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These homes tend to be pre-built in bulk by developers, or offered as purchase options in developed communities. The builder is simply trying to deliver the mo
by karma_vaccum123 10y ago
These homes tend to be pre-built in bulk by developers, or offered as purchase options in developed communities.
The builder is simply trying to deliver the most product for the lowest cost: a giant inoffensive box. To this day, buyers believe more square footage is better, even if it is mostly garage. The "grand foyer" implies fewer rooms to spec, support, plumb, and wire.
I've never understood single-family buyers who look at 5000sq ft and up...you end up with empty rooms or ridiculously underutilized rooms ("gift wrapping room" etc)
My wife and I once looked at homes in a Portland development that were 6500 sq feet and up. I could afford them....but WHY? We wanted a house, not a mall.
- PhasmaFelis 10y ago> The builder is simply trying to deliver the most product for the lowest cost: a giant inoffensive box. The houses the author likes are inoffensive boxes. The rambling, varied, multifaceted ones are what he doesn't like.
- karma_vaccum123 10y agoI'm addressing my own observations, I don't care what the author thinks.
- erichocean 10y ago> To this day, buyers believe more square footage is better, even if it is mostly garage. Which part of the US counts the garage as "square footage"?
- karma_vaccum123 10y agoNowhere, but from the curb it gives the impression of mass
- vlehto 10y agoI took few architecture classes once. About 250sq ft/person was the recommendation when designing a city block.