Zillow forces McMansion Hell to delete posts

Re:Zillow forces McMansion Hell to delete posts by ryandrake on Monday June 26, 2017 @10:01PM (#14642028)

While there may not be One True Definition, and there's room to agree and disagree, there are attributes people probably could agree are tasteless and help qualify a house as a McMansion:

* No clear architectural style, or a haphazard/incoherent mix of styles

* Brick or stone facades in front, and cheap siding on the (less visible) sides

* Non-structural arches and columns

* Oddly placed/sized windows

* Multiple roof lines, chimneys and dormers

To the extent that a "Recently built house in a more or less modern style" incorporates these elements, it can be considered more or less a McMansion.

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Re:Zillow forces McMansion Hell to delete posts by trentmb on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @12:03AM (#14642495)

> * No clear architectural style, or a haphazard/incoherent mix of styles

Isn't that just a new style?

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Re:Zillow forces McMansion Hell to delete posts by fsloth on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @04:52AM (#14643473)

Uh, no, it's noise synthesis.

The point is, with the effort and money spent, the houses are not even necessarily nice to live in when the designer just adds a hodge podge of features. The critique may sound elitist but the actual defects are concrete once you notice them and not just 'accept and adapt' to them.

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Re:Zillow forces McMansion Hell to delete posts by emodendroket on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @06:38AM (#14643992)

The first bullet point, anyway, is also typical of any house that's been around a while.

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Re:Zillow forces McMansion Hell to delete posts by dagw on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @07:16AM (#14644274)

There is a fundamental difference between a 17th century house with wing added in the 19th century and garage added in the 20th century, and a 21st century house trying to mimic that look.

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