Anonymous
Post 10/22/2025 09:45     Subject: Re:Developer unable to sell ugly monstrosities
Anonymous wrote: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.


Except they’re not selling, which is the point of this thread.
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2025 09:15     Subject: Re:Developer unable to sell ugly monstrosities
Seems like it must be easy to just build white boxes and call them homes.
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2025 09:04     Subject: Re:Developer unable to sell ugly monstrosities
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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.


Yes, and just like any profession or business endeavor, there are skilled ones who get it right, and unskilled ones who don’t. This is the latter, and the market confirms this.


And lucky for the unskilled ones, there are plenty of people who lack any taste or understanding of space and proportion. Some of them even stumbled into money.


Thank goodness we have people like you to set the rest of us straight.
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2025 08:04     Subject: Developer unable to sell ugly monstrosities
The one on Livingston street is now under contract.
Anonymous
Post 10/17/2025 11:35     Subject: Developer unable to sell ugly monstrosities
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Who is the builder so we know who to stay away from?


https://daimlerbuilds.com/

A family with the surname “Demuren”. The agent who sells these, a guy by the name of Tami Demuren, is presumably the guy’s son.



The Foxhall house linked below is worse than the original examples.

https://daimlerbuilds.com/For-Sale/


That is a crime against humanity.
Anonymous
Post 10/17/2025 10:18     Subject: Developer unable to sell ugly monstrosities
Anonymous wrote:
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.


I am from San Diego and I promise these houses are not typical for SoCal.

+1 There are generally two styles of homes in CA

- mediterranean style
- ranch/bungalow

I've had both. I miss the mediterranean style homes. They look so out of place here in the DC area.
Anonymous
Post 10/17/2025 10:16     Subject: Re:Developer unable to sell ugly monstrosities
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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.


Yes, and just like any profession or business endeavor, there are skilled ones who get it right, and unskilled ones who don’t. This is the latter, and the market confirms this.


And lucky for the unskilled ones, there are plenty of people who lack any taste or understanding of space and proportion. Some of them even stumbled into money.
Anonymous
Post 10/17/2025 10:11     Subject: Re:Developer unable to sell ugly monstrosities
Anonymous wrote: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.


Yes, and just like any profession or business endeavor, there are skilled ones who get it right, and unskilled ones who don’t. This is the latter, and the market confirms this.
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2025 22:52     Subject: Developer unable to sell ugly monstrosities
what is up with all the flat roofs? flat roofs are a pain that are more prone to leaks and harder to repair
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2025 22:48     Subject: Developer unable to sell ugly monstrosities
I guess I'm in the minority but I really like the first two. The third is OK but I'm the worrying type, and being in a tall, skinny house like that would make me nervous.
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2025 16:54     Subject: Re:Developer unable to sell ugly monstrosities
Anonymous wrote: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.


Oh look, the builder found this thread.