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re: House design features that bother you
Posted on 4/6/26 at 11:58 pm to JohnnyKilroy
Posted on 4/6/26 at 11:58 pm to JohnnyKilroy
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Big box houses that are built to the absolute limits so there’s the minimum required set backs. Looks so shitty.
Often times this results out of necessity due to property values.
In BR, land in desirable areas is so expensive that the neighborhood gets divided into smaller lots to try and keep costs down as much as they can but you still end up with lots less than half an acre for a quarter million dollars.
What happens for whoever builds on that lot is that they have to build at a higher square footage to absorb that cost so that the house will appraise.
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Posted on 4/7/26 at 6:48 am to Tempratt
quote:My house would be perfect if it weren't for this. It appears the large opening in the book shelves was made for a TV, but it's now too small and puts the TV all the way to one side of the den. Tried it and it sucked worse than over the fire place. Loved the rest of the house, location, bayou etc. for that to be a deal breaker.
I hate when no walls are flat for setting up you tv and stereo system.
Seems like designers incision having tvs above fireplaces.
Also built I bookshelves.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:07 am to JohnnyKilroy
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2023 house is bigger but feels WAY smaller due to 75% of the downstairs being one continuous giant room.
We are dividing up our basement right now.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:18 am to Onyx Aggie
- Having the range against a wall. I don't want to just stare at a wall while I cook. I want my range top on the island or a bar facing the dining area.
- Not enough windows. And then covering all the windows. Why people hate natural light, I have no idea. Let the light in, people.
- No exterior double door.
- Just poor kitchen layouts. The dishwasher being across the kitchen from the sink. The fridge being around the corner or in another. No large prep area. No storage. No drawer bank.
- Random arches. Every window and doorway is squared off but some random arch entryway or door. Why?
- Tray ceilings
- Not enough windows. And then covering all the windows. Why people hate natural light, I have no idea. Let the light in, people.
- No exterior double door.
- Just poor kitchen layouts. The dishwasher being across the kitchen from the sink. The fridge being around the corner or in another. No large prep area. No storage. No drawer bank.
- Random arches. Every window and doorway is squared off but some random arch entryway or door. Why?
- Tray ceilings
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:23 am to Onyx Aggie
Any McMansion look that lacks proper symmetry
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:35 am to BRich
quote:This was absolutely ubiquitous in 90s builds. I hate it so much.
2. Quoins (squares which stick out on exterior wall corners). Not so much on brick homes if they are the same brick, but especially on stucco homes and extra-especially when they are painted a different color than the main part of the house:
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:36 am to bhtigerfan
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You haven’t owned a home with ugly-arse orange bricks I presume. Our home looks so much better painted than before. It’s a light grey by the way, not white.
If it was ugly, sure.
But a lot of the houses around us that have been painted white were perfectly lovely brick houses. It feels like an extension of that Millennial gray interior bullshite.
The guy that owns the house diagonal from us painted his black (and he’s renting it out). And the property doesn’t have a tree or shrub around it. It looks so awful and I imagine the electric bill in the summer is gonna be stupid.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:38 am to Onyx Aggie
Unless it is a vacation/get-away place, I can’t stand A frame houses. Horrible design.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:41 am to deltaland
I see roofs like that all the time and I just can't imagine all the leaks that will occur over the life of that house.
My Dad was a contractor and he always preached that water is the enemy when building a house.
Valleys let the enemy in.
My Dad was a contractor and he always preached that water is the enemy when building a house.
Valleys let the enemy in.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:42 am to Onyx Aggie
Maybe already mentioned, but designs whereby someone at the front door can see into the living area.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:43 am to Onyx Aggie
Probably already been posted but here’s my list
1. Narrow arse single front door on a big house. Put a nice double door on it you lazy architect.
2. Kitchens stuck in the corner of a living room. I’ve seen houses that look like the builder got finished building it then realized they forgot the kitchen. So they slap some cabinets and an island in the corner of the living room and call it good.
3. Hanging a TV above the fireplace. Sorry looking at the sky when I watch TV is not a normal viewing angle.
1. Narrow arse single front door on a big house. Put a nice double door on it you lazy architect.
2. Kitchens stuck in the corner of a living room. I’ve seen houses that look like the builder got finished building it then realized they forgot the kitchen. So they slap some cabinets and an island in the corner of the living room and call it good.
3. Hanging a TV above the fireplace. Sorry looking at the sky when I watch TV is not a normal viewing angle.
This post was edited on 4/7/26 at 7:48 am
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:48 am to Onyx Aggie
I ain't fond of open floor plans. I don't want to hear the noise from the kitchen in the dining room or living room. Its almost required today but I wouldn't be surprised if it became dated in another 20 years or so and kitchens are once again walled off from the living area.
We have a jack and jill bathroom for 2 bedrooms in our house. It isn't a problem for us because we only have one kid still at home but when there are 2 sharing a jack and jill bathroom both conclude it is theirs and the other person ought not be using it.
A 20 by 22 foot garage is not a 2 car garage. You can park 2 in that space, if they are small, but opening the doors to get out is tough.
Every damn spec development with an HOA allows homes with 5 and 6 bedrooms and 4 -5 bathrooms to be built with 20X22 or similar sized garages and 18 foot wide driveways....and the HOA covenants require parking in the garage and not in the driveway and certainly not in the street. In homes priced to be marketed to people at the mid point of their careers with multiple kids still at home at a time when those kids will be driving. They then harass the owner non stop about cars being visible from the street.
High ceilings in small spaces or high ceilings with smoke detectors and enclosed light fixtures ought to be reason to shoot an architect. Keeping a 12 foot or bigger step ladder about the place to replace smoke detector batteries and lamps once a year is asking a lot. Its especially a bad design when there isn't enough room to open that ladder up and nowhere to lean an extension ladder. When I was a young electrician we would build scaffolding to change lamps and replace smoke detector batteries in McMansions around Atlanta....it'd cost the owner a fortune.
We have a jack and jill bathroom for 2 bedrooms in our house. It isn't a problem for us because we only have one kid still at home but when there are 2 sharing a jack and jill bathroom both conclude it is theirs and the other person ought not be using it.
A 20 by 22 foot garage is not a 2 car garage. You can park 2 in that space, if they are small, but opening the doors to get out is tough.
Every damn spec development with an HOA allows homes with 5 and 6 bedrooms and 4 -5 bathrooms to be built with 20X22 or similar sized garages and 18 foot wide driveways....and the HOA covenants require parking in the garage and not in the driveway and certainly not in the street. In homes priced to be marketed to people at the mid point of their careers with multiple kids still at home at a time when those kids will be driving. They then harass the owner non stop about cars being visible from the street.
High ceilings in small spaces or high ceilings with smoke detectors and enclosed light fixtures ought to be reason to shoot an architect. Keeping a 12 foot or bigger step ladder about the place to replace smoke detector batteries and lamps once a year is asking a lot. Its especially a bad design when there isn't enough room to open that ladder up and nowhere to lean an extension ladder. When I was a young electrician we would build scaffolding to change lamps and replace smoke detector batteries in McMansions around Atlanta....it'd cost the owner a fortune.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 8:11 am to midlothianlsu
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Not having a sink in the garage. I have had to add one in the last two houses I’ve owned.
We added a utility bathroom in the garage and it's been great. It has a big walk in shower to bathe the dog, a utility sink and a toilet.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 8:35 am to AwgustaDawg
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I don't want to hear the noise from the kitchen in the dining room or living room. Its almost required today but I wouldn't be surprised if it became dated in another 20 years or so and kitchens are once again walled off from the living area.
I suspect this is to make the limited square footage seem bigger
Posted on 4/7/26 at 9:01 am to Cosmo
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Charging $250-300/ sq ft for a house with 12x12’ bedrooms and hollow interior doors
This segways into the OP question nicely.
Thinking you need a general contractor to manage building a house when you already know a concrete man/framer/electrician/hvac/plumber.
One GC on here even claims to employ a project manager to catch problems, the example they used was a tile not being perfectly square. Just hire a good tile man and eliminate the PM. That's why they're selling for 300sf.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 9:10 am to bad93ex
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Same, so many beautiful brick homes in my area have been painted white, it looks so sterile
People that paint over legit reclaimed old St. Louis brick should be publicly caned.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 9:12 am to udtiger
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People that paint over legit reclaimed old St. Louis brick should be publicly caned.
walked through a house recently where they did this - it looked horrible.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 9:36 am to Onyx Aggie
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What features (or lack of features) annoys you?
Brutalist and Deconstructivism architecture. If Resting Bitch Face and She Has Crazy Eyes were architecture, it would be those two types.
This post was edited on 4/7/26 at 9:37 am
Posted on 4/7/26 at 10:14 am to Onyx Aggie
I may be in the minority...but I hate a formal dining room. Most underutilized room in the house.
Also, hate garages that are less than 26' deep. Personal preference is 30' or more...but less than 26' is a huge pain.
Also, hate garages that are less than 26' deep. Personal preference is 30' or more...but less than 26' is a huge pain.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 10:28 am to madmaxvol
deep garages kick arse. never had one til this past year
Old house was more open floor plan. Current house is 30 years old and more traditional. We blasted a few walls out but kept kitchen area separated from living room and its been amazing. We cook a ton and its been so much better. Huge island kitchen with build in gas stove top.
Will never go back to a kitchen/living area open concept.
Old house was more open floor plan. Current house is 30 years old and more traditional. We blasted a few walls out but kept kitchen area separated from living room and its been amazing. We cook a ton and its been so much better. Huge island kitchen with build in gas stove top.
Will never go back to a kitchen/living area open concept.
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