Anonymous
02/23/2013 14:51
Subject: Things I hate on homes
Many people say they hate vinyl windows - but how can you tell from a picture what type of window it is? I know replacement windows generally have a smaller opening, which makes them obvious, but looking at a picture, there is no way I would know what material it is made from.
Anonymous
02/23/2013 14:44
Subject: Things I hate on homes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Garage doors in the front are efficient use of space and easiest to drive in and out from requiring the least amount of space and turns. They are logical but not always aesthetically pleasing. I am an engineer
As a student of urban planning, I disagree with this view point because this comment about "efficiency" is devoid of the human and social context of homes. When garages, rather than welcoming front porches, assume the largest focal point of the front of the home, the emphasis is upon the car-dependent commute, and not upon the human interaction of homes on a street. (Historically, garages were only placed in the front of the home when suburbs exploded in the US in the 50s and 60s.) In older neighborhoods, garages were placed behind the home with the garage door facing an alley. Trash cans were picked up by garbage trucks in the back alley. Front facades of homes often had generous, sometimes covered, porches with seating areas and sidewalks to encourage interaction with neighbors.
Besides, talking about space efficiency is ridiculous when people believe that a family of 4 "needs" a home larger than 2000 sq ft.
Do you have kids yet?
I have three kids and I agree with the PP. Our house has a side-entrance garage and was built in the 50s.
Anonymous
02/23/2013 14:21
Subject: Things I hate on homes
Anonymous wrote:Driveways on expensive houses should be blacktop or pavers. Walkways should be brick, flagstone or pavers (not the concrete slabs that are usually used for mounting a/c units).....
Isn't blacktop sort of a pain to maintain? And wouldn't weeds grow between pavers? And flagstone gets so slippery in the rain! Give me good old fashioned concrete any day of the week!
Anonymous
02/23/2013 14:15
Subject: Things I hate on homes
Driveways on expensive houses should be blacktop or pavers. Walkways should be brick, flagstone or pavers (not the concrete slabs that are usually used for mounting a/c units).....
Anonymous
02/23/2013 09:16
Subject: Things I hate on homes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Garage doors in the front are efficient use of space and easiest to drive in and out from requiring the least amount of space and turns. They are logical but not always aesthetically pleasing. I am an engineer
As a student of urban planning, I disagree with this view point because this comment about "efficiency" is devoid of the human and social context of homes. When garages, rather than welcoming front porches, assume the largest focal point of the front of the home, the emphasis is upon the car-dependent commute, and not upon the human interaction of homes on a street. (Historically, garages were only placed in the front of the home when suburbs exploded in the US in the 50s and 60s.) In older neighborhoods, garages were placed behind the home with the garage door facing an alley. Trash cans were picked up by garbage trucks in the back alley. Front facades of homes often had generous, sometimes covered, porches with seating areas and sidewalks to encourage interaction with neighbors.
Besides, talking about space efficiency is ridiculous when people believe that a family of 4 "needs" a home larger than 2000 sq ft.
Do you have kids yet?
Student of 3rd world urban planning.
Anonymous
02/23/2013 09:16
Subject: Re:Things I hate on homes
A row of pillars on the porch of a relatively small or regular-sized home. There are a lot of them in Potomac. 2 pillars (one on each side of the door) are okay. A ROW of them as if you're in the white house is ugly to me.
Anonymous
02/23/2013 08:53
Subject: Things I hate on homes
Not PP, but I have two kids and agree with everything he/she said.
Anonymous
02/23/2013 08:37
Subject: Things I hate on homes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Garage doors in the front are efficient use of space and easiest to drive in and out from requiring the least amount of space and turns. They are logical but not always aesthetically pleasing. I am an engineer
As a student of urban planning, I disagree with this view point because this comment about "efficiency" is devoid of the human and social context of homes. When garages, rather than welcoming front porches, assume the largest focal point of the front of the home, the emphasis is upon the car-dependent commute, and not upon the human interaction of homes on a street. (Historically, garages were only placed in the front of the home when suburbs exploded in the US in the 50s and 60s.) In older neighborhoods, garages were placed behind the home with the garage door facing an alley. Trash cans were picked up by garbage trucks in the back alley. Front facades of homes often had generous, sometimes covered, porches with seating areas and sidewalks to encourage interaction with neighbors.
Besides, talking about space efficiency is ridiculous when people believe that a family of 4 "needs" a home larger than 2000 sq ft.
Do you have kids yet?
Anonymous
02/23/2013 08:35
Subject: Things I hate on homes
Anonymous wrote:Garage doors in the front are efficient use of space and easiest to drive in and out from requiring the least amount of space and turns. They are logical but not always aesthetically pleasing. I am an engineer
As someone who has side garages and a sharp curve in the driveway (and who routinely hits the edge of the garage frame), I wholeheartedly agree.
Anonymous
02/23/2013 08:23
Subject: Things I hate on homes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's one thing to have opinions about what you like and it's quite another to let it eliminate a good house. If you're on this list, you're probably looking at houses that cost $500k or more. Stuck on shutters and pavers seem like really cheap things to fix. If you fall in love with a house you might be willing to pay $10k or more to fix these problems.
For me, I don't like wall to wall carpet, granite counter tops, dark kitchen cabinets and upstairs laundry rooms.
Upstairs laundry rooms are the best!!
Yes, they are!
Why wouldn't someone like upstairs laundry rooms? Do you like having the workout of hauling your laundry up and down stairs?
I love my full laundry room off the rec room in the basement--drying racks, storage, ironing boards. I don't want that shit on bedroom level and dirty hamper and noise of washer/dryer. My biggest pet peeve is the hallway washer/dryer bedroom level--behind accordion doors. Ugh. No room for your shit.
You shit belongs in the toilet.
Anonymous
02/23/2013 00:20
Subject: Things I hate on homes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's one thing to have opinions about what you like and it's quite another to let it eliminate a good house. If you're on this list, you're probably looking at houses that cost $500k or more. Stuck on shutters and pavers seem like really cheap things to fix. If you fall in love with a house you might be willing to pay $10k or more to fix these problems.
For me, I don't like wall to wall carpet, granite counter tops, dark kitchen cabinets and upstairs laundry rooms.
Upstairs laundry rooms are the best!!
Yes, they are!
Why wouldn't someone like upstairs laundry rooms? Do you like having the workout of hauling your laundry up and down stairs?
I love my full laundry room off the rec room in the basement--drying racks, storage, ironing boards. I don't want that shit on bedroom level and dirty hamper and noise of washer/dryer. My biggest pet peeve is the hallway washer/dryer bedroom level--behind accordion doors. Ugh. No room for your shit.
No no no, we are talking about a laundry room upstairs not a closet for laundry. You can also get machine sound dampeners rubber feet.
Yeah, I have an actual room upstairs with the laundry stuff in it. It's about the size of a large walk-in closet, so it can hold a lot of crap hidden from view! I wouldn't even mind one of those closet things with just the machines though. That's what we had in our apartment and it was fine.
Anonymous
02/22/2013 23:49
Subject: Things I hate on homes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's one thing to have opinions about what you like and it's quite another to let it eliminate a good house. If you're on this list, you're probably looking at houses that cost $500k or more. Stuck on shutters and pavers seem like really cheap things to fix. If you fall in love with a house you might be willing to pay $10k or more to fix these problems.
For me, I don't like wall to wall carpet, granite counter tops, dark kitchen cabinets and upstairs laundry rooms.
Upstairs laundry rooms are the best!!
Yes, they are!
Why wouldn't someone like upstairs laundry rooms? Do you like having the workout of hauling your laundry up and down stairs?
I love my full laundry room off the rec room in the basement--drying racks, storage, ironing boards. I don't want that shit on bedroom level and dirty hamper and noise of washer/dryer. My biggest pet peeve is the hallway washer/dryer bedroom level--behind accordion doors. Ugh. No room for your shit.
No no no, we are talking about a laundry room upstairs not a closet for laundry. You can also get machine sound dampeners rubber feet.
Anonymous
02/22/2013 23:06
Subject: Things I hate on homes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's one thing to have opinions about what you like and it's quite another to let it eliminate a good house. If you're on this list, you're probably looking at houses that cost $500k or more. Stuck on shutters and pavers seem like really cheap things to fix. If you fall in love with a house you might be willing to pay $10k or more to fix these problems.
For me, I don't like wall to wall carpet, granite counter tops, dark kitchen cabinets and upstairs laundry rooms.
Upstairs laundry rooms are the best!!
Yes, they are!
Why wouldn't someone like upstairs laundry rooms? Do you like having the workout of hauling your laundry up and down stairs?
I love my full laundry room off the rec room in the basement--drying racks, storage, ironing boards. I don't want that shit on bedroom level and dirty hamper and noise of washer/dryer. My biggest pet peeve is the hallway washer/dryer bedroom level--behind accordion doors. Ugh. No room for your shit.
Anonymous
02/22/2013 23:03
Subject: Things I hate on homes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:red brick houses that were once painted white and have now been shittly jet washed leaving a half white half red look. terrible.
I actually love that look. It has a beautiful faded quality that gives dimension to the lines of the house. But, to each his own, I guess.
Yes! Our 1880 rowhouse came by that naturally. Some ivy--even better. Go to Europe--it's a patina...
Unless, of course, it is a. 1950 rambler in the suburbs.
Anonymous
02/22/2013 22:32
Subject: Things I hate on homes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's one thing to have opinions about what you like and it's quite another to let it eliminate a good house. If you're on this list, you're probably looking at houses that cost $500k or more. Stuck on shutters and pavers seem like really cheap things to fix. If you fall in love with a house you might be willing to pay $10k or more to fix these problems.
For me, I don't like wall to wall carpet, granite counter tops, dark kitchen cabinets and upstairs laundry rooms.
Upstairs laundry rooms are the best!!
Yes, they are!
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