Saturday, December 13, 2008

McMansion Watch



Here's another McMansion from Fairfax Station, Virginia. I'll admit that I do like some McMansions, but this one to me is butt ugly.
Posted by at 3:32 PM
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  1. UnknownDecember 13, 2008 3:47 PM

    Part of the problem is that this type of house is so incredibly common in the area, that people become numbed to the ugliness of the things.

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  2. ZazzuDecember 13, 2008 5:39 PM

    Those pillars look ridiculous.

    At least the grass is mowed.

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  3. AnonymousDecember 13, 2008 8:39 PM

    It's all about ego folks...ego. I see people pissing away resources with their trucks, fast cars, big SUVs, gunning them to the next light just to be ahead of the next guy....just so their penises are bigger than the guy next to them.....

    And this is why the world is so screwed...just so Joe Schmo can feel more adequate.

    Pathetic isn't it.

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  4. miguelDecember 14, 2008 2:09 AM

    I don't know, I think people in this thread are being too judgmental. I would love to own this house. What would you do with all that space if you had money? Remember, there's a basement. I would build a theater room, a rec room with a pool table, a music studio, a kitchen with great appliances, a hobby workshop, a deck out back... Come on, admit you would love it, who cares about the aesthetics of the exterior?

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  5. JamesDecember 14, 2008 2:48 AM

    miguel said...
    "Come on, admit you would love it, who cares about the aesthetics of the exterior?"

    I care about the aesthetics. But a similar sized house with an attractive design, yeah I'll take it.... just to show Noz that I'm better than him. ;-)

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  6. AnonymousDecember 14, 2008 6:21 PM

    Miguel - this might seem completely non-sensical to you, but asthetics are very important. As it stands now, this place has no appeal to me as a place to live - it really doesnt.

    I say this in an effort not to be judgmental, but to convey my sense of repugnance for the way this place looks and the "look at me message" it displays. Seriously, I would be very very embarassed to say I live here.

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  7. AnonymousDecember 14, 2008 9:09 PM

    It looks like tens of thousands of other homes in northern VA. Wouldn't you think that the vuilders could have come up with more than on type of house? I'll bet I can tell you exactly how the inside is layed out, too. THEY ARE ALL THE SAME and you couldn't PAY ME to live in one of them

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  8. AnonymousDecember 15, 2008 7:06 AM

    Intelligent, attractive women DO NOT want to live in homes like this.

    Overweight, materialistic women love to live in homes like this one.

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  9. AnonymousDecember 15, 2008 8:50 AM

    My problem - I am from New Orleans and most houses McMansion or other wise built in the suburbs are ugly to me.

    I don't know if I think the house it ugly but it is boring. It is blah with a big yard, 2 car garage and 4 hugely obvious pillars. It looks like every other house in the subdivision, zip code, general area. Not only that, but it will always look like those around it because the subdivision HOA will insist on it - that is the point of a subdivision like this, conformity.

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  10. UnknownDecember 15, 2008 9:05 AM

    I grew up in a house that was built in 1914, so I am used to neighborhoods where each house is different from the next. And for that matter, I am used to neighborhoods with full-grown trees. These older homes each had minor quirks, but they also had beautiful woodwork.

    When I bought my old townhouse, the builder put some scrappy sapling in there - it looked like they dug it up from the freeway median strip somewhere. I pulled it out and planted a hardwood to take its place, but that thing will take 20 years to reach full height. Assuming that someone doesn't rip it out for some stupid reason in the meantime.

    I have never understood why there is this need for conformity. The need for people to maintain their homes is one thing, but the conformity makes no sense.

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  11. AnonymousDecember 15, 2008 9:12 AM

    "I say this in an effort not to be judgmental, but to convey my sense of repugnance for the way this place looks and the "look at me message" it displays."

    Exactly - welcome to Vulgaria, USA

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  12. AnonymousDecember 15, 2008 9:22 AM

    The whole pillars and roof thing in the front look too big for the rest of the house and they look like a total after thought. At least it appears to be all-brick. I would tear off the pillars and extra roof piece. At least then it would just be boring, not ugly.

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  13. AnonymousDecember 15, 2008 9:26 AM

    I don't really have a problem with the house looking like others in the area.

    Let's face it, unless you're a millionaire, any house you buy is going to look like a lot of others, because mass built homes all use generic designs. Doesn't matter if it's a row house in DC or a mcmansion in suburbia.

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  14. AnonymousDecember 15, 2008 11:30 AM

    "Anonymous said...

    Let's face it, unless you're a millionaire, any house you buy is going to look like a lot of others, because mass built homes all use generic designs. Doesn't matter if it's a row house in DC or a mcmansion in suburbia."

    Thats why I am only looking in older (pre 1940) neighborhoods in DC, Arlington & Alexandria. In these places, much of the housing stock varies greatly - you can have a 600K starter home and a 2.5MM dream home all on the same block. Its the variable mix of housing that makes these places so vibrant and interesting places to live - a lesson mass builders havent picked up on...

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  15. JamesDecember 15, 2008 2:01 PM

    Anonymous said...
    "It is blah with a big yard..."

    Big yards are bad? I always thought it looked cheap when there was a big house with a tiny yard.

    JackRussell said...
    "I grew up in a house that was built in 1914, so I am used to neighborhoods where each house is different from the next."

    Exactly! I grew up in a farmhouse that was built in the late 1800's. Every house in the town had its own design. Nothing looks cheaper than a neighborhood where all the houses are indistinguishable from each other.

    There are variations of housing styles in Northern Virginia, but usually the variation is from one neighborhood to the next, with little variation within the same neighborhood.

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  16. AnonymousDecember 15, 2008 8:06 PM

    I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

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  17. AnonymousDecember 15, 2008 8:08 PM

    James, did you grow up in an east coast town? Or was it a place like Knoxville?

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  18. AnonymousDecember 15, 2008 8:19 PM

    I want to buy this gem. Do you know the asking price??? HAHAHAHA

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  19. JamesDecember 15, 2008 11:36 PM

    Brian said...
    "James, did you grow up in an east coast town? Or was it a place like Knoxville?"

    Upstate New York.

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  20. AnonymousDecember 16, 2008 7:01 AM

    It needs a yellow Hummer parked outside to complete the look.

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  21. AnonymousDecember 17, 2008 12:11 AM

    It needs a yellow Hummer parked outside to complete the look.

    December 16, 2008 4:01 AM

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    No.

    It needs a yellow Hummer, a silver Lexis IS300, and a black Infiniti IX35 in the driveway to complete the look.

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  22. AnonymousDecember 17, 2008 7:59 AM

    I just threw up in David's mouth a little bit.

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