Grant Shipley wrote:
I personally have no problem with McMansions (as some people call
them). I think if someone has the money to afford one -- hey go for
it.
The term McMansion does not generally describe a desirable home. At
least, it is not intended to. The term describes a home that
approximates a mansion, but with cheaper shortcuts employed, such that
the upper middle class can afford a mansion-like home. The proportions
are usually out of whack. For example: A medium-sized home with
white-house proportion pillars on either side of the front door. Another
example: Brick on the front, but inexpensive siding on the sides and
rear. My parents' house is like this. My dad quips that you could poke a
hole in his house with a ball-point pen. Wikipedia has a great article
on the topic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMansion
For the record, I don't hate these homes, or the people who live in them
(my very parents, in fact, live in one). I just wish that more
developers would build classic homes like the colonial and Victorian
styles of yesteryear that you see so often in the older areas of the
east coast.
Examples:
http://www.thehouseplanshop.com/images/house-plan-images/Southern-House-Plan.jpg
http://chi.archifexinc.com/images/inn.jpg
http://www.kwhometeam.net/Listings/0%20ARCHER%20ST/Lg1.jpg (minus
the river, of course)
http://www.theplancollection.com/house-plans-images/RG/elev_RGlr1904_550.jpg
Not that you asked. :)
--Dave
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