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re: Why Are New LA Houses so Boring/Stale?
Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:14 am to FootballNostradamus
Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:14 am to FootballNostradamus
Couldn't agree more. all new neighborhoods look very generic until you get to the 500k+ houses.
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Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:14 am to FootballNostradamus
Go ride through the burbs of Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Denver, OKC.......pretty much anywhere
Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:15 am to Mike da Tigah
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I get the concept behind the restrictions in order to keep some sense of symmetry to a neighborhood. You don't want it looking like a hodgepodge mess, but I also don't think it has to be so Melba toast or cookie cutter either. Houses with character, a relative design, and a little more variance, old growth trees, sidewalks, interesting street lights, etc make a neighborhood desirable long term in my observation.
A lot of these people don't expect to be there long term. 3-4 years and they're transferring to another city, or expecting to trade up to a more expensive house in another cookie cutter subdivision. I don't understand the mentality, but I recognize it for what it is.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:16 am to StinkDog12
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Thinking about it...
Maybe people buy them for the uniformity? I mean, when you buy a house in a subdivision where everything looks the same, and has set restrictions, it generally looks a little neater.
In the dick measuring world we live in, it sounds odd that some people don't care if their house is bigger or better than the one on the side of theirs but...maybe some people don't care?
I like a custom home but I won't poo poo people that buy track homes in organized/planned/restricted subdivisions.
You can build a unique home without having it be huge or overly ritzy. If you do your homework on your plans beforehand and don't select overly-intricate roof plans and slab designs you can also make it cost effective.
I get why some people do it, I'm just surprised so many do it.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:16 am to Jim Rockford
Yes, that is what it is.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:17 am to FootballNostradamus
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but I guess the insane housing similarities just seem more pronounced in LA.
Have you ever been to Texas?
Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:18 am to Creamer
quote:Dallas suburbs use like 3 different home plans and that's it
Have you ever been to Texas?
Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:18 am to Mike da Tigah
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old growth trees
Kinda tough for new construction neighborhoods to have this.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:18 am to FootballNostradamus
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Has no one heard of a bungalow or a craftsman style home? Is this style just cheaper to build here from a material or construction standpoint
Craftsman Style is very expensive to build in this area. Also subdivisions set certain design restrictions on houses so you end up with basically the same house material wise over and over.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:19 am to 4WHLN
a lot of new builds up here are craftsman style, I like it
Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:20 am to yellowfin
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Go ride through the burbs of Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Denver, OKC.......pretty much anywhere
Eh, I lived in the Heights in Houston for 2 years, and I didn't feel it was this prevalent. Houston is pretty much the model of success for minimal zoning.
Granted there are always going to be some similarities, but it was much more diverse. I'm not saying either way is perfect, there just has to be a middle ground. When I lived in Houston, however, I had a nice, quaint single story prairie home that was a perfect starter home. Two houses down from me was a 2 story McMansion. It looked ridiculous so I understand zoning and restrictions to an extent.
It just seems some have a lack of imagination. I do agree with some saying most plan to move in the next 3-4 years so they build generic, universally sellable houses that will be easy to unload.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:20 am to FootballNostradamus
A couple of A. Hays Town house designs below:
And NOLA Garden District type:
These are both traditional South/Louisiana type homes. Not so much cookie cutter but traditional for hot/humid weather locales. Bungalow and craftsman are not my cup of tea, so they must be junk because my opinion differs?
And NOLA Garden District type:
These are both traditional South/Louisiana type homes. Not so much cookie cutter but traditional for hot/humid weather locales. Bungalow and craftsman are not my cup of tea, so they must be junk because my opinion differs?
Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:20 am to LNCHBOX
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Kinda tough for new construction neighborhoods to have this.
Not if you don't clear cut the damn site it isn't, or build in a field. You can work around trees if trees are important enough, and they are to me.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:21 am to Pilot Tiger
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Dallas suburbs use like 3 different home plans and that's it
As a fan of architecture I try not to accept the existence of Dallas suburbs
.Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:21 am to Pilot Tiger
My next house is going to be Acadian style and it's going to be wood instead of brick and stucco
also won't be in a neighborhood
also won't be in a neighborhood
Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:23 am to FootballNostradamus
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If you do your homework on your plans beforehand and don't select overly-intricate roof plans and slab designs you can also make it cost effective.
98.7% of the US population hates doing homework of any kind.
We are simply a majority population of "path of least resistance" type of people.
We are in the beginning stages of custom building a home here in TW and to be honest, the amount of work that goes into finding the perfect lot, the perfect floor plan, the perfect location, schools, builder...etc is just more than most people want to tackle. Especially for people that don't plan to be there for more than 5 years or so...which I heard is about the average length of time that a home is owned.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:23 am to FootballNostradamus
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Eh, I lived in the Heights in Houston for 2 years, and I didn't feel it was this prevalent
is the heights a suburb?
drive out to cypress, katy, sugarland, woodlands, pearland
This post was edited on 3/11/14 at 7:24 am
Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:23 am to FootballNostradamus
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but could someone build a non-white stucco red brick house?!?!
The red brick is not popular in South Louisiana...
Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:24 am to yellowfin
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My next house is going to be Acadian style and it's going to be wood instead of brick and stucco
I'll be building in the next 2-3 years and my issue is I like brick interior but hate it on the exterior. I'm trying at the moment to figure out a way to incorporate brick into my interior without having it as a major component of my exterior.
I don't wanna go veneer so I might do a side wall of brick that's not exposed much from the exterior. I also like the idea of some brick flooring, but I remember my grandma had this growing up and that shite was freezing on my feet in the winter.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:26 am to yellowfin
quote:I do like those styles
My next house is going to be Acadian style and it's going to be wood instead of brick and stucco
if we ever build, i would def like to see if we could get something similar
i go back and forth on where to live though. Sometimes I want a huge mansion 30 miles away and sometimes I want a 3BR 4 miles away. Hopefully when the baby comes, it will make my decision for me
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