozy or homey.

That’s an easy Google.

I don't see why anyone would want a 7k sq ft house. I don't care how much money I have, I feel like a house that big just wouldn't feel cozy or homey.

Because builders want to make money and high square footage sells for more and it’s cheap to go from 4K to 7k sq ft.

Builders build what the market asks for. If you have different tastes, you can build from scratch to any design you like, or can look for an existing home which aligns with your preferences.

I will never understand why NW DC and moco have beautiful new construction across a range of styles and we get stuck with 5 variations of mcfarmhouse on the VA side

I want like to buy a house in McLean - but I don’t understand why there aren’t more new construction houses that are more modern and less then 7000/8000 sq ft? I feel like they all look like large farmhouse - some very nice - but all so similar?