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So my spouse and I built a 'bland box'. We did it for simplicity and practicality sake. Few breaks to the roof line = few opportunities for my roof to leak in 4
by Loughla 5y ago
So my spouse and I built a 'bland box'. We did it for simplicity and practicality sake. Few breaks to the roof line = few opportunities for my roof to leak in 40 years. Simple design with a smaller footprint = more money available for high quality materials in the walls, floors, and ceilings. Tan siding because it's cheap and easy for me to fix on my own when it gets broken. Dark brown shingles because they will fade to light brown over their life and still look okay instead of needing to be replaced in the first 10 years of their 30 year life.
Just saying, some people do these things for different reasons.
- kfprt 5y agoI think this very much reinforces my point. 100% focus on the structure itself (especially interior) and relatively zero on the neighborhood or exterior. In a word, atomized.
- philwelch 5y ago“How dare people build houses for themselves to live in and not for me to look at!?”
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y agoThat's a clever twist of phrasing. You could just as easily have said "How dare people build houses for themselves instead of thinking about all the other people that have to look at them?" Clearly, there's some tension between these two goals, and the balance shifts back and forth over time.
- philwelch 5y agoIf somebody doesn’t like the look of my house, they are more than welcome to get off my lawn.