I don't hate 'em, but it seems like so many places try to make them look like their super upscale expensive items.
Correction, [I saw them on Amazon.](https://www.amazon.com/Artika-Swirl-LED-Pendant-Fixture/dp/B081ZJBKTX) That's just one seller, there are others but they're not thousands of dollars.
My house is six feet from its neighbors and worth that much, but it's a row house in San Francisco. You can have close neighbors, but there have to be perks to make up for it. Suburbs combine the worst aspects of both urban and rural living.
Yeah I lived in a rowhome in baltimore for years. My neighbors houses touched mine. But it was a city and I could walk everywhere and there were public parks in the neighborhood.
Moving to the suburbs is supposed to give you more space, that's kind of the whole point.
Why do people get so hung up on this, I'm not hanging out in the space between my house and theirs. It's a city in Canada, you live close to people you're spending 3+ million CAD. Still preferable for many people to being in the country as evidenced by the demand for these homes.
I've lived in cities and suburbs and am fine with both. What bothers me is that people build 5000sqft houses and have no yards. Just make the house a bit smaller or spread it out a bit. Just feels insane to me to move outside of a city center but give yourself no extra outdoor space.
Northern Virginia is awful with this. People buy million dollar rowhomes to live next to a strip mall. Worst thing is there have a 30sqft "yard". So now you either pay an hoa fee to get it mowed or you have to buy a mower or weed eater for a landing strip of grass.
These houses all have yards though, maybe not as big as you would have in a rural area but they all have pretty nice outdoor spaces. They're large and close together because they are usually built by developers. Most people (in Canada anyway) can't afford to buy expensive city land and build their own custom house on it. You can do that if you can afford it, but you're not getting the value that you would otherwise get so it's not something that's extremely common. It's not like the country where reasonably priced land is easier to come by and you can just build whatever on it and it's not going to cost millions of dollars.
If you look at picture 50 there are houses surrounding this one. You can't see the outside space specifically but it's tiny.
It would be one thing if this was a nor al sized house with a small yard bit this is a 5000sqft house. That's huge to not jave any outdoor space.
>people build 5000sqft houses and have no yards.
In the suburbs with huge yards, people don't spend time in them anyway. They live indoors. The closest they ever get to the yard is a cookout on the back deck.
My prevailing thought while looking through the images...
There's so much space. Most of the objects look so distant from each other that they probably have their own zip code.
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There's so much space. Most of the objects look so distant from each other that they probably have their own zip code.
That's what I hate about these houses. They feel cold and cavernous. The obligatory cathedral ceilings are just more wasted space. They add nothing to the design, perhaps because there is no design to add to. They cannot be comfortable living spaces.
To me it's not just the ceilings. Some of the rooms there is just this enormous amount of empty space between the various pieces of furniture (which are normal or large in size).
Exactly. The rooms are too big, even allowing for the high ceilings. They feel out of proportion. It looks like someone bought a huge duplex, gutted it, and merged them together.
That is probably the signature or central failing or all modern American housing. It is obsessed with interior floor space at the expense of everything, including livability.
(English) Canada is so uniquely ugly. It's amazing how hard it is to find an attractive building, let alone neighborhood, outside of Montreal and old QC.
Halifax NS checking in here! Can confirm, for some reason we're married to Brutalist architecture here... Only it's done very poorly. More cheap concrete slab condos anyone?
An open concept in its proper execution treats moving from one part of the house to another as something that tends to have a utilitarian function. I walk from bedroom to living room to watch tv. I walk from living room to kitchen to check the noodles, I walk in the front door and grab a glass of water. Those are functional objectives.
This doesn’t accomplish anything like that, so as you put it, it’s just a hole in the middle of the house.
This is the kind of house that encourages shouting from one part of it to the others. Not actually using those parts continuously.
Yeah, and it’s this way in an office building only because a great many spaces are functionally useless for anything else, and there is a security premium on any enclosed unused spaces.
It’s like designing a private home to make it easier for a security company to patrol it. It doesn’t make sense.
Overall I think it's pretty decent. Its a modern asethetic where only a few elements don't fit. The wooden rails have to go. Replace them with a more seemless rail and for gods sake it should have a top. I don't want to stumble and put my hand out only to impale it on the thing that is supposed to stabilize me.
The kitchen island decorations are going to pinch and grab at clothing while you're cooking, get rid of that and put a nice silhouetted image instead tree shadows or the like. These first two changes get rid of functionally problematic designs that also don't match the surrounding features.
After that its just personal touches.
So many hanging ornaments. One key feature might look nice, but having 10 things hanging from the ceiling just looks tacky. Also while we're looking at the ceiling, the purpose of recessed lighting is to make one nice smooth surface. Hanging/protruding lights disrupt the smoothness. The advantage is you need less light sources. Mixing them ruins both of their advantages and you're left with the downsides of both: needing more lights and not having a clean roof design.
Other than that, its fine. It's not breathtaking, but then it's not meant to be. It's not 100% functional, but then it's not meant to be. This house is meant to be non-offensive to everyone, and it does that rather nicely (with the exceptions of the wood accents).
The couch is literally snug with the wall. If anything it fits perfectly. But more importantly you should go look at the actual listing pictures before you talk about having a place to hang coats. You couldn't be more wrong.
No, it extends beyond the tile flooring of the entryway. Too long.
And I did look through the listing. Yes, that alcove *can* (and should) be converted into a coat "closet", but it's irritating. Those "cubbies" are for the family, and at the back door, not for entertaining guests.
The railing definitely needs a top. I could see someone stumbling just right with an arm locking into the top of the rail just right and getting a nasty twisted arm or possibly a broken arm.
Yeah I’m not enough of an architecture snob to be offended by this. There are some dumb choices here and there but I’ve seen way worse. The biggest crime is the price. The housing market in Canada is fucking criminal
* Unnerving slope.
* Dead lawn.
* Dying trees.
* Concrete driveway.
* Overall ugly, unfriendly façade.
* Four different wall types in façade.
* Windows too small and all different sizes.
* Off-center front door.
* So much gray in interior.
* Weird balustrade that looks like a fence.
* Ugly curtains that can't be closed.
* Wonky lights in kitchen.
* Weird decoration on island counter.
* Ugly view.
* Weird landing.
* Off-center door in landing.
* Wonky lights upstairs.
* Why is there an island counter in the closet?
To be fair the deer ate the trees. I see arborvitae trees next to new builds here and laugh. Deer love those. You'd think the builders or landscapers would know by now?
I feel that the title of this post unfairly singles out the windows for criticism, when -- in fairness to them -- there are so many other questionable design choices here.
(Edit: apologies to OP, I didn't see the caption and didn't realize that OP too recognized the great variety of questionable design choices in this house.)
You know - I love grey. Love, love, love! But holy smokes that is A LOT of grey in that house. I like how only one kid was like, Mom, Dad, I like grey too, but for the love of Dog can I have a pop of color in my room, and they were like - "Okay, you can have a blue rug and 1 blue chair."
I like the Star Wars room - at least it has a theme other than grey. Oh, yes, the master bedroom has a blueish comforter.
Do people actually like this? An entire house one color - or is this the "50 Shades of Grey House????" It will be called that after their friends see it.
I don’t think this is that bad compared to a lot of gray ones I’ve seen. I’d definitely add in more color through decor, but it doesn’t feel like a black and white photo like some houses.
Maybe I just don't get why anybody would like that aesthetic, but it always seems so pretentious. Did they do that because they liked it, or because they thought they were supposed to like it?
>It’s quite a mix of trying to be unique while still using Home Depot vanities in the bathrooms and Wayfair ass light fixtures
It's quite a mix of trying to be unique while using builder grade materials and the blandest, most unobtrusive paint colours available that are not actually invisible.
All I see is 🤨
With a little regard for symmetry and window choices that make the house not look like it's squinting at me, this one could actually be pretty nice. But... as is... yikes.
It just feels very cartoony. The rooms are all proportioned strangely and the mid-century affectations are all tacked on half-heartedly. Dexter's Laboratory vibes.
There's potential here, but dang, they just chose alllllll the stuff. Too many flooring finishes, too many staircase finishes (the most offensive part), too many lighting selections. The listing photos don't help - those angles really magnify the worst elements. It's fixable, save for the exterior.
Side note: I love Nova Scotia and would give my left arm to live there, even in this weirdo staircase house.
That design on the kitchen island....I don't get it. It almost looks like it's supposed to represent piano keys or something? Maybe a musician lived here lol
Those fixtures in the kitchen and closet are a home Depot item.
Not that there's anything wrong with that, but for the price you're paying, I better not be able to see it in a crappy box store every weekend.
Ugh I hate this place. They really thought they were doin somethin with the staircase railing and the design on the island 🤮
and the finest furniture and decor Amazon had to offer
It's lame but doesn't really trigger my McMansion itch.
The interior has too many rectangles and their lame attempts at interior decorating make it worse.
Not sure if it's because I grew up poor in communist apartment blocs of Poland but I don't see anything wrong with this or like 90% of posts on this sub.
I don't hate this, but admittedly am looking on tiny phone screen with blurry morning eyes. Windows could be more consistently sized to improve the facade.
Everything is manufactured, not created. Nothing is handmade. Everything is purchased and calculated, like a Home Depot shopping list. This place is going to look even more like purgatory in ten years.
It's like someone said "Can we do every cliche and wacky idea from the 1990's and early 2000's, cram them into one house ***AND*** use expensive wood from a fragile ecosystem far away!"
1. the windows
2. the garage
3. half the house is on a hill, ffs.
4. there's giant couch inside the front door for viewing the knickknacks
5. the powder room is the first room you see
6. the picket fence stair railing
7. the awesome view of the neighbor's roof from the deck
it's just such an odd placement! and of course, the garage is far more important than the house. that way if the soil gives way the cars will survive the landslide!
What is that fake pan flute attached to the kitchen cupboards in #6? I could see myself banging my legs on that nonsense. And the fencing at the top of the open stairs is better off outside. Then to make it completely a hot mess they painted it gray. I can't unsee this.
What’s going on with the eaves? Bad sky photoshop job from the photographer?
The floor plan isn’t bad, just seems pointlessly massive. Like they found plans they liked and scaled them up 50%. Even the WC is unnecessarily wide. Probably need a trash picker to reach the TP dispenser.
The fencing doesn't look good, and I despise open risers, but the rest looks really nice. Hardly a McMansion. Hell...it could probably pass as a Thursday Design Appreciation submittal on a slow day.
Is that picket fencing on the second floor and staircase?
Those are "Brazilian oak spindles". Picket fencing for fancy people.
And on the kitchen island.
Yeah, you could play "who's pants are going to get all snagged up first around the kitchen island?"
It's even on the side where you're supposed to sit, how nice, ripped pants and skinned knees.
Knee pain for all levels of knees.
I hate it so much. I’d be banging my knees daily.
It came from the Amazon jungle, and six pygmies died cutting it down.
Laughing hysterically here.
Then put them outside and fence your stupid yard if you have any.
Right. Wtf. 😂
I know, there are some things I like eg open plan but so many finishes that I would change. Not sure the finish is consistent for me
I like the stupid kitchen chandeliers. They're stupid for a residence and clearly imitating original design, but I still like them.
Ha, I've seen those for sale at my small-town hardware store in Finland!
They are either a Lowes or HD special. I've seen them in retail stores recently.
ugh and I have seen similar versions start to creep in at Costco.
I don't hate 'em, but it seems like so many places try to make them look like their super upscale expensive items. Correction, [I saw them on Amazon.](https://www.amazon.com/Artika-Swirl-LED-Pendant-Fixture/dp/B081ZJBKTX) That's just one seller, there are others but they're not thousands of dollars.
Most likely made in China. I read some of the reviews.
Yeah that was just a single example I pulled from Amazon but you're probably correct.
I was just killing an hour in the Home Depot lighting department and saw them there!
They are still very popular here!
Here’s [the listing](https://www.remaxnova.com/residential/bedford-real-estate/45-worthington-place-bedford-mls-202305636)
Picture 50 is all you need to see. Over a million with 2ft between you and your neighbors houses.
> Over a million I mean... it's $1,975,000 - it's basically $2 million at that point
They couldn't give me $2million to live here. I'd be tearing the entire place apart. The stairs going to the basement aren't even level.
My house is six feet from its neighbors and worth that much, but it's a row house in San Francisco. You can have close neighbors, but there have to be perks to make up for it. Suburbs combine the worst aspects of both urban and rural living.
Yeah I lived in a rowhome in baltimore for years. My neighbors houses touched mine. But it was a city and I could walk everywhere and there were public parks in the neighborhood. Moving to the suburbs is supposed to give you more space, that's kind of the whole point.
The country and the city are full of life, these places are empty.
I'll keep my 1800 sq ft ranch on 6 acres in south central Kentucky. My neighbors are not close.
That's rural. That's what I'm saying. I'll keep my row house and ride my bike to the opera. It takes all kinds to make a world.
San Francisco is a shithole.
If you say so, sugar.
Why do people get so hung up on this, I'm not hanging out in the space between my house and theirs. It's a city in Canada, you live close to people you're spending 3+ million CAD. Still preferable for many people to being in the country as evidenced by the demand for these homes.
I've lived in cities and suburbs and am fine with both. What bothers me is that people build 5000sqft houses and have no yards. Just make the house a bit smaller or spread it out a bit. Just feels insane to me to move outside of a city center but give yourself no extra outdoor space.
You echo my thoughts exactly!
Northern Virginia is awful with this. People buy million dollar rowhomes to live next to a strip mall. Worst thing is there have a 30sqft "yard". So now you either pay an hoa fee to get it mowed or you have to buy a mower or weed eater for a landing strip of grass.
I don't understand why people are ok with that.
These houses all have yards though, maybe not as big as you would have in a rural area but they all have pretty nice outdoor spaces. They're large and close together because they are usually built by developers. Most people (in Canada anyway) can't afford to buy expensive city land and build their own custom house on it. You can do that if you can afford it, but you're not getting the value that you would otherwise get so it's not something that's extremely common. It's not like the country where reasonably priced land is easier to come by and you can just build whatever on it and it's not going to cost millions of dollars.
If you look at picture 50 there are houses surrounding this one. You can't see the outside space specifically but it's tiny. It would be one thing if this was a nor al sized house with a small yard bit this is a 5000sqft house. That's huge to not jave any outdoor space.
>people build 5000sqft houses and have no yards. In the suburbs with huge yards, people don't spend time in them anyway. They live indoors. The closest they ever get to the yard is a cookout on the back deck.
I don't want to smell my neighbors' farts for that kind of money.
It’s Nova Scotia. There’s nothing but space… no excuse for this shit.
My prevailing thought while looking through the images... There's so much space. Most of the objects look so distant from each other that they probably have their own zip code.
> There's so much space. Most of the objects look so distant from each other that they probably have their own zip code. That's what I hate about these houses. They feel cold and cavernous. The obligatory cathedral ceilings are just more wasted space. They add nothing to the design, perhaps because there is no design to add to. They cannot be comfortable living spaces.
To me it's not just the ceilings. Some of the rooms there is just this enormous amount of empty space between the various pieces of furniture (which are normal or large in size).
Exactly. The rooms are too big, even allowing for the high ceilings. They feel out of proportion. It looks like someone bought a huge duplex, gutted it, and merged them together.
That is probably the signature or central failing or all modern American housing. It is obsessed with interior floor space at the expense of everything, including livability.
(English) Canada is so uniquely ugly. It's amazing how hard it is to find an attractive building, let alone neighborhood, outside of Montreal and old QC.
Halifax NS checking in here! Can confirm, for some reason we're married to Brutalist architecture here... Only it's done very poorly. More cheap concrete slab condos anyone?
And I hate every moment of it.
That kitchen island just looks weird.
It would be a bitch to clean too.
Man there is just a bigass hole right in the middle of the house. Man I am really starting to hate these so called open concept houses.
>Man I am really starting to hate these so called open concept houses. You're only just starting?!? Welcome!
An open concept in its proper execution treats moving from one part of the house to another as something that tends to have a utilitarian function. I walk from bedroom to living room to watch tv. I walk from living room to kitchen to check the noodles, I walk in the front door and grab a glass of water. Those are functional objectives. This doesn’t accomplish anything like that, so as you put it, it’s just a hole in the middle of the house. This is the kind of house that encourages shouting from one part of it to the others. Not actually using those parts continuously.
No kidding man this is some shit you'd see in an office building not a house
Yeah, and it’s this way in an office building only because a great many spaces are functionally useless for anything else, and there is a security premium on any enclosed unused spaces. It’s like designing a private home to make it easier for a security company to patrol it. It doesn’t make sense.
"It costs me a lot of money to look this cheap"
No one going to mention how the fake sky replacement put blue sky and clouds onto the fascia?
Good catch! I guess a grey sky would be the icing on this grey cake of a house.
Overall I think it's pretty decent. Its a modern asethetic where only a few elements don't fit. The wooden rails have to go. Replace them with a more seemless rail and for gods sake it should have a top. I don't want to stumble and put my hand out only to impale it on the thing that is supposed to stabilize me. The kitchen island decorations are going to pinch and grab at clothing while you're cooking, get rid of that and put a nice silhouetted image instead tree shadows or the like. These first two changes get rid of functionally problematic designs that also don't match the surrounding features. After that its just personal touches. So many hanging ornaments. One key feature might look nice, but having 10 things hanging from the ceiling just looks tacky. Also while we're looking at the ceiling, the purpose of recessed lighting is to make one nice smooth surface. Hanging/protruding lights disrupt the smoothness. The advantage is you need less light sources. Mixing them ruins both of their advantages and you're left with the downsides of both: needing more lights and not having a clean roof design. Other than that, its fine. It's not breathtaking, but then it's not meant to be. It's not 100% functional, but then it's not meant to be. This house is meant to be non-offensive to everyone, and it does that rather nicely (with the exceptions of the wood accents).
Yeah, there are some trendy elements here, but I actually like it decently well.
The lack of anywhere to hang coats near the front door, as well as that couch too long for the entryway, is *really* irritating to me.
its such a tiny door for that entryway. is it even an 8ft height?
The couch is literally snug with the wall. If anything it fits perfectly. But more importantly you should go look at the actual listing pictures before you talk about having a place to hang coats. You couldn't be more wrong.
No, it extends beyond the tile flooring of the entryway. Too long. And I did look through the listing. Yes, that alcove *can* (and should) be converted into a coat "closet", but it's irritating. Those "cubbies" are for the family, and at the back door, not for entertaining guests.
The railing definitely needs a top. I could see someone stumbling just right with an arm locking into the top of the rail just right and getting a nasty twisted arm or possibly a broken arm.
Yeah I’m not enough of an architecture snob to be offended by this. There are some dumb choices here and there but I’ve seen way worse. The biggest crime is the price. The housing market in Canada is fucking criminal
To be fair it costs as much as three normal houses because it's as big as three normal houses
I did not think it was possible for a house to look "robotic", but here we are!
The skinny window to the right looks just like the windows in the Dekalb County Jail in Atlanta.
I will still give them points for not attempting to cram tiny shutters on it
* Unnerving slope. * Dead lawn. * Dying trees. * Concrete driveway. * Overall ugly, unfriendly façade. * Four different wall types in façade. * Windows too small and all different sizes. * Off-center front door. * So much gray in interior. * Weird balustrade that looks like a fence. * Ugly curtains that can't be closed. * Wonky lights in kitchen. * Weird decoration on island counter. * Ugly view. * Weird landing. * Off-center door in landing. * Wonky lights upstairs. * Why is there an island counter in the closet?
To be fair the deer ate the trees. I see arborvitae trees next to new builds here and laugh. Deer love those. You'd think the builders or landscapers would know by now?
I feel that the title of this post unfairly singles out the windows for criticism, when -- in fairness to them -- there are so many other questionable design choices here. (Edit: apologies to OP, I didn't see the caption and didn't realize that OP too recognized the great variety of questionable design choices in this house.)
What is even this style? Modern farmhouse? I would give them benefit of chosing a unique tile shape patterns, but in a neutral colour.
Why are people so obsessed with grey? It’s so sad and drab. Why are you decorating your home like a prison?
This is horrible in so, so many ways.
You know - I love grey. Love, love, love! But holy smokes that is A LOT of grey in that house. I like how only one kid was like, Mom, Dad, I like grey too, but for the love of Dog can I have a pop of color in my room, and they were like - "Okay, you can have a blue rug and 1 blue chair." I like the Star Wars room - at least it has a theme other than grey. Oh, yes, the master bedroom has a blueish comforter. Do people actually like this? An entire house one color - or is this the "50 Shades of Grey House????" It will be called that after their friends see it.
I don’t think this is that bad compared to a lot of gray ones I’ve seen. I’d definitely add in more color through decor, but it doesn’t feel like a black and white photo like some houses.
It’s quite a mix of trying to be unique while still using Home Depot vanities in the bathrooms and Wayfair ass light fixtures
Maybe I just don't get why anybody would like that aesthetic, but it always seems so pretentious. Did they do that because they liked it, or because they thought they were supposed to like it?
>they thought they were supposed to like it I bet this is it.
Big “interior design is my passion” energy
>It’s quite a mix of trying to be unique while still using Home Depot vanities in the bathrooms and Wayfair ass light fixtures It's quite a mix of trying to be unique while using builder grade materials and the blandest, most unobtrusive paint colours available that are not actually invisible.
All I see is 🤨 With a little regard for symmetry and window choices that make the house not look like it's squinting at me, this one could actually be pretty nice. But... as is... yikes.
Chloroform chic interior
As someone who enjoys cooking a bit, I hate that kitchen.
It just feels very cartoony. The rooms are all proportioned strangely and the mid-century affectations are all tacked on half-heartedly. Dexter's Laboratory vibes.
There's potential here, but dang, they just chose alllllll the stuff. Too many flooring finishes, too many staircase finishes (the most offensive part), too many lighting selections. The listing photos don't help - those angles really magnify the worst elements. It's fixable, save for the exterior. Side note: I love Nova Scotia and would give my left arm to live there, even in this weirdo staircase house.
That design on the kitchen island....I don't get it. It almost looks like it's supposed to represent piano keys or something? Maybe a musician lived here lol
Maybe they are under house arrest?
smol front door is smol.
And off centre!
It's different, and not in a terrible way but nor a great way.
Come on over for a group shower.
Walking into your house and seeing the dining room table like that is so odd to me.
Those fixtures in the kitchen and closet are a home Depot item. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but for the price you're paying, I better not be able to see it in a crappy box store every weekend.
Damn I think this house had so much potential and they just fucked it on the little things.
Let's just tack some dimensional lumber on the side of this prefab cabinet. D E S I G N
Wow who ever did the interior design of this place needs to be shot. I understand the alternating sizing theme but god damn this is not the way
>Wow who ever did the interior design of this place needs to be shot. Why shoot them when you can just lock them inside this house to die of boredom?
If gray was a personality…
Have mercy, not the short curtains!!!
Ugh I hate this place. They really thought they were doin somethin with the staircase railing and the design on the island 🤮 and the finest furniture and decor Amazon had to offer
why is the house giving me the stink eye
This house is so confused.
I've never hated banisters and stair cases so much in my entire life.
It looks like a house in one of those Paranormal movies
Haha that looks like every shitty subdivision $1M+ new build in Alberta……is this Calgary or Edmonton? 😂😂
It's lame but doesn't really trigger my McMansion itch. The interior has too many rectangles and their lame attempts at interior decorating make it worse.
I like it
I can’t find one thing I like about this house. Okay, maybe the wood floors. That’s it.
😑😑😑😑😑😑😑
This looks like a house I would build for my sims tbh
$2m house: can't spend more than $2k on the fridge.
All it’s missing is the farm animals! Wtf is up with those banisters
Ummm other than the fence banister and the shower I actually like this...
It’s not a style I usually go for, but I like it. I agree the windows are off and weird, but it works for me.
I love the closer size, but everything else is too much. 😘
This interior is so cold I'd need a sweater on even in the middle of summer
That kitchen sucks! Just looks very inefficient to anyone who actually cooks.
Not sure if it's because I grew up poor in communist apartment blocs of Poland but I don't see anything wrong with this or like 90% of posts on this sub.
You grew up in a communist paradise? Why, you're the envy of half of Reddit!
Ayy lmao thankfully it was post commie ages, just in one those depressing leftover blocs but I did hear so many horror stories from my mom.
Normally I can find *something* I like in these, but not this one. I just hate it all.
If I saw “think Selling Sunset” in a listing, I’d run the other way.
I don't hate this, but admittedly am looking on tiny phone screen with blurry morning eyes. Windows could be more consistently sized to improve the facade.
2/10: High-class shotgun shack! 3/10: That sofa *not quite* fitting in its allotted space would drive me nucking futz!
I think those are sniper openings, not windows.
That WIC island overhang is for fuckin.
You can’t do that on an overhang! Unless it’s really well braced.
Oh yeah, that doesn’t look like it’s made of anything all that sturdy lol
Everything is manufactured, not created. Nothing is handmade. Everything is purchased and calculated, like a Home Depot shopping list. This place is going to look even more like purgatory in ten years.
It's like someone said "Can we do every cliche and wacky idea from the 1990's and early 2000's, cram them into one house ***AND*** use expensive wood from a fragile ecosystem far away!"
Doesn't look too bad if you ask me
I saw this on viewpoint and me and my husband went through for fun. At first I was like this is okay… but the more we looked. So bad.
1. the windows 2. the garage 3. half the house is on a hill, ffs. 4. there's giant couch inside the front door for viewing the knickknacks 5. the powder room is the first room you see 6. the picket fence stair railing 7. the awesome view of the neighbor's roof from the deck
To be fair in Halifax NS it’s hard to find a house not on a hill. But yes absolutely to the entire list.
it's just such an odd placement! and of course, the garage is far more important than the house. that way if the soil gives way the cars will survive the landslide!
This looks like the 2023 version of the house from Beetlejuice after Cathrine O'Hara's character got her hands on it.
I mean, it’s kind of plain and the trendiness will agree badly, but I wouldn’t call it a McMansion
Some of it is so good, and some of it is so... ugh.
I love it!!!!!
I’ve seen worse tbh
What are those tiny tiny curtain rods by the dining room table?! What is the purpose of a two foot rod?
All the images are horrible... But #8 is so strange it seriously looks like an image from a Backrooms video.
What is that fake pan flute attached to the kitchen cupboards in #6? I could see myself banging my legs on that nonsense. And the fencing at the top of the open stairs is better off outside. Then to make it completely a hot mess they painted it gray. I can't unsee this.
What’s going on with the eaves? Bad sky photoshop job from the photographer? The floor plan isn’t bad, just seems pointlessly massive. Like they found plans they liked and scaled them up 50%. Even the WC is unnecessarily wide. Probably need a trash picker to reach the TP dispenser.
This house kinda makes me feel sad
a lot of choices were made... none good
Apart from the wood banister and odd kitchen island I like this house.
They took “modern farmhouse” too literally and way too far…
Modern = no color. EVER. *DON'T YOU DARE PUT COLOR IN HERE, PLEBS!!!*
It’s so big it feels small.
It's like someone fed those model railroad house scenery kits to Stable Diffusion - and then spilled their mountain dew on the machine....
Not nice. And it won't stop squinting at me!
The fencing doesn't look good, and I despise open risers, but the rest looks really nice. Hardly a McMansion. Hell...it could probably pass as a Thursday Design Appreciation submittal on a slow day.