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Why are the patios on newly constructed homes so small?

Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:09 pm
Posted by Commandeaux
Zachary
Member since Jul 2009
7881 posts
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:09 pm
I close on my new house in Copper Mill in three weeks. I love everything about the house except the patio. The patio looks like a sidewalk. Why is it so small? The weird thing is that the patio is wired for tv and cable. How the hell am I gonna watch tv on a sidewalk.
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
91874 posts
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:10 pm to
Because obviously people buy them regardless.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
132672 posts
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:10 pm to
Just pour a bigger slab out there baw
Posted by ReauxlTide222
St. Petersburg
Member since Nov 2010
92364 posts
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:10 pm to
Dear diary
Posted by NYCAuburn
TD Platinum Membership/SECr Sheriff
Member since Feb 2011
57015 posts
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:10 pm to
Probably because it isn't a custom home and a cookie cutter choose between a few floor plans. You can upgrade to a better patio if you pay for it
Posted by geauxfish24
Member since Feb 2008
2159 posts
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:11 pm to
Builders take every shortcut they can.
Posted by airfernando
Member since Oct 2015
15248 posts
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:16 pm to
Builder probably got paid for 3x the size.
Posted by Spankum
The Sip
Member since Jan 2007
63303 posts
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:16 pm to
Because it costs just as much to build "heated square feet as it doe to build under roof....and heated sells for a whole lot more $
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
76189 posts
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:16 pm to
quote:

I close on my new house in Copper Mill in three weeks.
Stay woke

Posted by jbro12
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2015
565 posts
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:17 pm to
If you can afford a house in Copper Mill you can afford to pour some more concrete to make it bigger. I added on to mine making it 12x24 instead of 10x10 for about $300. Built a cover for about $1500 and I'm planning to screen it in and run wire for lights, tv, and fans after hunting season.
Posted by stinkdawg
Savannah, smoking by the gas cans
Member since Aug 2014
4072 posts
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:20 pm to
Congrats.Your wife will blow you for the counter tops she wants.
Posted by 82fumanchu
Saskatchewan
Member since Jan 2014
2004 posts
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:23 pm to
Because a lawn chair and an ice chest full of natty lights don't take up a lot of space.
This post was edited on 9/7/17 at 9:24 pm
Posted by Sody Cracker
Distemper Ward
Member since May 2016
3411 posts
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:24 pm to
quote:

Congrats.Your wife will blow you for the counter tops she wants.



Don't count on it.
Posted by Commandeaux
Zachary
Member since Jul 2009
7881 posts
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:25 pm to
quote:

Congrats. Your wife will blow you for the counter tops she wants.


I'm buying a new house cause I just got divorced. If you could get her to give me one last bj for the road, that would be great.
Posted by SLafourche07
Member since Feb 2008
10055 posts
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:26 pm to
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
69724 posts
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:27 pm to
quote:

I close on my new house in Copper Mill


Subtle new money brag
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
37483 posts
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:30 pm to
Is that even a brag? I thought DSLD was building homes in Copper Mill now
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
179924 posts
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:39 pm to
Bc they are maximizing the liv sq ftage
This post was edited on 9/7/17 at 9:39 pm
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
96254 posts
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:40 pm to
Tiny arse front porches, too. Just for show, but they stage them with rocking chairs which makes you realize how ridiculously small they are.

Why bother if you can't use it?
Posted by Eightballjacket
Member since Jan 2016
8097 posts
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:42 pm to
Because sophisticated people hang out on their front porch or in their front yard.
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