Builders don't prosper by building structures they cannot sell, despite the judgments of self-appointed arbiters of taste and sophistication here. You may not find those houses to be to your refined tastes, but they will sell.

Anonymous wrote:These houses are hideous imho

+1 These houses are dogsh** ugly.

Anonymous wrote:There’s a number of these hideous style of houses in 20015 and they all seem to sit forever. Seems pretty stupid to build this style as they look ridiculously out of place.

It's really strange...like a super wealthy parent indulges their kid's strange design tastes, but doesn't care about making a profit.

If these were just built in a modern craftsman or a modern colonial style then they likely wouldn't have a major problem reselling.

There is one that has been for sale in 20015 for like 2.5 years at this point. It actually looks better than these houses, but is similarly out of place for this neighborhood.

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Anonymous wrote:insides look like glass and marble opulence and the outsides look like 1960s soviet Khrushchevka

Khruschoba, you mean?

probably? transliteration differences?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khrushchevka

Anonymous wrote:insides look like glass and marble opulence and the outsides look like 1960s soviet Khrushchevka

Khruschoba, you mean?

They look pretty awful. And anyone who lives in this area knows a flat roof is not something you want.

Anonymous wrote:They definitely look a little out of place in DC. Something like that might have gone over better in Seattle or San Diego or somewhere else on the West Coast.

They don't look so bad to me, but the flat roof looks like it belongs in the desert where it doesn't rain or snow and they don't have any trees like all of those pueblo styles in Santa Fe, NM. You should hear them whine when it rains, but it only does that once or twice a year. Otherwise not having a pitched ceiling in the attic and optionally a deck on top would be awesome.

There’s a number of these hideous style of houses in 20015 and they all seem to sit forever. Seems pretty stupid to build this style as they look ridiculously out of place.

Anonymous wrote:"With the market becoming less favorable for this kind of activities, it will be interesting to see whether he can stay solvent."

I'm not a fan of these houses, but this is a bizarre statement. He has three houses listed, ranging from 1 to 79 days on the market. That's really not a lot for anyone in this business. It just makes you sound really bitter and jealous to make an accusation like that.

+1

Oh wow that 3rd one. Who’s going to buy that?

I hate them all but the 3rd one is just so weird.

On the market but will pass on this type of "development" and buy a smaller one and one vacation home with no stairs. Kids are soon in college anyway.

I don't mind the first two but they are out of my budget.

I toured the first one on 34th when it was open. It was awful and every person walking through was saying the same. It is absolutely enormous and completely out of place and scale for the area. The main floor had not a single wall so no way to close off anything. It is 100% open with a staircase plonked in the middle. The ADU already had a giant crack down the middle of the ceiling and so on.

Anonymous wrote:The sad thing is he’s not starting from scratch down to is garbage - he’s destroying charming properties for at lest some of them. I wish this wasn’t allowed.

Then I hope he goes out of business or hires a designer. Destroying cute houses for these hideous boxes should be a crime. If I lived next door, I’d be livid.

These houses are hideous imho