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Architectural Atrocities You'll Want to Avoid

Started by Gryphon, October 02, 2006, 08:13:58 PM

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Gryphon

October 02, 2006, 08:13:58 PM
#1. THE HOLLYWOOD FRONT. Seen in practically any neighborhood less than 50 years old. Whats the point here? Does someone hope that people will only see their house in dead-on front views? Nothing screams "I cut every corner I could!" louder than brick or stone spread thinly over one face of a house like peanut butter on wheat. Witness this example:



Materials shoould change at an interior corner ONLY.

Sunny

#1
October 02, 2006, 08:18:35 PM
LOL! The home we're moving to has a "hollywood front".

Gryphon

#2
October 02, 2006, 08:23:44 PM
I dont remember that...

Gryphon

#3
October 02, 2006, 08:31:36 PM
I just went back and looked. Totally not the same thing! lol! You have the nice porch across the front so you totally dont notice it.

Sunny

#4
October 02, 2006, 08:36:05 PM
Good save, Gryphon.
;)

In all honesty, we're buying the neighborhood & school district more than the house...location, location, location!

I would've never put aluminum siding with a red & brown brick front...it's very 1977ish.

Gryphon

#5
October 02, 2006, 08:40:36 PM
No, seriously. Im referring more to the common fad of today...a McMansion thats supposed to look like a classical formal residence. But you turn the corner and BAM its plastic.

Sandy Eggo

#6
October 03, 2006, 09:47:13 AM
What about those homes that have the very high ceiling in the foyer? I mean the two story ones w/the windows. That just seems to be such a waste of space and energy (heat/air-con). Somewhat like this, but what I'm thinking of has a larger window...

Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten. - -Cree Indian Prophecy

"Women who strive to be equal to men lack ambitition" -- anonymous

followsthewolf

#7
October 03, 2006, 10:02:59 AM
I am convinced that most people who live in those homes do so because they get a "warm fuzzy" when other people tell them how nice it looks (whether or not it's a white lie).
Ignorance and fanaticism are ravenous. They require constant feeding.

Gryphon

#8
October 03, 2006, 11:16:42 AM
Ms Mojo, perfect. That foyer probably comes from the same kind of fake fronted house Im talking about.
Theres a general "over do" of two story spaces, cathedral ceilings, etc. thats been going on for years, IMHO.

Gryphon

#9
October 03, 2006, 08:15:55 PM
One way NOT to make your house the neighborhood standout:

Sunny

#10
October 03, 2006, 09:33:59 PM
LOL! Reminds of the show on HGTV called, "What's with THAT house"?

Gryphon

#11
October 04, 2006, 08:37:12 AM
I love that show! I might have to start a thread....

Fatcats Mom

#12
October 04, 2006, 11:41:23 AM
LOL, what were they thinking?

Magistrate

#13
October 05, 2006, 08:11:33 AM
Good luck if they ever decide to sell it! :eek:
Something to Consider! God Bless!

Gryphon

#14
October 05, 2006, 08:38:27 AM
I bet it makes it easy to give directions! "Just look for the house thats 30 feet taller than the rest."
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