emirate25 Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h73/emirate25/DSC02024.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h73/emirate25/DSC02025.jpg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1fd Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Neo-Hacienda Revival with an extra side of TACKY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I think they call that style "Modern Ugly". Yecch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PasadenaTexan Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Oh My, why build something so big so blasted close to the road. Stucco in the houston area, not a good thing. Too much Security fence no one in their right mind is gonna steal that house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanS Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 my, my... aren't we all the tacky police... the people who live there, probably love it - and that's all that counts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 my, my... aren't we all the tacky police... the people who live there, probably love it - and that's all that counts.Did anyone suggest that punitive action ought to be taken against the architect or owner?We provide an opinion, that is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I call that style "lackof." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I call that style "lackof." Actually I believe it's Early San Antonio style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 my, my... aren't we all the tacky police... the people who live there, probably love it - and that's all that counts.That's true, but they could have the consideration to put a bag over it so the rest of us don't have to look at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 There's not a simple one-word answer like "Victorian" or "Tudor." Actually, several people have provided them but I don't think they are what the OP was asking for! I would say it's a simplified post-modern interpretation of Spanish Mediterranean elements. Unfortunately, that also is a pretty good description of a "perfect storm" of the most reviled qualities of McMansion design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidegate Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 It's the balconies at the front that get me. What do these people think they're going to be looking at?? Balconies were fine when you had 500 acres round your house all to yourself but they're kinda silly when you're either looking at the guys doing the yard opposite, or exchanging resentful glares with your more modestly domiciled neighbors. A porch would make a lot more sense, but perhaps not with that ugly six foot railing round it. I'd run a mile from any house that the builders felt they had to fence off from the neighborhood to sell it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb4647 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Isn't there neighborhood deed restrictions that prevent ugly houses like this being built? Something like being totally out of character for the rest of the neighborhood? Good lord.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 It's the balconies at the front that get me. What do these people think they're going to be looking at?? Balconies were fine when you had 500 acres round your house all to yourself but they're kinda silly when you're either looking at the guys doing the yard opposite, or exchanging resentful glares with your more modestly domiciled neighbors. A porch would make a lot more sense, but perhaps not with that ugly six foot railing round it. I'd run a mile from any house that the builders felt they had to fence off from the neighborhood to sell it.This looks like the generic "Mexican McMansion" and I bet the builder will live there. Using that term isn't a slam, although the style is not appealing to me, but I've seen several of these and have met the owners on a couple built where I live. The design is sort of a combo of a weatlhy person's house in Mexico and our standard McMansion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidegate Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Isn't there neighborhood deed restrictions that prevent ugly houses like this being built? Something like being totally out of character for the rest of the neighborhood? Good lord....depends on the 'hood. for my own it's height, front setback and garage door setback. after that all bets are off..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Isn't there neighborhood deed restrictions that prevent ugly houses like this being built? Something like being totally out of character for the rest of the neighborhood?a restriction needs to be defined so that everyone will interpret them in the same manner. saying something can't be out of character would be subject to interpretation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 I'd call it the draftsman special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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