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The criticism in the article wasn't about people on a limited budget owning big houses. It was about the lack of architectural cohesiveness in the big houses th
by jaxomlotus 10y ago
The criticism in the article wasn't about people on a limited budget owning big houses. It was about the lack of architectural cohesiveness in the big houses they do build.
- Diederich 10y agoIndeed. Most of the 'McManshionish' stuff is more expensive.
- majormajor 10y agoSeems like the same thing - isn't that pretty tied up to "don't have the budget for a 'proper' architect"? Design is a get-what-you-pay-for field. Do it piecemeal vs a single grand unified vision from the start and you end up with something easier to pay for but less ideal.
- sotojuan 10y agoAlso note that many suburban neighborhoods have rules on what your house can look like. Usually you get to pick from a lot of designs (hence the crazy mismatch of styles) but very rarely do you get to "design it from scratch".
- CapitalistCartr 10y agoMost mcmansions have zero budget for design. Fifteen thousand dollars on a $600,000 job is good sense.