Anonymous
Post 06/25/2012 13:01     Subject: McMansion construction looks WAY better than Old Renovations
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'd rather rather have a 10-year-old BMW than a new Chevy Aveo.


LOL. Wait till you see the service/repair costs!


Not if it's been refurbished, which is what we're talking about here, right? Renovated vs. new?
Anonymous
Post 06/25/2012 12:58     Subject: McMansion construction looks WAY better than Old Renovations
Anonymous wrote:I'd rather rather have a 10-year-old BMW than a new Chevy Aveo.


LOL. Wait till you see the service/repair costs!
Anonymous
Post 06/25/2012 12:37     Subject: McMansion construction looks WAY better than Old Renovations
I'd rather rather have a 10-year-old BMW than a new Chevy Aveo.
Anonymous
Post 06/25/2012 12:31     Subject: McMansion construction looks WAY better than Old Renovations
if you were to go buy a car would you go in looking to buy something that was built in the 50s or today? The value in real estate is the land, the structure (like a car) depreciates and wears out.
Anonymous
Post 06/25/2012 12:30     Subject: Re:McMansion construction looks WAY better than Old Renovations
Anonymous wrote:Right cause this crap is so much better


That's crap too. But it's also much cheaper than the typical McMansion. If you're going to make comparisons at least make it apples to apples.

Face it--new construction isn't inherently better than old, any more than old is inherently better than new. The are good and bad examples on both sides of the equation.

Anonymous
Post 06/25/2012 12:22     Subject: Re:McMansion construction looks WAY better than Old Renovations
Right cause this crap is so much better



Anonymous
Post 06/25/2012 11:54     Subject: Re:McMansion construction looks WAY better than Old Renovations
Anonymous wrote:Yes, the house you posted looks like crap but do you really aspire to this??

Sorry, not me.



Is this even in the DC area?

But, if the schools are great and it's not too far from a job, it's OK and certainly better than either living in a shitty public school district in the city or sending my child to school with spoiled, private-school brats.
Anonymous
Post 06/25/2012 11:48     Subject: Re:McMansion construction looks WAY better than Old Renovations
Yes, the house you posted looks like crap but do you really aspire to this??

Sorry, not me.

Anonymous
Post 06/25/2012 11:05     Subject: McMansion construction looks WAY better than Old Renovations
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
I strongly disagree. While there are plenty of hideous renovations and some nice McMansions, the typical renovated old house is much more charming than the typical McMansion.


I totally agree


The typical renovated old house in this area is not the Cherrydale house, but some ugly house in Arlington or Bethesda with a POS addition that cancels out whatever little charm the tract house had in the first place.
Anonymous
Post 06/25/2012 10:29     Subject: McMansion construction looks WAY better than Old Renovations
8:32 - This. There was not much money in the area when the houses were built, which is why the old houses are so ugly. The land is what you pay for. I am shocked that there are not more tear downs, especially considering what people pay for horrible renovations. Remember, the area was mostly military and government workers until very recently.
Anonymous
Post 06/25/2012 10:07     Subject: McMansion construction looks WAY better than Old Renovations
Anonymous wrote:I suspect the OP posted because that first house is so fugly that she had to share it with the world.

I would never own a McMansion - I find them bland - but I've seen some tastefully done bigger homes that I wouldn't mind owning. I salivated a little over that Cherrydale house - I would kill for a wraparound porch like that. (Or a normal front porch.)


you can add that porch to any new construction. If you base your home on having something old and a wrap around porch I suggest you educate yourself on building codes, standards and layouts.
Anonymous
Post 06/25/2012 10:02     Subject: McMansion construction looks WAY better than Old Renovations
I suspect the OP posted because that first house is so fugly that she had to share it with the world.

I would never own a McMansion - I find them bland - but I've seen some tastefully done bigger homes that I wouldn't mind owning. I salivated a little over that Cherrydale house - I would kill for a wraparound porch like that. (Or a normal front porch.)