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re: Looking to build an Acadian style home up here in Okie Land. LA architect recommendations?
Posted on 5/26/17 at 7:07 am to okietiger
Posted on 5/26/17 at 7:07 am to okietiger
As a builder, I designed, built and sold over 100 Acadian style homes in some of Mandeville's better subdivisions. Let me offer some thoughts:
Since the Acadian requires a symmetrical front porch, it severely limits flexibility of the interior flood plan ... center foyer, room right, room left. When designing a home, you either start with what you want on the inside or how you want the exterior to look ... pick one first, you then limit the other.
The cost of the front porch equals the cost of a room. Therefore, your home has one less room than you could have had ... probably a BR + bath.
A front porch is like owning another car or a boat. It has to be maintained properly. It has to be cleaned regularly. Do you really want to spend a Saturday morning cleaning your front porch?
Would you get more use from a rear porch? or an outdoor kitchen pavilion?
Builders do better building homes similar to what they have previously built. It doesn't have to be a duplicate, but if you can find something in OKLA that you're happy with, modify it, then build it.
Just some considerations.
Since the Acadian requires a symmetrical front porch, it severely limits flexibility of the interior flood plan ... center foyer, room right, room left. When designing a home, you either start with what you want on the inside or how you want the exterior to look ... pick one first, you then limit the other.
The cost of the front porch equals the cost of a room. Therefore, your home has one less room than you could have had ... probably a BR + bath.
A front porch is like owning another car or a boat. It has to be maintained properly. It has to be cleaned regularly. Do you really want to spend a Saturday morning cleaning your front porch?
Would you get more use from a rear porch? or an outdoor kitchen pavilion?
Builders do better building homes similar to what they have previously built. It doesn't have to be a duplicate, but if you can find something in OKLA that you're happy with, modify it, then build it.
Just some considerations.
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Posted on 5/26/17 at 8:07 am to Fat Man
Living in MD where most homes in our HOA are designed/built by Ryan or Miller and Smith. Out of curiosity- if we ever build and decide to use a plan from a company such as Acadian Floor Design, is it as straight forward as finding a contractor, showing the plan and then paying $$?
Posted on 5/26/17 at 8:11 am to Fat Man
quote:
As a builder, I designed, built and sold over 100 Acadian style homes in some of Mandeville's better subdivisions. Let me offer some thoughts:
Since the Acadian requires a symmetrical front porch, it severely limits flexibility of the interior flood plan ... center foyer, room right, room left. When designing a home, you either start with what you want on the inside or how you want the exterior to look ... pick one first, you then limit the other.
The cost of the front porch equals the cost of a room. Therefore, your home has one less room than you could have had ... probably a BR + bath.
A front porch is like owning another car or a boat. It has to be maintained properly. It has to be cleaned regularly. Do you really want to spend a Saturday morning cleaning your front porch?
Would you get more use from a rear porch? or an outdoor kitchen pavilion?
Builders do better building homes similar to what they have previously built. It doesn't have to be a duplicate, but if you can find something in OKLA that you're happy with, modify it, then build it.
Just some considerations
Great post. Adding to that, Potentially the biggest investment of your life is a fish out of water. If OK has no Acadian influence whatsoever, why would you spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a property of that very nature. Everyone always assumes they are building their forever home, but life happens.
I rep alot of buyers from TX & Cali who relo to TN and want to build Mediterranean style homes. We have zero Spanish influence here. Those properties tend to take baths on resell or sit until a buyer from those markets buy. A TN farmhouse? You'll have multiple offers in a week in most cases.
Just food for thought.
Posted on 5/26/17 at 8:23 am to Fat Man
I've definitely thought of this plus the re-sell value of an Acadian home in Oklahoma as mentioned below.
Just really not a huge fan of the OK normal style I guess. Very similar to what you see in Dallas.
Louisiana has much, much better looking style homes than either of these places.
Just really not a huge fan of the OK normal style I guess. Very similar to what you see in Dallas.
Louisiana has much, much better looking style homes than either of these places.
Posted on 5/26/17 at 1:56 pm to Fat Man
quote:Agreed. I love the look and nostalgic down home feeling I get when I see a front porch. But the truth is, they rarely go used. Back porches where you can add grills and a tv are sooo much more used and practical.
A front porch is like owning another car or a boat. It has to be maintained properly. It has to be cleaned regularly. Do you really want to spend a Saturday morning cleaning your front porch?
Would you get more use from a rear porch? or an outdoor kitchen pavilion?
Now, if you have the money, I would do both
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