I'm absolutely baffled by it but it's true: the windows in brick are replicating when a wonderful old building that formerly had arched sashes gets renovated with new tacky vinyl smaller double hungs and the builder fills in the arch with painted plywood. OMG. Why would someone do that?!?!
The tall windows with the gentle arch at the top seem Victorian while the twin gables and Palladian window above the front door reference Georgian. Seems like the front window in the bay window assembly would be a perfect replacement size for the 'Victorian' windows.
federalist updated with an add on Bay window on one side, lost its roof in a tornado and didn't get entirely built back, and had an addition tacked on with vinyl siding.
Depends on where. You couldn't touch it for $1MM in Denver.
Jul 27, 19 6:48 pm ·
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Fivescore
It would be much higher than 400k in my location. It's funny - I see the price tag and think wow, it's a steal - even though... yuck.
Jul 28, 19 10:11 pm ·
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Wilma Buttfit
It would be 2 mil in Denver.
Jul 29, 19 2:30 pm ·
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atelier nobody
Here in LA, $400K will get you a 1200 SF 2-bedrooim in a semi-shady neighborhood, or a studio condo in a historical building.
Jul 29, 19 3:29 pm ·
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citizen
It's amayzing!
Jul 29, 19 6:20 pm ·
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Flatfish
NS, I'm curious why there's an assumption that the realtor is sleazy. Are all realtors just automatically sleazy? It's a 14 year old house, so presumably there's an individual owner/seller involved somewhere - why does the price reflect badly on the realtor and not the owner? The price doesn't look out of step with other homes in that region - what's the evidence of sleaze?
Jul 29, 19 8:15 pm ·
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Non Sequitur
Realtors are assumed sleaze balls by default. I think that’s a fair rule to live by. As for the price, I was genuinely curious since I don’t really understand the American housing market.
Chesterfield, VA, is a 'burb of Richmond. They are selling a low crime rate, a good school system, and a location still within driving daily commuting distance of Richmond, which does not have low crime or a good school system. There are plenty of older houses in nearby developments without the homeowners fee for considerably less money and lots more character. This house is on a third of an acre in a development of similar houses. It seems a little big for the lot.
The external historical references could have been more accurate, the vinyl siding on the sides and back could have been been replaced with wood, but it is on a standard sized lot, has hardwood flooring on the first floor anyway, seems to have reasonable quality interior appliances, and, best of all, it is not a McMansion. I don't think a homeowner could purchase a lot for $70,000 and have an architect and builder deliver essentially the same house as a one-off for $330,000.
Jul 29, 19 6:54 am ·
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midlander
any home that turns the garage so the door isn't facing the street directly is at least making an effort to be decent. plus this one is cute, and the odd bits are endearing. it does a nice job as commodity suburban housing.
What stands out (ironically) to me is the lack of depth. On this big house with long facade, it appears that the greatest change in wall plane is about 6 inches.
The projecting gable rakes, porch, and bay window add some relief, but it still seems big and flat to me. Almost stage-set-like.
'Stage set' is a epreally good description of speculative development.
Jul 29, 19 7:29 pm ·
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Flatfish
The interactive tool on the designer's website lets you take the same named floor plan and stick 3 or 4 different "styles" on each house. The same big, rectangular floor plan can be a Craftsman, Colonial, Contemporary.... so of course it's flat - basically it's like drawing a house on a Kleenex box. Somebody should just start selling uniformly-sized rectangular houses, with snap-on facades like phone cases - then you could just get a new architectural style every few months, or for particular holidays - like you could make it the Addams Family house for Halloween, and then colonial for Thanksgiving.
What architectural style/s is this suburban home trying to replicate ?
What architectural style/s is this suburban home trying to replicate ?
I'm absolutely baffled by it but it's true: the windows in brick are replicating when a wonderful old building that formerly had arched sashes gets renovated with new tacky vinyl smaller double hungs and the builder fills in the arch with painted plywood. OMG. Why would someone do that?!?!
It's breathtaking! Hahahaha
I think this is a built version of a sample project that comes when you buy a CAD subscription.
e Shiite
What architectural style/s is this suburban home trying to replicate ?
The appearance of a social class to which the targeted buyer strives to belong.
Aspiration revival.
i like the way it's massed like a group of rowhouses with infill, but it's just one house.
That’s what I saw first, too!
The tall windows with the gentle arch at the top seem Victorian while the twin gables and Palladian window above the front door reference Georgian. Seems like the front window in the bay window assembly would be a perfect replacement size for the 'Victorian' windows.
federalist updated with an add on Bay window on one side, lost its roof in a tornado and didn't get entirely built back, and had an addition tacked on with vinyl siding.
Hey, so is that house worth $400k?
Because that's what this slimy realtor is selling it for.
https://www.amayzinghomes.com/listings/view/8506-hampton-valley-chesterfield-va-real-estate-1916754.html
Depends on where. You couldn't touch it for $1MM in Denver.
It would be much higher than 400k in my location. It's funny - I see the price tag and think wow, it's a steal - even though... yuck.
It would be 2 mil in Denver.
Here in LA, $400K will get you a 1200 SF 2-bedrooim in a semi-shady neighborhood, or a studio condo in a historical building.
It's amayzing!
NS, I'm curious why there's an assumption that the realtor is sleazy. Are all realtors just automatically sleazy? It's a 14 year old house, so presumably there's an individual owner/seller involved somewhere - why does the price reflect badly on the realtor and not the owner? The price doesn't look out of step with other homes in that region - what's the evidence of sleaze?
Realtors are assumed sleaze balls by default. I think that’s a fair rule to live by. As for the price, I was genuinely curious since I don’t really understand the American housing market.
Chesterfield, VA, is a 'burb of Richmond. They are selling a low crime rate, a good school system, and a location still within driving daily commuting distance of Richmond, which does not have low crime or a good school system. There are plenty of older houses in nearby developments without the homeowners fee for considerably less money and lots more character. This house is on a third of an acre in a development of similar houses. It seems a little big for the lot.
It’s a weird amalgam of various Colonial styles, but it’s a hot mess.
Here's the designer: https://lifestylehomebuilders....
They've got lots of other weird amalgams.
"We've got lots of weird amalgams" is their motto, I believe. It's on the letterhead.
I think it is Georgian but with out any of the good stuff. Not the worst looking house but it could have been a lot better too.
The external historical references could have been more accurate, the vinyl siding on the sides and back could have been been replaced with wood, but it is on a standard sized lot, has hardwood flooring on the first floor anyway, seems to have reasonable quality interior appliances, and, best of all, it is not a McMansion. I don't think a homeowner could purchase a lot for $70,000 and have an architect and builder deliver essentially the same house as a one-off for $330,000.
any home that turns the garage so the door isn't facing the street directly is at least making an effort to be decent. plus this one is cute, and the odd bits are endearing. it does a nice job as commodity suburban housing.
So much to critique!
What stands out (ironically) to me is the lack of depth. On this big house with long facade, it appears that the greatest change in wall plane is about 6 inches.
The projecting gable rakes, porch, and bay window add some relief, but it still seems big and flat to me. Almost stage-set-like.
Returns are expensive.
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'Stage set' is a epreally good description of speculative development.
The interactive tool on the designer's website lets you take the same named floor plan and stick 3 or 4 different "styles" on each house. The same big, rectangular floor plan can be a Craftsman, Colonial, Contemporary.... so of course it's flat - basically it's like drawing a house on a Kleenex box. Somebody should just start selling uniformly-sized rectangular houses, with snap-on facades like phone cases - then you could just get a new architectural style every few months, or for particular holidays - like you could make it the Addams Family house for Halloween, and then colonial for Thanksgiving.
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