She has also made comments on "McModerns" which borrow many of the bad habits of McMansions, but on a smaller scale that even more people can afford. (Unbalanced, mismatched styles and windows, weird layouts, nubby roofs, and very cheap materials that don't last.)
Major pet peeve: when a mcmansion architect sacrifies like 2 rooms worth of space upstairs for a balcony that’s just looking down at the first floor. What do you need to see down there?!
It’s for standing around casually leaning on the balcony and sipping a martini wearing a dramatic long robe to watch the butler open the door for the police who are investigating the death of my distant uncle who despised me but still left his entire inheritance to me.
It's meta-ostentatious: "I am so rich that I can afford a house with soooo many rooms, and in fact my house already has so many rooms that I can sacrifice the space for two full rooms just to have this empty mezzanine space." What were you going to do with the extra room anyway? A fifth guess bedroom with en suite lavatory? A second projection room? His and her bowling alleys?
We have one of those and my cat keeps sliding through the banisters and falling to the 1st floor. He’s done it like 3 times and somehow been perfectly fine
@@beamng929eeee7 I get that the home is a little pretentious, but it still far exceeds my current accommodations. Neighborhood is nice and clean, home is spacious, no douchebags throwing liquor bottles on your lawn.
I imagine there's at least one or two people that live in this type of house who have said that jokingly, then later realized how shockingly true it was.
McMansions aren’t designed by architects, they’re designed by the engineers and builders, which is why they are so ugly, they take luxurious details from traditional styles of architecture, turrets and bay windows from Queen Anne, exteriors from craftsmen and classical details from geek revival and then mix it all up without guidance because they know people don’t know any better. Also I work in construction and have seen the way these are built, every single one I’ve ever seen is made with builder grade materials. Builder grade usually refers to the cheapest materials on the market, ie. cheap fixtures, vinyl windows, stone veneer, stucco, hollow columns, asphalt roof, plywood frame, these materials have been used in every single house I’ve worked in, the only exception was that once they used composite roof shingles instead of asphalt shingles. These materials are used essentially because people don’t know any better, these are essentially mass produced, low quality houses, meant to give the average upper middle class family a grasp at something that would be in the millions, they are a cash grab, a well built house of this size would cost almost 10 times the price of one of these, the ones I’ve seen usually have some sort of water damage within two years of construction, if you want a new house please meet with an architect, you’ll end up with better quality and design than these scams.
I spend my college years in one of these and you’re absolutely correct. In ten years we had a wall collapse from water damage, and had to replace all the carpeting. The tiles weren’t sealed and the stone work had bubbles leading to shattered and cracked pieces. Utter garbage. My parents are having a trusted builder work on their new home and get to be there choosing materials the entire time. If you have the money for one of these monstrosities, skip it and find a good builder instead.
@@raydon1005 Everyone has the right to express their opinion, especially if they can back it up with good arguments. I'm pretty sure that you also have very strong negative opinions about other issues that don't affect you.
Architects that don’t care about design created some of the buildings that you hate most. Or even stuff in your own home. Bathtub too small? Hitting doorjambs or countertops from turning too fast? Is there a window you don’t like because of where it’s facing or because it’s too small or too big or in an awkward place? Bad architecture has consequences.
Yeah😄 I get it though! Once you get an expert in a given area you can't look away when people do it poorly. I have that with my job as well and actually feel bad sometimes because I just get so bothered when I notice something xD
I feel like most of the criticism in the comments are based on her appearance and the way she sounds. She actually made good points and seems to know what she's talking about
@@raydon1005 Because big ugly buildings can be seen by other people, and can make streets look ugly as a result. There's a reason why neighbours have the power to protest building plans that their neighbours have that might affect them.
I worked as a painter in the Philly suburbs during the McMansion boom, and these houses are VERY cheaply/shoddily built. Very poor quality materials, and a rushed, subcontracted-to-death environment made a ton of .5 to 1 million dollar houses that will fall down in 50 years. Me and another guy on my crew always joked that the easiest point of entry for burglars to these houses was to kick a hole through the wall and empty the place out.... perhaps the real burglars were the builders and the banks though....
@@lowstringc why do most US houses (or a great deal of them at least) are built on wood? at this side of the pond, most houses are brick and mortar, must be a reason for it
I wonder, how it is to live in a mcmansion, because they are strucured from inside out. My Mother use to say, it is better to live in a ugly house with a nice layout, than otherwise around. And she was right.
They are not well designed on the inside, very sloppily built. All my friends growing up lived in McMansions, and they are surprisingly small on the inside. The walls are fairly thin, and the heating costs are enormous. These are homes for people that don't mind throwing their money away. If you want a home that will last, flip a sturdy Victorian home. My grandparents owned several, and I'm living in one now. They have a good use of space, and if you install the right windows, they maintain their heat pretty well.
Your mother was right. if you have the inside right and it suits your needs, does it really matter if some architect doesn't like the outside. You have to live in it.
It’s very empty feeling. I grew up in one and it doesn’t feel right. No matter what you buy to fill the house with, it just doesn’t feel comfy or even regal.
I live in a 1.2 million dollar home. It's pretty much one of these though. Stupid mistakes all over the place. Dressers built into closets that cant even open because of their placement. Door placement that is just stupid, and i can't explain without photos. List goes on and on though. The main part of the home inside is beautiful, but much of everything else, i just can't wrap my head around why the hell the original owner did that.
I never unserstood why I didn't like these homes .... UNTIL NOW . Thank you for explaining this, everytime I looked at them they make no sence to me and I could not explain it ... Thanks again .
Yea eh it's my house I will pick whatever design I like instead of following aesthetic rules of architecture......If I want huge nubs, imma get huge nubs.
Noooo, you guys don’t get it. It’s not an indictment of fancy homes, it’s about bad design. If you’re rich enough to buy a McMansion you can also hire a good architect.
"OH, you HATE people with money hurr durr". No no we hate wannabes who don't have that much money but decide to build cheap monstrosities like this just to pretend that they are rich...
Will Greigh The wealthy parts of Minnesota are full of beautiful historic homes and mansions with actual aesthetics and function. The most expensive ones are over looking a lake. Ugly oversized homes in cookie cutter suburbia, what a waste of money when there's so much better options for the same price.
Ahmed Kazikian they aren't all ugly most of them are nice. She just picks mostly the ugly ones to complain about because if she picked all the nice ones to show people would be all like "ooh that's so pretty" and her point would be lost
She's picking the ugly ones because those are the ones she's talking about. She's not talking about the well-built aesthetically pleasing ones because those are the good ones that are to be appreciated. I think the point of the blog was to shame the ugly ones and that's why she's talking about them.
I liked her all the way through the video. But this comment was when I fell head over heels in love with her. Can’t say she doesn’t have a sense of self awareness. 🤗
When I first moved to America as a 6 year old, the first thing I noticed was all the houses with shutters that would never meet in the middle, my dad told me that they were supposed to look like the type of shutters that have a second set of hinges in them so fold out and cover the whole window, it made me feel better
this chic SUCKS....I thought I was going to legit see houses PEOPLE love to hate. Instead it was a 5 minute disappointment, ALL ABOUT THE Vlogger, and stuff SHEEEEEEEEEEEE loves to hate...and by loves, she REAAALLLY LOVE LOVE LOVESSSS to hate these things. Pull her hair out etc etc...
She didn't even get into the fact that McMansions are an environmental nightmare. Who'd a thought, but it turns out it's hard to heat those two-story rooms, and turrets, and nubs and whatnot, especially when the building is situated toward the road rather than located according to the site conditions. When designers (of any kind) don't have to work within constraints, like a reasonable price, durable, and economical, they get lazy.
These McMansions are often built in car-dependent suburban spawl, so the owners and their neighbours have to drive everywhere. That's not a problem unique to McMansions, but they definitely contribute to the problem.
I literally worked in a MTV Cribs type mansion for a popular 2000s era music group-top 40 band. The drummer & his wife were designing a new large home in Windermere FL, near Orlando. The halls, rooms, stairs were like a big castle. 🏰. The wife was nice. 😁. They had high end appliances & a cool hot tub in a huge tower, 😎. $$$ can buy cool homes & stuff.
The older homes with high ceilings were built to naturally retain heat in the winter and invite cooling winds in the summer. The original architectures were designed with a purpose, they weren't only for appearances like these Frankenstein Mansions. 😬 If they want to show off their dough, perhaps invest it on a properly built house with eco furnishings or even gaudy gold finishings. A thoughtfully, well styled house always leaves a better impression than a patchwork Kardashistein. 😖
The thing I hate about McMansions here is that developers stick them on as small a plot of land as they can. They are the predominant influence on development in local suburbs and have become preferred over a sensible sized house with a decent yard. . If you’re gonna pay that much, I’d rather have a smaller house and more land than a house that eats up square footage with decorative architecture.
I love the people with .75 acre of land with a huge driveway, 😏. Who's that for? SW style roofs on a colonial home or castle is stupid too. BTW, bay windows, columns on porches, balcony are NICE. Dont bag on people who want comfort or style.
The real value in real estate is in the land...you can always tear down a house and rebuild another. Earth is a done deal. There is no more land...that's it!!
I agree with you, I want to buy a mcmansion but it needs to have a beautiful yet simple/elegant exterior and needs at least half of an acre (0.5 acres or more).
my favorite thing to do on TS3 is to spam the money cheat and just build a ridiculous and unhouse like addition on a house and fill it full of fancy looking stuff lmao
Funny. I was thinking the same thing. Seems to me this is her personal dislike. I personally love mcmansions. Now that I know what they're called, I be creating a lot more of them in the Sims.
I only build London style Georgian houses lol I was such a snob on the sims I suddenly became British and very superior lol the children must be kept quite in a separate area of the house and we can only talk about the weather and never laugh haha
@@ElvenMans In this case inbred Yorkies to come yap at you with their tongue sticking out the side of their mouth because they're just not right in the head from all the in breeding at this point. That would be hilarious.
Years ago a developer built a ton of McMansions behind my house. There was a gorgeous forest back there and they cut down almost all the trees. So yeah, I hate these houses
Finally, someone who is willing to fight for good design. It’s not even necessarily the size. It’s just really bad, lazy and incompetent architecture. Please just pick up a book. All the principles of style and proportion is in there.
I'm not triggered, but I don't like how she is trying to make opinion a fact. Just because a house is a McMansion doesn't mean people hate them or they are designed wrong. It's just not her taste and that's fine.
NinjaPancakes4ever yeah because you're not an architect. XD This is the problem. Most houses made aren't designed by architects, so they are vague references to what an architect might make if they were hired for the project.
McMansions it's like wearing the designer label of your clothes on the outside but for domiciles. They are everywhere here in Connecticut. Horrendous little beasties. I never see the owners outside in the huge yards, probably because they are working 90 hours a week to pay for their own personal Tara.
trash. Didn’t say that. It sounded like she was jealous of their yards and was trying to insult them about working hours to keep the home running so I assumed she doesn’t have money to own a big yard
My house is over 100 and a old school (smaller- 5500 sq ft) mansion. The walls are 18” brick. It could be a bomb shelter. These houses make me nervous. They look ready to topple.
For me, the sign of a Mcmansion is that they only try to look presentable from the front. If you look at their sides they look like a county jail. Tiny, different sized windows in really weird places, and recessed far into the wall. And for such enormous residences, it's weird that they only have two exits, typically. Also kind of like a county jail.
Josh Bobst Yeah some of the homes in this video were actually legitimate quasi-mansions to me. They weren't the true McMansions we have and you described.
ThatOne A Lamborghini actually has the capabilities to back it up, while every Hummer except for the H1 is a dressed up box on wheels with no real capability.
So many of these comments are old people who are offended that someone has legitimate criticism of mcmansions and that's what they happen to live in. The thing is most of them don't even have a valid comeback, they just say she has a bad hairstyle or doesn't, "dress properly."
Them critisizing her is basically what shes doing to the mcmansions. Architecture is for both function and the aesthetic. Her judging the houses is like her judging another person only its socially acceptable because houses cant get triggered. Im sure there are plenty of smaller houses that are "architectually wrong". I see where shes coming from but I find it petty to be so nitpicky about them. Theyre houses? No one ever said they have to follow some simplistic cookie cutter guideline. I think that the different patterns and stuff make them unique its not like the structure is a hazard and would cause the house to fall apart.
People are harsh on this girl. She's a bit annoying but she's right, Mcmansions are ugly, drive up property prices, are bad for environment, impractical, cost-inefficient, bad for families, isolates family members, and poor quality material and construction. May not like her but totally agree with her. It's not art, it's tacky architecture. I have money and I do NOT want to flash wealth or buy something dumb as a mcmansion. A lot of people, especially seniors do not like these houses.
Why are some people attacking this woman? She seems nice and makes good points. These houses are ugly as hell, you must be mad someone’s calling you out on your poor taste lol
I really hate the simple mind set where people assume you're jealous for criticizing something or someone's attitude. That's just not right. She was giving good reason as to why to proportions of these homes make no sense and are of no refinery, which bothers her. People are allowed to have opinions on things you knows, you can't actually refute her points that make sense so you go after her haircut and whatnot? How tedious.
That sensitive psychopath She grew up in a dirty small apartment and all her friends had these homes, except for her. You can take that information and do what you want with it. As for me, all signs point to envy.
Architectural beauty is a personal choice. If she likes small symmetrical houses with lower basic standards that's fine. Contemporary type dwellings are becoming popular these days. This girls problem is that she spreads negativity towards people who take pride in their homes. I can tell she is a liberal who believes that any house built in excess of the owners needs is a form of bragging. Pride is not a form of bragging, its a way to feel a sense of accomplishment . This girl has mental/envy issues so she formed an alliance of hate with others toward large houses because misery loves company. Read the comments, nobody likes this rebellious feminist
@@chugginbeers I got the will eventually turn into a crazy cat lady Vibe from rather than crazy feminist blaming capitalism for everything. Your input is interesting regardless.
What are you talking about? These homes look hideous. There's no rhyme or reason for any of this type of architectural mess. The people who would waste the materials/resources to build this complete testament to nothingness must be filled with incredible self-esteem issues. If you're rich, build a mansion. Have an estate that is beneficial to the community, economy, and to the native wildlife. If you're not rich, please don't try to mimic something that you are most definitely not by creating a parody of what others have worked hard to achieve.
I like the people in here commenting that she's "shook" about these houses. She obviously has an idea what she's talking about and is educated on the subject. No matter how much you want to discredit her, it doesn't change that those houses are quite literally mathematically ugly.
I grew up in one. 1,3 million dollars The location and .75 acre garden/forest behind it was fantastic, but the actual building wasn't very good. Sides were vinyl with thin wood underneath only some parts were brick. One neighbour was in all-brick but I never asked how much more they paid. Interior had all sorts of defects. Cabinets not aligned, paint cracked within years, cheap drywall could be broken by bumping a chair into, bad energy efficiency wastes a ton of money About the garden, they cut down a forest to clear for the neighbourhood. It had rocky clay Ontario soil, which was rammed up to the foundations and run over with heavy rollers. Hard and deoxigenated, so when we got serious about making a garden and plants we had to dig (or more like mine) the soil and re-fill with topsoil so plants wouldn't be stunted and had 3 feet of root depth
She’s totally right. Most of the new homes I The great Atlanta area are these types of McMansions and are made of styrofoam and fiberglass. When your home isn’t made of brick and wood, your shit’s cheap.
mc0325 yes but they are gorgeous the old houses around anywhere are crap. Also Atlanta and Nashville and many other parts of the south have the nicest houses in the country and yes they are McMansions and sure they are cheaply built but the designs are beautiful 19 times out of 20
This woman is hitting the nail on the head. She is absolutely correct in her analysis. Yes, McMansions are ugly and stupid and yes I owned one that was 5,000 SF and will never repeat that mistake again.
Biggest thing for me is how they are all "open concept" which in a house that size only works if you live in California or Florida since anywhere else needs way more energy to heat up.
@@nubreed13 Open concept only makes a difference in heating bills if you aggressively zone heating and cooling in a more closed-off house. Most people's heating systems are oversized for their entire house, much less a single bedroom, so aggressive zoning leads to short cycling and lower efficiency.
I see why she’s being hated on in the comments for essentially taking a massive shit on people’s dream homes. However, in her defence she’s starting a conversation and creating awareness that not all home designs have to be the same. Maybe it’s time home developers come up with new designs for the market and reduce their margins
these aren't the dream homes. these are the things people who can't afford their dream homes but feel entitled to the illusion of lasting wealth have slapped together
Macaroni and Cliches Of course! But not everyone can afford to hire an architect or go through the headaches of a custom builder, so they opt to compromise and end up ‘settling’ for their dream home
You don't need custom architects for houses. Mass-produced houses can be made to a high quality, high cultural and high class standard. Look at any suburban house tract in Germany or Belgium
No "hate," but her arguments are silly. I can't think of a single architectural style that doesn't have faux. Classical and Gothic are full of faux. Paris and Rome are full of faux. Even the 2000 year old Pantheon has faux. Victorian architecture is a mishmash of styles and doesn't follow rules. So what?
I agree with Justin, architecture doesn't need to be just about function, I think decoration has almost always been and should be important as well. That said, I have some other issues with the McMansions (aside from just looking ugly to me) - they don't seem to be built to last a long time, they're very sprawled out creating no sense of community or belonging, and the suburban density they create is unsustainable. This is a bit of a hyperbole, but I think it's the epitome of the American Dream gone wrong - designed around cars and an arrogant use of land, a visual symbol of wealth and success but it's all faux and just a shadow of what it attempts to imitate.
Silvarret, right, "the purity of form and honesty of materials" philosophy that guided many mid-century 20th century architects produced some of the ugliest brick and concrete buildings known to man. There's a reason the ancient Romans built their temples out of brick, and then put marble facades on them. Rather than being dishonest, it's an respectable and efficient use of scarce materials. Your criticism of McMansions being part of "sprawl" is really a different argument that has nothing to do with McMansions, but planning since those neighborhoods often don't even have McMansions in them.
Justin H true, McMansions aren't generally part of the typical suburbia. I guess my problem isn't so much the McMansions themselves there but what they represent. But I would say then, that they're a similar outcome of the same process - car centrism, sprawl, ideology - just for people with more wealth. That's why even aside from the aesthetic ugliness, I dislike the idea of people building oversized, sprawling, car-centric (seriously, how many McMansions put the car at the forefront) houses. Then again, I'm afraid of sounding too serious - in the end I just follow the McMansions debate because it's amusing and I find joy in laughing at these sometimes hilariously ridiculous builds, I guess.
I grew up in a mcmansion neighborhood in the suburbs of Connecticut and I will say that in the 19 years I spent living in that house I saw more issues and problems that arose solely from poor architectural design. I am 27 now and my parents have since moved but now that I am in the market for a home with my girlfriend she has been drawn to these style homes and neighborhoods and it is driving me nuts lol.
Spencer Watson I agree, I see a lot of that here in Las Vegas. You’ll get developers packing huge compartmentalized homes on tiny lots where the neighbors can practically look into each other’s windows, no yard space, and all xeriscape. There isn’t much room to actually enjoy your ‘property’.
@@robinsiler2420 yes especially Southwest and Northwest las vegas it's kind of cringy but then again what can you expect from one of the fastest growing cities in America I kind of like it tho makes me cozy but yet I have never lived those types of houses the one I live in is actually 25+ years old which is Kind of unsaul nowadays for Vegas
Come to Toronto. Every new house that’s been built since 15 or so years ago is like that. Like there’s literally suburbs of 4000+ square feet houses that have no yard and are so close together, you can’t even fit a single air conditioner between the houses
those were built in the 1900s to like 50s cuz they wanted stuff closer together. and u gotta admit that a kleenex box house is the worst way to go. they look flat and horrbiel
The strange thing about modern homes in general is that they are all facade and no essence. You see elaborate buildings made from really cheap materials that literally get blown by the wind. Old houses were made from brick and stone and had much more character.
Slurm its highly addictive Sure and you can't really classify something as "bad" or good art but this is a HOUSE that's supposed to last decades so at least it should have a timeless quality to it. See the houses made I the 50s and many of them look amazing still but the ones made now will look like garbage in 15 years. They already look bad for the trained eye
Lumpy roof lines, hollow columns that don't support anything, and cartoonishly oversized entrances aren't artistic. There's no purpose to anything about a McMansion except maybe to overcompensate for the owner's small penis.
It does. Presumably, America and Canada are western countries, therefore would have art and culture within tasteful boundaries of Western culture. These are not. Art is subjective until it becomes anti-culture.
There are pretty ugly, tbh. I rather see a mansion with a defined style like tudor or story book or art deco or french style like they used to do it in the 1920' or 30's. Even the mid century houses from the 50's and 60's. At least they are not frankenstein type houses.
I lived in a really cute tudor colonial styled neighborhood. Everyones home lloked different with a similiar style. the mc mansions started cropping up and ruined the atmosphere. Its so ugly, one house has a giant two story window just so everyone walking past can see the giant chandelier on the stairs. Bleh. Tacky
Stephanie Yen Yes, I agree! I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma and we had a big oil boom in the twenties. People were so wealthy that they were traveling to Europe, and then coming back and emulating the style of homes here in town. We have beautiful neighborhoods with an array of French, Spanish, English Tudors, and Greek revivals. Unfortunately, some people buy plots in these neighborhoods and plop down ugly McMansions and ruin the whole historical beauty 😭
I always have a negative stigma to those modern mansions. I'll always choose a decaying victorian masonry house from Detroit over a modern suburban American mansion over any day. Lowkey finally relieved that someone has the same viewpoint as I.
That's every house in Texas lmaooo. So glad I'm getting a professional architect to custom build my home. All these people obsessed with buying giant houses that are big but ugly make me laugh. The ceilings are so mismatched inside these homes.
Look into modular homes instead of site built homes. The quality of a modular home is superior than site built homes. You won't have to deal with poor insulation and all the other problems that arise with site built homes. Most modular home companies have been in business for more than 30 years. I'm designing a steel frame superadobe house.
When I was a kid, I adored these houses. I grew up in the hood and had no idea these houses were considered a joke to the middle class. Now I'm older and, though I still admire the "lawyer foyer," I prefer brown/greystones, loft condos, and international style mansions. I like the city life and a lot of those McMansions were built on plain hilltops with no stores for miles. Seems boring and isolating.
DA VIEWZ you forgot "and basically any European" in your title. Which probably perfectly fits in your "all Europeans are leftists and stupid" narrative. So, you're welcome.
DA VIEWZ, I think you italicized the wrong word in your sentence there. Didn't you mean to emphasize the word, "should"? I mean, that's what actually would make sense. But don't worry, it's okay. We're all quite used to triggered right-wingers who don't understand the finer (or even the basic) points of grammar.
Carpenter and history enthusiast here. I absolutely love old homes. I absolutely hate McMansions, to the point that it depresses me to see how prolific they have become here in New Jersey. I feel like they are a very strong symbol of the greater degradation of American culture and society. Suburban luxury housing development has completely destroyed the history and culture of my part of NJ, and it's making me want to move elsewhere. Great video, thanks for posting.
I agree as a fellow NJ resident. Developers are buying homes with large acreage. Then putting 2-3 even 4 or a whole neighborhood of mcmansions, causing more traffic, and it's all people who were poor who fell into money thinking because they're smart. And townships go along because they can double tax revenue on a previous property to pay for the overpaid crooked cops.
@Liam O’Neil you're hitting the nail right on the head I can't stand new developments just row after row of identical houses. I love older homes for the craftsmanship, style and the personality of the the home itself you don't get that newer homes
@@AlejandroRamirez-lh3mr I live in Tewksbury, NJ. We did not "fall" into money, my husband works hard as a heart surgeon. We simply love our home, to some 8,000 sq feet is a lot, however we do have 2 children. We also do not live here year round.
Have you actually listened to her? She had no idea that other people hate these houses as much as she did, until her website got famous. How the fuck have y'all the energy to actively hate a fucking hairstyle, like you have nothing better to do with your life? Pathetic wimps.
She sounds like she takes her degree seriously and loves what she does ...🆗 I would never buy a McMansion , but I however love a big spacious house that’s tasteful and beautiful ....
You can get a big and nice house for less money than a McMansion. I think the house I live in is adorable. It can use some fixing up (it's old, built in 1890 or so) but it's cute, 5 rooms, 2 floors plus basement and attic and a nicely sized backyard. That's not even considered big btw but it's bigger than any house I lived in before.
One of my biggest problems with this style of house is how cheap and run down they are in 10-15 years. It just seems like a huge waste to build a house that isn't going to last. It's like shopping at forever 21 honestly. It's great that people feel rich for buying a new house but generally cheaply built. There are a lot of these where I live.
What's even more disgusting are people who buy a mid-century home and then completely gut it or tear it down to build a more modern house that ruins the look of the neighbourhood. For example, on my street most of the homes were built in the 1950s. They're two or three bedroom homes with a nice front and back yard. Two of these houses were recently sold and the new owners had them demolished. In place they've built two and three level modern houses with huge windows - think the Cullen house from "Twilight". Ugliest houses ever that stick out like a sore thumb!
Charlize Brignol I'm sure it's fine if it's in a forest setting like the film but not among 50s and 60s style homes. It completely blocks the sun for the people on either side, there's no backyard/green space to speak of. The price will probably be $1.5M to $2.0M once it's completed.
Don't forget the maintenance. These things are mass-produced and often times cheaply built, and the large size means there's a lot of stuff to maintain!
I hate these houses. I grew up outside of DC and the soul of the town is completely gone as the affordable homes are being torn down and replaced with these eye sores
"Cause she's an architect" isn't really good enough. I'm a historian and I don't go around quizzing people on the streets to see who does and doesn't know when the French revolution started and proceed to mock them for their lack of culturing if they don't know. That's fucking sad. She's fucking sad. As for hobbies... I like to do yoga and I don't go around town making fun of people trying yoga who can't afford to take classes. Again. Pathetic.
Fawn Whisperer yep. Especially because architecture, like any art form, is purely subjective. Sure, there are rules, but if something breaks the rules and still is appealing to people, it did it’s job. It’s pretentious af to act like because it doesn’t follow the list of rules she learned in class, that it’s a bad home. No, it’s a good home because the people who live in it like it.
I hate McMansions because of their appearance as stated in this video, but I also hate them because I hate seeing woods and farms turned into developments. Also, they never build developments of normal homes. So all the rich snobby people take over wherever these things are built. They change the local culture.
I agree with you! I hate seeing the fields and woods turned into treeless developments of houses with no personality or charm. Why not renovate if you can afford that! I have an old home that I dislike, but if I was to come into money, the first thing I would do is renovate it - not to McMansion or Luxury standards, but just bring it up to date! Non granite counter tops here.. give me a solid surface that isn't laminate and hopefully recycled material!
It is great to see that so many more people have the means to live in the homes of their choice - something that most of our predecessors of three or more generations ago couldn't do. You may not like them, for whatever reasons you stated, and you are free not to live in one of those neighbourhoods.
Queen Anne styles from the 1890's were the original "McMansions". They also bumped out walls and roof lines, to make room for glamorous interior spaces (like pretentious stairwells with Tiffany style windows on the landings, window seat reading nooks, castle cone shaped towers, etc.). McMansions are not new,
On a slightly related note - I think people like to talk about how weird the Utah Mormons are, but it's kind of _everyone_ in Utah, at least in my experience. Religious or not, everyone is kind of weirdly awful... I honestly think it's the smog there. The air quality in the city is the worst in North America, and it's like heavy metals and massively carcinogenic things. That dense fog over the city? That's not fog. I think it messes with people.
Cinnamon lol, ok, maybe it is smog. I think that nonmormon Utah residents are a different kind of weird. But as a Mormon there is a difference. You can always spot the Utah Mormon.
Dallascaper not really comparable though. There were different set styles of Victorian architecture during the period, while McMansions are really just cohesion-less amalgamations of whatever the homeowner wants in the house
These houses look great. Who cares about fashion... they have every luxury you could want! Huge bedrooms and bathrooms, tons of extra room, massive garage, a nice pool.
Sounds like this girl is trashing all my sim 4 creations. Unbalanced and ugly.
I mean she's not wrong. ROOFING IS HARD OKAY!??
PREACH!!!
It took me forever to build my house in the Sims lol
@@Ernestdd I spent three hours on my basic house after I got seasons. Not very impressive.
😂😂😂
And that's you just saying from a game imagine building a roof
Etta watch builders bibke
*''I've seen some really heinous nubs in my life''*
She doesn't look like she sees a lot of nubs
You definitely have a nub, bud.
everywhere
Also "Yup, its foam!"
me too. Because alcohol.
Imagine randomly watching this only to see her in front of your house hating everything about it.
😂😂😂
She has also made comments on "McModerns" which borrow many of the bad habits of McMansions, but on a smaller scale that even more people can afford. (Unbalanced, mismatched styles and windows, weird layouts, nubby roofs, and very cheap materials that don't last.)
if i had the money to buy a house, i'd do better than a macmansion!
Why do new american homes look like they were a hundred years old?
@@aggbarquitectos9409 if you want to get a modern mansion go to California, Hawaii or Florida if you want a Jefferson go everywhere else
Major pet peeve: when a mcmansion architect sacrifies like 2 rooms worth of space upstairs for a balcony that’s just looking down at the first floor. What do you need to see down there?!
It's actually great for Acoustics.
William Evans like for playing music? i guess but idk i would much rather have more rooms than that higher ceiling
It’s for standing around casually leaning on the balcony and sipping a martini wearing a dramatic long robe to watch the butler open the door for the police who are investigating the death of my distant uncle who despised me but still left his entire inheritance to me.
It's meta-ostentatious: "I am so rich that I can afford a house with soooo many rooms, and in fact my house already has so many rooms that I can sacrifice the space for two full rooms just to have this empty mezzanine space."
What were you going to do with the extra room anyway? A fifth guess bedroom with en suite lavatory? A second projection room? His and her bowling alleys?
We have one of those and my cat keeps sliding through the banisters and falling to the 1st floor. He’s done it like 3 times and somehow been perfectly fine
me on the sims
but the owl slide tho
Me scrolling through the gallery before getting pissed and just building my own house from scratch
expectedturbulence yesss iconic
Ghost Shrimpe if that ain’t a mood
Jessica lmao how can I like this comment 100000 times
Never met an Architectonically Emo before...
Weird...but in a funny way...
This is literally the most accurate way to describe her lol. Also i'm the 100th like :p
Architects and architectural students nowadays are a bunch of architectonic hipsters and tiny hat skater boys so it shouldn't be terribly surprising.
@@TheTacticalMess why do you say that?...
Brendan Mc Verry Just an observance and probably a slight overgeneralization of the kids I see involved in architecture at my institute.
Brendan Mc Verry Funny
I aspire to this level of hater
honestly same
Hahahah
She a hater. This is neo-eclectic architecture. I’d love to live in a McMansion.
Dlarmar B IKR! She is saying this house is so bad but it isn’t! I love McMansions
@@beamng929eeee7 I get that the home is a little pretentious, but it still far exceeds my current accommodations. Neighborhood is nice and clean, home is spacious, no douchebags throwing liquor bottles on your lawn.
Imagine they were just outside people's houses and roasting them and then the owners see this video and go, "Hey! That's my house!"
they would never know it's theirs, these things are so sickeningly generic. kind of like saying, hey, that silver malibu looks like mine!
@@ryanbarker5217 HAHAHAHAHAHA. Good point!
I imagine there's at least one or two people that live in this type of house who have said that jokingly, then later realized how shockingly true it was.
McMansions aren’t designed by architects, they’re designed by the engineers and builders, which is why they are so ugly, they take luxurious details from traditional styles of architecture, turrets and bay windows from Queen Anne, exteriors from craftsmen and classical details from geek revival and then mix it all up without guidance because they know people don’t know any better.
Also I work in construction and have seen the way these are built, every single one I’ve ever seen is made with builder grade materials. Builder grade usually refers to the cheapest materials on the market, ie. cheap fixtures, vinyl windows, stone veneer, stucco, hollow columns, asphalt roof, plywood frame, these materials have been used in every single house I’ve worked in, the only exception was that once they used composite roof shingles instead of asphalt shingles. These materials are used essentially because people don’t know any better, these are essentially mass produced, low quality houses, meant to give the average upper middle class family a grasp at something that would be in the millions, they are a cash grab, a well built house of this size would cost almost 10 times the price of one of these, the ones I’ve seen usually have some sort of water damage within two years of construction, if you want a new house please meet with an architect, you’ll end up with better quality and design than these scams.
thank you
liked this comment so more people would see it
I spend my college years in one of these and you’re absolutely correct. In ten years we had a wall collapse from water damage, and had to replace all the carpeting. The tiles weren’t sealed and the stone work had bubbles leading to shattered and cracked pieces. Utter garbage. My parents are having a trusted builder work on their new home and get to be there choosing materials the entire time. If you have the money for one of these monstrosities, skip it and find a good builder instead.
thank you so much for this!
chef's kiss that comment
“I’ve seen some heinous nubs in my life”
That has to be my favorite quote of 2019.
LilDrummerBoi or 2017, you mean
Her face is one lmao
The thing about these “McMansions” is you pay for a house that is practically made with paper, and will start causing headaches in 10yrs.
I agree. They're big, however they look cheap.
@@michaelalguire419 no they don't
It’s like the housing equivalent of fast fashion
@@c.m.b.7567 most are built cheap and look cheap
@@c.m.b.7567 yes they do. The way Las Vegas looks cheap.
She has a Ted Talk about this. Wow. Her passion is honestly inspiring.
Althea Bruggink is it though lol
@@coreycantrell1627 I dunno, kind of. To dedicate that much of your life to something that seems negligible to everyone else.
...
What it called? 😂
Inspiring nahh i think you mean annoying
To me mcmansions look like they were built to just make it APPEAR as if the owner has a lot of money, they look so tacky and fake
Yuh but how does that affect you? Or her? Or anyone aside from the home owner? Mind ya business
@@raydon1005 Everyone has the right to express their opinion, especially if they can back it up with good arguments. I'm pretty sure that you also have very strong negative opinions about other issues that don't affect you.
@@raydon1005 Found the McMansion owner.
I feel like the way they’re built kind of has the opposite effect
@@joquendof Are you poor?
Heinous nubb is a good band name.
I'd listen to them.
I'm pretty sure that was one of the names poptropica gave me when I was little.
They're touring with the Awkward Gables next summer.
catherine: I read about that in The Big Columns.
May it collect rain and collapse.
This is so funny! She is SO bothered. It's actually hilarious... I get her passion, but 😂😂😂
Architects that don’t care about design created some of the buildings that you hate most. Or even stuff in your own home. Bathtub too small? Hitting doorjambs or countertops from turning too fast? Is there a window you don’t like because of where it’s facing or because it’s too small or too big or in an awkward place? Bad architecture has consequences.
Poor girl needs her safe space -maybe a container home 😆😆
Yeah😄 I get it though! Once you get an expert in a given area you can't look away when people do it poorly. I have that with my job as well and actually feel bad sometimes because I just get so bothered when I notice something xD
Jacque Johnson my house is 2000 sqft of bad architecture lol
Britt Brat my same reaction 😂like why does ppl buying it her problem. Hate meh not everyone I think it’s not suffering just don’t look at it.
She's helping point us towards good taste
I do wish she spent more time expounding upon what constitutes good architectural style though
i agree
Her taste, not good taste.
@@milkamil946 based on the principles of design she's studied
I can’t take anyone seriously who doesn’t bother to brush her hair .
Washington post coming after Vox's format, lol
Lisa Wang faxxxxxx
Just realized this wasn't a Vox video
Constance Richards literally me too
Lisa Wang What the fuck this isn't a Vox video?!
Armando Hernandez OMG Yasssss
I hate McMansions because they're supposed to look so expensive, and are, but are so cheaply made that anyone with eyes can see its all tacky.
YES. PURE TACKY! Matchstick houses!
Pretty sure making the walls out of harry potter books would be sturdier than the walls in these homes.
TheMadisonMachine I’ve worked on these houses for awhile know, the developers always and us to use the cheapest material we have!
Sounds like you hate it because you can’t afford it
hp1411mc I'm pretty sure most of these houses are like 1-3 million smackers depending on the area. That's easy to afford for the average joe?
I feel like most of the criticism in the comments are based on her appearance and the way she sounds. She actually made good points and seems to know what she's talking about
irinafms and her blog is fabulous. I think people are triggered because they own beige mcMansions
McMansions are weird as hell and give me that vibe that I'm living on a property with no trees and no character
Love jealous people!
Good points like what? How does another person's preference affect her at all?
@@raydon1005 Because big ugly buildings can be seen by other people, and can make streets look ugly as a result. There's a reason why neighbours have the power to protest building plans that their neighbours have that might affect them.
Dislikes are from people in debt after buying an overpriced mcmansion
@goduskychris Chris Godusky You should try an explain it to the people that accuse her of being a "hater" or being "jealous".
dislikes from McAssholes
They are actually underpriced, bc they take design elements from rich houses
I worked as a painter in the Philly suburbs during the McMansion boom, and these houses are VERY cheaply/shoddily built. Very poor quality materials, and a rushed, subcontracted-to-death environment made a ton of .5 to 1 million dollar houses that will fall down in 50 years. Me and another guy on my crew always joked that the easiest point of entry for burglars to these houses was to kick a hole through the wall and empty the place out.... perhaps the real burglars were the builders and the banks though....
@@lowstringc why do most US houses (or a great deal of them at least) are built on wood? at this side of the pond, most houses are brick and mortar, must be a reason for it
I wonder, how it is to live in a mcmansion, because they are strucured from inside out. My Mother use to say, it is better to live in a ugly house with a nice layout, than otherwise around.
And she was right.
They are not well designed on the inside, very sloppily built. All my friends growing up lived in McMansions, and they are surprisingly small on the inside. The walls are fairly thin, and the heating costs are enormous. These are homes for people that don't mind throwing their money away. If you want a home that will last, flip a sturdy Victorian home. My grandparents owned several, and I'm living in one now. They have a good use of space, and if you install the right windows, they maintain their heat pretty well.
Your mother was right. if you have the inside right and it suits your needs, does it really matter if some architect doesn't like the outside. You have to live in it.
Exactly! A house is for the people who live INSIDE, not those who see it from the outside.
It’s very empty feeling. I grew up in one and it doesn’t feel right. No matter what you buy to fill the house with, it just doesn’t feel comfy or even regal.
I live in a 1.2 million dollar home. It's pretty much one of these though. Stupid mistakes all over the place. Dressers built into closets that cant even open because of their placement. Door placement that is just stupid, and i can't explain without photos. List goes on and on though. The main part of the home inside is beautiful, but much of everything else, i just can't wrap my head around why the hell the original owner did that.
These houses looked like they were made on the Sims
Loren S they are like doll houses; kinda plastic looking
Lmfao
shocklett the sims 3
They probably were
I never unserstood why I didn't like these homes .... UNTIL NOW . Thank you for explaining this, everytime I looked at them they make no sence to me and I could not explain it ... Thanks again .
Me too 😜
Is it bad that I really like McMansions, they looks like something Regina George would live in.
No I actually like them too
They look way better than any modernist trash
Yea eh it's my house I will pick whatever design I like instead of following aesthetic rules of architecture......If I want huge nubs, imma get huge nubs.
Yeah. I really like 1:33
I would love to live in a McMansion 😭😭😩
Noooo, you guys don’t get it. It’s not an indictment of fancy homes, it’s about bad design. If you’re rich enough to buy a McMansion you can also hire a good architect.
"OH, you HATE people with money hurr durr". No no we hate wannabes who don't have that much money but decide to build cheap monstrosities like this just to pretend that they are rich...
Yeah, I would rather have a nice looking house that is a bit smaller but well built than a big and cheap looking McMansion
Will Greigh The wealthy parts of Minnesota are full of beautiful historic homes and mansions with actual aesthetics and function. The most expensive ones are over looking a lake. Ugly oversized homes in cookie cutter suburbia, what a waste of money when there's so much better options for the same price.
Ahmed Kazikian they aren't all ugly most of them are nice. She just picks mostly the ugly ones to complain about because if she picked all the nice ones to show people would be all like "ooh that's so pretty" and her point would be lost
She's picking the ugly ones because those are the ones she's talking about. She's not talking about the well-built aesthetically pleasing ones because those are the good ones that are to be appreciated. I think the point of the blog was to shame the ugly ones and that's why she's talking about them.
Not a lot of young people are passionate about these things. Good for her.
tons of young people are. it's not like the subject of architecture is somehow being abandoned by future generations.
hm yeah she’s one of the rares she got hers early usually as soon as you turn 30 you like house architecture
"And now everyone has to suffer alongside of me because they will forever notice that the shutters won't actually close over the windows." 😂😂
DalekSauce damn when I read this comment the exact moment in the video started playing
I liked her all the way through the video. But this comment was when I fell head over heels in love with her. Can’t say she doesn’t have a sense of self awareness. 🤗
When I first moved to America as a 6 year old, the first thing I noticed was all the houses with shutters that would never meet in the middle, my dad told me that they were supposed to look like the type of shutters that have a second set of hinges in them so fold out and cover the whole window, it made me feel better
Awesome username
this chic SUCKS....I thought I was going to legit see houses PEOPLE love to hate. Instead it was a 5 minute disappointment, ALL ABOUT THE Vlogger, and stuff SHEEEEEEEEEEEE loves to hate...and by loves, she REAAALLLY LOVE LOVE LOVESSSS to hate these things. Pull her hair out etc etc...
i thought i was the only one who looked at these homes and thought "that house looks off"
But SIMS!
She would hate my sims house Lmaoo
Bruh my sims house would be hated on so much by her 😂😭
It's pretty much impossible not to make a "McMansion" if you want a big house in The Sims...
It's better than working paycheck to paycheck living in a mcstudio with 3 mcroommates.
Black Lanner 😂😂😂❤️
Black Lanner HAHAHAHHAA
And earning that paycheck working at a.... like a McBurger-flipper-place.
You sound mcpressed
😂
She didn't even get into the fact that McMansions are an environmental nightmare. Who'd a thought, but it turns out it's hard to heat those two-story rooms, and turrets, and nubs and whatnot, especially when the building is situated toward the road rather than located according to the site conditions. When designers (of any kind) don't have to work within constraints, like a reasonable price, durable, and economical, they get lazy.
These McMansions are often built in car-dependent suburban spawl, so the owners and their neighbours have to drive everywhere. That's not a problem unique to McMansions, but they definitely contribute to the problem.
Agreed to all of the above.
That alone would require another video.
I literally worked in a MTV Cribs type mansion for a popular 2000s era music group-top 40 band. The drummer & his wife were designing a new large home in Windermere FL, near Orlando. The halls, rooms, stairs were like a big castle. 🏰. The wife was nice. 😁. They had high end appliances & a cool hot tub in a huge tower, 😎. $$$ can buy cool homes & stuff.
The older homes with high ceilings were built to naturally retain heat in the winter and invite cooling winds in the summer. The original architectures were designed with a purpose, they weren't only for appearances like these Frankenstein Mansions. 😬 If they want to show off their dough, perhaps invest it on a properly built house with eco furnishings or even gaudy gold finishings. A thoughtfully, well styled house always leaves a better impression than a patchwork Kardashistein. 😖
“Giving people the freedom to say ‘I HATE THAT’!”😂 I love her bitter passion!
The thing I hate about McMansions here is that developers stick them on as small a plot of land as they can. They are the predominant influence on development in local suburbs and have become preferred over a sensible sized house with a decent yard. . If you’re gonna pay that much, I’d rather have a smaller house and more land than a house that eats up square footage with decorative architecture.
TurboWaitress
If especially you don't need all those rooms
I love the people with .75 acre of land with a huge driveway, 😏. Who's that for? SW style roofs on a colonial home or castle is stupid too. BTW, bay windows, columns on porches, balcony are NICE. Dont bag on people who want comfort or style.
Very true
Some take up the maximum space in the lot
The real value in real estate is in the land...you can always tear down a house and rebuild another. Earth is a done deal. There is no more land...that's it!!
I agree with you, I want to buy a mcmansion but it needs to have a beautiful yet simple/elegant exterior and needs at least half of an acre (0.5 acres or more).
I wonder if she plays The Sims and builds on it. lol
I'm guilty of building mcmansions since The Sims 1. Need the extra rooms for dance parties and spa pool bathrooms.
Yeh built a few myself on sims 1an 2 I think if she saw some of my creations she would probably cry
my favorite thing to do on TS3 is to spam the money cheat and just build a ridiculous and unhouse like addition on a house and fill it full of fancy looking stuff lmao
Funny. I was thinking the same thing. Seems to me this is her personal dislike. I personally love mcmansions. Now that I know what they're called, I be creating a lot more of them in the Sims.
I only build London style Georgian houses lol I was such a snob on the sims I suddenly became British and very superior lol the children must be kept quite in a separate area of the house and we can only talk about the weather and never laugh haha
SEEING THROUGH THE BEDROOM WINDOW ASSUMING PASSERS-BY LIKE YOUR HOUSE.
ONLY TOO REALIZE THEIR WERE HATING ON IT ON CAMERA
Release the hounds.
@@ElvenMans In this case inbred Yorkies to come yap at you with their tongue sticking out the side of their mouth because they're just not right in the head from all the in breeding at this point. That would be hilarious.
Years ago a developer built a ton of McMansions behind my house. There was a gorgeous forest back there and they cut down almost all the trees. So yeah, I hate these houses
Finally, someone who is willing to fight for good design. It’s not even necessarily the size. It’s just really bad, lazy and incompetent architecture. Please just pick up a book. All the principles of style and proportion is in there.
**attempts to procure said information from Harry Potter**
Honestly! Architecture is an art
Ill buy what i want. nerd
@@BSAY no one is going to stop you from wasting your money on an inefficient home
I think it looks good
Everyone’s triggered but she’s right
I'm not triggered, but I don't like how she is trying to make opinion a fact. Just because a house is a McMansion doesn't mean people hate them or they are designed wrong. It's just not her taste and that's fine.
That's because everyone secretly loves McMansions and they don't want to admit it.
Carly Crays Define everyone
@@ellie-ek5ri everyone. Everyone secretly loves these houses, even if they hate them they love to hate on them.
Carly Crays I literally don’t love them? People can have their own tastes?
that's how I build my houses in Sims :(
NinjaPancakes4ever yeah because you're not an architect. XD This is the problem. Most houses made aren't designed by architects, so they are vague references to what an architect might make if they were hired for the project.
The people who live in the McMansions shown in this video: 👁👄👁
Imagine getting roasted on the washington post
McMansions it's like wearing the designer label of your clothes on the outside but for domiciles. They are everywhere here in Connecticut. Horrendous little beasties. I never see the owners outside in the huge yards, probably because they are working 90 hours a week to pay for their own personal Tara.
Are you poor?
trash. Didn’t say that. It sounded like she was jealous of their yards and was trying to insult them about working hours to keep the home running so I assumed she doesn’t have money to own a big yard
@@alialhasson1484 found the McMansion owner
@@hinken3716 No I just think the houses shown in this video are nice and some people seem jealous lol
@@alialhasson1484 I think some of them are nice too
The problem with these houses is that they're made out of crappy, cheap building materials. They burn down more easily.
Well if you'd stop setting them on fire that wouldn't be a problem, would it?
My house is over 100 and a old school (smaller- 5500 sq ft) mansion. The walls are 18” brick. It could be a bomb shelter. These houses make me nervous. They look ready to topple.
Melissa0774 I was a construction worker and built houses just like these! The developers always asked us for the cheapest and easiest material!
cheapest and easiest material!
which was?
+Sanguinius Clearly straw. Have you not read the story of the three little pigs?
For me, the sign of a Mcmansion is that they only try to look presentable from the front. If you look at their sides they look like a county jail. Tiny, different sized windows in really weird places, and recessed far into the wall. And for such enormous residences, it's weird that they only have two exits, typically. Also kind of like a county jail.
Josh Bobst Yeah some of the homes in this video were actually legitimate quasi-mansions to me. They weren't the true McMansions we have and you described.
for me the sign is the drive thru on the side
yeah, agreed.that brick one wasnt a modern build, it didnt look like. appeared it could have been 50s or even 30s.
Fun Fact: No one searched for this
i definitely searched "mcmansions" lol
I searched this...
I searched "McMansion"
I also searched mcmansion :D
I did
So basically like Hummer of houses
ThatOne A Lamborghini actually has the capabilities to back it up, while every Hummer except for the H1 is a dressed up box on wheels with no real capability.
Fruit500 H2 and H3 not the original hummers
"Hummer of cars"? A hummer is a car. You mean "hummer of houses". "Hummer of cars" is like saying something is the Michael Jordan of basketball.
Basically
Hummer limousine
So many of these comments are old people who are offended that someone has legitimate criticism of mcmansions and that's what they happen to live in. The thing is most of them don't even have a valid comeback, they just say she has a bad hairstyle or doesn't, "dress properly."
Them critisizing her is basically what shes doing to the mcmansions. Architecture is for both function and the aesthetic. Her judging the houses is like her judging another person only its socially acceptable because houses cant get triggered. Im sure there are plenty of smaller houses that are "architectually wrong". I see where shes coming from but I find it petty to be so nitpicky about them. Theyre houses? No one ever said they have to follow some simplistic cookie cutter guideline.
I think that the different patterns and stuff make them unique its not like the structure is a hazard and would cause the house to fall apart.
@swirligirl_1145 she's pointing out how poorly they are constructed for the price they are being sold. It's a scam.
I like her. She's the funny, interesting kind of nerd.
Agreed.
damn - i liked all of these houses
home builders: always aim for where the normal distribution is the thickest
You won't be after the roofing bill every 15 years.
Matthew McFarland I like half of them, others not my style
@Mr. X Whats wrong with you? Is the reason your coming in so mad because your parents beat you again?
M. Penske that’s what living in a trailer does to you
People are harsh on this girl. She's a bit annoying but she's right, Mcmansions are ugly, drive up property prices, are bad for environment, impractical, cost-inefficient, bad for families, isolates family members, and poor quality material and construction. May not like her but totally agree with her. It's not art, it's tacky architecture. I have money and I do NOT want to flash wealth or buy something dumb as a mcmansion. A lot of people, especially seniors do not like these houses.
Half of the points you brought up were strictly just your opinion. If the house was so bad people wouldn't be buying them!!
I just think it would have been better received by a middle aged man.
Great points! I'm sure there are a few papers out there about what drives these McMansions as well as their effect on family structures...
She isn't right, that's just your taste in homes.
Hamlet137475 not everybody has a family.
Wealth doesnt account for taste
eggoface but it can account for education and culture. Poor plebs can’t even afford to be cultured.
most artist are poor so you're wrong there fella
+Jamie Acton Well shitting on a canvas is now considered art so I don't get your point
Meme_Man my point is just because you're poor doent mean you're not cultured
Thats what he said.
Why are some people attacking this woman? She seems nice and makes good points. These houses are ugly as hell, you must be mad someone’s calling you out on your poor taste lol
Please, tell us where you live
She acts like a complaining spoiled brat with nothing better to do
@@fandomfancy2450 its literally her job what better thing do you want her to do
Why are people pretending she's getting attacked for TH-cam likes?
She probably loves Trump lol
The McMansion is the architectural equivalent of the SUV.
Specifically the Infiniti QX65
I really hate the simple mind set where people assume you're jealous for criticizing something or someone's attitude. That's just not right. She was giving good reason as to why to proportions of these homes make no sense and are of no refinery, which bothers her. People are allowed to have opinions on things you knows, you can't actually refute her points that make sense so you go after her haircut and whatnot? How tedious.
That sensitive psychopath She grew up in a dirty small apartment and all her friends had these homes, except for her. You can take that information and do what you want with it. As for me, all signs point to envy.
Moonlite Summers
Anyways, she does make valid points.
Architectural beauty is a personal choice. If she likes small symmetrical houses with lower basic standards that's fine. Contemporary type dwellings are becoming popular these days. This girls problem is that she spreads negativity towards people who take pride in their homes. I can tell she is a liberal who believes that any house built in excess of the owners needs is a form of bragging. Pride is not a form of bragging, its a way to feel a sense of accomplishment . This girl has mental/envy issues so she formed an alliance of hate with others toward large houses because misery loves company. Read the comments, nobody likes this rebellious feminist
@@chugginbeers I got the will eventually turn into a crazy cat lady Vibe from rather than crazy feminist blaming capitalism for everything. Your input is interesting regardless.
What are you talking about? These homes look hideous. There's no rhyme or reason for any of this type of architectural mess. The people who would waste the materials/resources to build this complete testament to nothingness must be filled with incredible self-esteem issues. If you're rich, build a mansion. Have an estate that is beneficial to the community, economy, and to the native wildlife. If you're not rich, please don't try to mimic something that you are most definitely not by creating a parody of what others have worked hard to achieve.
I like the people in here commenting that she's "shook" about these houses. She obviously has an idea what she's talking about and is educated on the subject. No matter how much you want to discredit her, it doesn't change that those houses are quite literally mathematically ugly.
Nathan Hovey SHE HAS NO IDEA AAAA HAHAHAHAHA
U don’t get the joke? I’m done! I’m fReaCKing dOnE
Indeed. Frank Lloyd Wright is rolling over in his grave.
Mathematically ugly is the dumbest thing ive heard ugly is an opinion mathematics are facts putting those two together makes no fuckin' sense
OMG I'M SHOOK, GO OFF SIS.
Weird thing is, I've never conciously thought of this when seeing certain "McMansions"...but she is so right.
damn I didn’t know Shailene Woodley hated McMansions so much
BROOOOOO
Comments saying she's mad because she cant afford one sound like they're mad because they live in one.
lemondere that's a stupid comment
I'd rather live in one than not be able to afford one lmao
Yeah what losers. Living in a rundown and poor house
I grew up in one. 1,3 million dollars
The location and .75 acre garden/forest behind it was fantastic, but the actual building wasn't very good. Sides were vinyl with thin wood underneath only some parts were brick. One neighbour was in all-brick but I never asked how much more they paid.
Interior had all sorts of defects. Cabinets not aligned, paint cracked within years, cheap drywall could be broken by bumping a chair into, bad energy efficiency wastes a ton of money
About the garden, they cut down a forest to clear for the neighbourhood. It had rocky clay Ontario soil, which was rammed up to the foundations and run over with heavy rollers. Hard and deoxigenated, so when we got serious about making a garden and plants we had to dig (or more like mine) the soil and re-fill with topsoil so plants wouldn't be stunted and had 3 feet of root depth
Just listen to her tone
She’s totally right. Most of the new homes I The great Atlanta area are these types of McMansions and are made of styrofoam and fiberglass. When your home isn’t made of brick and wood, your shit’s cheap.
mc0325 yes but they are gorgeous the old houses around anywhere are crap. Also Atlanta and Nashville and many other parts of the south have the nicest houses in the country and yes they are McMansions and sure they are cheaply built but the designs are beautiful 19 times out of 20
YES! I moved to Atl 2 years ago and that is all i've seen here and people don't know what a nice house ACTUALLY is. It's so bad.
Lucas Fernandez lol gorgeous in what way? they have no proportion, balance, or symmetry
mc0325 but some of these Mc mansions looks really nice.
mc0325 Haha 😂 💀
is she 15 or 50
Carne Guisada *irony*
Jar Peaceful Farms lmfao
She is cute as fuck.
stale meme daddy both
millennial age
“Cathedral ceiling in a bathroom”
Me: what the...
You don’t like having gargoyles looming 30 feet overhead, staring, and grinning while you poop?
yop yop sounds like a good time
This woman is hitting the nail on the head. She is absolutely correct in her analysis. Yes, McMansions are ugly and stupid and yes I owned one that was 5,000 SF and will never repeat that mistake again.
Biggest thing for me is how they are all "open concept" which in a house that size only works if you live in California or Florida since anywhere else needs way more energy to heat up.
Sure Jan
what do you do for a living?
@@nubreed13 Open concept only makes a difference in heating bills if you aggressively zone heating and cooling in a more closed-off house. Most people's heating systems are oversized for their entire house, much less a single bedroom, so aggressive zoning leads to short cycling and lower efficiency.
How rich are you?
I see why she’s being hated on in the comments for essentially taking a massive shit on people’s dream homes.
However, in her defence she’s starting a conversation and creating awareness that not all home designs have to be the same. Maybe it’s time home developers come up with new designs for the market and reduce their margins
these aren't the dream homes. these are the things people who can't afford their dream homes but feel entitled to the illusion of lasting wealth have slapped together
Macaroni and Cliches Of course! But not everyone can afford to hire an architect or go through the headaches of a custom builder, so they opt to compromise and end up ‘settling’ for their dream home
hoping you spelt defense like “deFENCE” as an architecture joke
Complains someone's house is pretensions , in a very pretensions judgmental way.
You don't need custom architects for houses. Mass-produced houses can be made to a high quality, high cultural and high class standard. Look at any suburban house tract in Germany or Belgium
*The voice tones that people love to hate*
Bismarck and haircut lol
I legitimately thought she was full of shit until I heard her out a bit and she proved that she knew what she was talking about.
She’s smart but screams tumblr sjw
Yep, but I actually agree with her to some degree.
Some of them on the cheaper end are literally just a huge garage with a door that you can hardly see from the street. Beautiful
A great example of why being a hater isn't always a bad thing! Keep up the good work Kate!
Why is there so much hate? Her blog is hilarious and well-researched.
i know ay
No "hate," but her arguments are silly. I can't think of a single architectural style that doesn't have faux. Classical and Gothic are full of faux. Paris and Rome are full of faux. Even the 2000 year old Pantheon has faux. Victorian architecture is a mishmash of styles and doesn't follow rules. So what?
I agree with Justin, architecture doesn't need to be just about function, I think decoration has almost always been and should be important as well. That said, I have some other issues with the McMansions (aside from just looking ugly to me) - they don't seem to be built to last a long time, they're very sprawled out creating no sense of community or belonging, and the suburban density they create is unsustainable. This is a bit of a hyperbole, but I think it's the epitome of the American Dream gone wrong - designed around cars and an arrogant use of land, a visual symbol of wealth and success but it's all faux and just a shadow of what it attempts to imitate.
Silvarret, right, "the purity of form and honesty of materials" philosophy that guided many mid-century 20th century architects produced some of the ugliest brick and concrete buildings known to man. There's a reason the ancient Romans built their temples out of brick, and then put marble facades on them. Rather than being dishonest, it's an respectable and efficient use of scarce materials. Your criticism of McMansions being part of "sprawl" is really a different argument that has nothing to do with McMansions, but planning since those neighborhoods often don't even have McMansions in them.
Justin H true, McMansions aren't generally part of the typical suburbia. I guess my problem isn't so much the McMansions themselves there but what they represent. But I would say then, that they're a similar outcome of the same process - car centrism, sprawl, ideology - just for people with more wealth. That's why even aside from the aesthetic ugliness, I dislike the idea of people building oversized, sprawling, car-centric (seriously, how many McMansions put the car at the forefront) houses. Then again, I'm afraid of sounding too serious - in the end I just follow the McMansions debate because it's amusing and I find joy in laughing at these sometimes hilariously ridiculous builds, I guess.
I grew up in a mcmansion neighborhood in the suburbs of Connecticut and I will say that in the 19 years I spent living in that house I saw more issues and problems that arose solely from poor architectural design.
I am 27 now and my parents have since moved but now that I am in the market for a home with my girlfriend she has been drawn to these style homes and neighborhoods and it is driving me nuts lol.
I don't mind these houses. The house I can't stand are the ones that are built super close together. Big houses with no yards and no shade trees.
Spencer Watson I agree, I see a lot of that here in Las Vegas. You’ll get developers packing huge compartmentalized homes on tiny lots where the neighbors can practically look into each other’s windows, no yard space, and all xeriscape. There isn’t much room to actually enjoy your ‘property’.
@@robinsiler2420 yes especially Southwest and Northwest las vegas it's kind of cringy but then again what can you expect from one of the fastest growing cities in America I kind of like it tho makes me cozy but yet I have never lived those types of houses the one I live in is actually 25+ years old which is Kind of unsaul nowadays for Vegas
Come to Toronto. Every new house that’s been built since 15 or so years ago is like that. Like there’s literally suburbs of 4000+ square feet houses that have no yard and are so close together, you can’t even fit a single air conditioner between the houses
those were built in the 1900s to like 50s cuz they wanted stuff closer together. and u gotta admit that a kleenex box house is the worst way to go. they look flat and horrbiel
@@ethankamphof3014 they're still building them by the bunches where I live
The strange thing about modern homes in general is that they are all facade and no essence. You see elaborate buildings made from really cheap materials that literally get blown by the wind. Old houses were made from brick and stone and had much more character.
tbh i actually love these kinds of houses
So many triggered people here. You really can't see how tacky they look to someone trained in architectural style.
art is fluid and like doesnt follow your tasteless "rules" and boundaries
Slurm its highly addictive Sure and you can't really classify something as "bad" or good art but this is a HOUSE that's supposed to last decades so at least it should have a timeless quality to it. See the houses made I the 50s and many of them look amazing still but the ones made now will look like garbage in 15 years. They already look bad for the trained eye
Lumpy roof lines, hollow columns that don't support anything, and cartoonishly oversized entrances aren't artistic. There's no purpose to anything about a McMansion except maybe to overcompensate for the owner's small penis.
stfu
It does. Presumably, America and Canada are western countries, therefore would have art and culture within tasteful boundaries of Western culture. These are not. Art is subjective until it becomes anti-culture.
There are pretty ugly, tbh. I rather see a mansion with a defined style like tudor or story book or art deco or french style like they used to do it in the 1920' or 30's. Even the mid century houses from the 50's and 60's. At least they are not frankenstein type houses.
I lived in a really cute tudor colonial styled neighborhood. Everyones home lloked different with a similiar style. the mc mansions started cropping up and ruined the atmosphere. Its so ugly, one house has a giant two story window just so everyone walking past can see the giant chandelier on the stairs. Bleh. Tacky
I would be ok with blending styles if it was done tastefully. These look like a kid got drunk before playing with Legos.
Stephanie Yen Yes, I agree! I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma and we had a big oil boom in the twenties. People were so wealthy that they were traveling to Europe, and then coming back and emulating the style of homes here in town. We have beautiful neighborhoods with an array of French, Spanish, English Tudors, and Greek revivals. Unfortunately, some people buy plots in these neighborhoods and plop down ugly McMansions and ruin the whole historical beauty 😭
Love MCM homes 🏡!!!
I always have a negative stigma to those modern mansions. I'll always choose a decaying victorian masonry house from Detroit over a modern suburban American mansion over any day. Lowkey finally relieved that someone has the same viewpoint as I.
That's every house in Texas lmaooo. So glad I'm getting a professional architect to custom build my home. All these people obsessed with buying giant houses that are big but ugly make me laugh. The ceilings are so mismatched inside these homes.
Guadalupe Rodriguez I lived in Keller Texas in one of these McMansions! I dont understand why she so mad tho
Look into modular homes instead of site built homes. The quality of a modular home is superior than site built homes. You won't have to deal with poor insulation and all the other problems that arise with site built homes. Most modular home companies have been in business for more than 30 years. I'm designing a steel frame superadobe house.
all buildings are projected by "professional architect"
Guadalupe Rodriguez how is that working out for you? I also want to build my dream home day
Goals
This video explains exactly how I feel about the houses all over Dallas. I know they have money but why does the house look tacky
Yup this is the entire DFW metroplex
@@Eyeinthesky11 totally!! Haha.
When I was a kid, I adored these houses. I grew up in the hood and had no idea these houses were considered a joke to the middle class.
Now I'm older and, though I still admire the "lawyer foyer," I prefer brown/greystones, loft condos, and international style mansions.
I like the city life and a lot of those McMansions were built on plain hilltops with no stores for miles. Seems boring and isolating.
They actually used to be really popular when you were younger. They only became unpopular when socialism happened
It's a "mother in law foyer" because it exists just to impress your mother in law.
Castles are the best type of houses, if you say differently your incorrect
Yes I need a dungeon for all the people I don’t like.
This comment thread should be called "Watch people get defensive about what they were taught to believe was good taste"
This _video_ should be entitled: "McMansions: The houses that this SJW, Feminazi lookin' non-binary looking' chick loves hating"
+DA VIEWZ hahahah no need to get triggered over your shit middle class taste in houses.
DA VIEWZ you forgot "and basically any European" in your title. Which probably perfectly fits in your "all Europeans are leftists and stupid" narrative. So, you're welcome.
DA VIEWZ, I think you italicized the wrong word in your sentence there. Didn't you mean to emphasize the word, "should"? I mean, that's what actually would make sense.
But don't worry, it's okay. We're all quite used to triggered right-wingers who don't understand the finer (or even the basic) points of grammar.
Lol exactly. People dont understand so many of these big mansions that people think make them look impressive are generic and terrible
this is mcdramatic
jae macik hahahah yea
jae macik then don’t mcclick on the video
trin calling it dramatic doesn't mean they went into the video knowing they would hate it.
Trin just because i said it was dramatic doesn’t mean i didn’t enjoy the video 😂😂
She needs a mc hairbrush
Danilo Rodriguez in the words of world star hip hop “you wrong for this 😂😂”
I laughed out loud
Danilo Rodriguez I was thinking that exact same thing! Lol
I think she has too much time on her mcHands
Yeah...also why she would wear black on a black set is beyond me.
She really brings up some good points. Thank you including the link to her web site
Carpenter and history enthusiast here. I absolutely love old homes. I absolutely hate McMansions, to the point that it depresses me to see how prolific they have become here in New Jersey. I feel like they are a very strong symbol of the greater degradation of American culture and society. Suburban luxury housing development has completely destroyed the history and culture of my part of NJ, and it's making me want to move elsewhere.
Great video, thanks for posting.
I agree as a fellow NJ resident. Developers are buying homes with large acreage. Then putting 2-3 even 4 or a whole neighborhood of mcmansions, causing more traffic, and it's all people who were poor who fell into money thinking because they're smart. And townships go along because they can double tax revenue on a previous property to pay for the overpaid crooked cops.
Hamlet137475
Cops in NJ and the public schools are the worst.
@Liam O’Neil you're hitting the nail right on the head I can't stand new developments just row after row of identical houses. I love older homes for the craftsmanship, style and the personality of the the home itself you don't get that newer homes
Hunterdon county is hell on earth McMansions-wise
@@AlejandroRamirez-lh3mr I live in Tewksbury, NJ. We did not "fall" into money, my husband works hard as a heart surgeon. We simply love our home, to some 8,000 sq feet is a lot, however we do have 2 children. We also do not live here year round.
Don't let her watch any sims play throughs
Luckily they’re made out of the crappiest materials in existence, so they won’t stand standing for all that long.
Except they pass all building inspection standards and will be fine
Only if you buy in a crappy neighborhood
SuperKing604 Standards have been lowered when you compare integral strength of materials used in the past.
That's on purpose so they can keep building more of them.
totally thought this was going to be about those bougie looking mcdonald's
@1000 Subscribers With No Videos You just said it :)
*the haircut that people love to hate*
it's called "the eccentric genius" haircut. I guess it only apply on males, uh?
She reminds me of an annoying feminist who is always on bbc, but she actually has a point that these houses are ugly as fuck.
Also "the voice people love to hate" lol the nasal ass voice giving me a headache
Have you actually listened to her? She had no idea that other people hate these houses as much as she did, until her website got famous. How the fuck have y'all the energy to actively hate a fucking hairstyle, like you have nothing better to do with your life? Pathetic wimps.
She reminds me of those "teen" decoys on NBC's 'To catch a predator' show
I laughed so much. I thought I was the only one who criticised these houses.
She sounds like she takes her degree seriously and loves what she does ...🆗 I would never buy a McMansion , but I however love a big spacious house that’s tasteful and beautiful ....
Well fortunately the architecture (outside the USA) didn't die in 1890.
You can get a big and nice house for less money than a McMansion. I think the house I live in is adorable. It can use some fixing up (it's old, built in 1890 or so) but it's cute, 5 rooms, 2 floors plus basement and attic and a nicely sized backyard. That's not even considered big btw but it's bigger than any house I lived in before.
I mean il gladly swap my home for any McMansion owner having second thoughts lmao
Mason C same 😂
You say that now, until you have tons of problems and expenses putting u underwater on the McMansion
Likewise
Yeah have fun drowning in property taxes and maintenance
One of my biggest problems with this style of house is how cheap and run down they are in 10-15 years. It just seems like a huge waste to build a house that isn't going to last. It's like shopping at forever 21 honestly. It's great that people feel rich for buying a new house but generally cheaply built. There are a lot of these where I live.
What's even more disgusting are people who buy a mid-century home and then completely gut it or tear it down to build a more modern house that ruins the look of the neighbourhood. For example, on my street most of the homes were built in the 1950s. They're two or three bedroom homes with a nice front and back yard. Two of these houses were recently sold and the new owners had them demolished. In place they've built two and three level modern houses with huge windows - think the Cullen house from "Twilight". Ugliest houses ever that stick out like a sore thumb!
SweetPeach Bellini I covet that twilight house
Charlize Brignol I'm sure it's fine if it's in a forest setting like the film but not among 50s and 60s style homes. It completely blocks the sun for the people on either side, there's no backyard/green space to speak of. The price will probably be $1.5M to $2.0M once it's completed.
Ok i agree with that
I'm going to try to post a photo of it but no promises
I'd love to see this! lol.
Never knew they had a name.
George Costanza God I love you George Costanza
same. i just know i hated them
Don't forget the maintenance. These things are mass-produced and often times cheaply built, and the large size means there's a lot of stuff to maintain!
I hate these houses. I grew up outside of DC and the soul of the town is completely gone as the affordable homes are being torn down and replaced with these eye sores
Unfortunately, cheap gas and mandatory parking minimums as well as ridiculous other zoning mandates still force people into McMansions.
being from Montgomery County, I know *exactly* what you mean....uuugh
Fairfax sympathizes
Yep I grew up in Vienna and now the American dream is damn near unachievable
The whole time I was watching this I was thinking of the suburbs of the DMV
i clicked cuz i was curious, but i gotta say I'm reeeeeeealy struggling to give a damn... and i can't see why she cares so much
duchesswannabe cause she's an architect?
Because it's a hobby? Same reason people care about music, food, cars, etc.
For real. Like, honey, YOURE the pretentious one.
"Cause she's an architect" isn't really good enough. I'm a historian and I don't go around quizzing people on the streets to see who does and doesn't know when the French revolution started and proceed to mock them for their lack of culturing if they don't know. That's fucking sad. She's fucking sad. As for hobbies... I like to do yoga and I don't go around town making fun of people trying yoga who can't afford to take classes. Again. Pathetic.
Fawn Whisperer yep. Especially because architecture, like any art form, is purely subjective. Sure, there are rules, but if something breaks the rules and still is appealing to people, it did it’s job. It’s pretentious af to act like because it doesn’t follow the list of rules she learned in class, that it’s a bad home. No, it’s a good home because the people who live in it like it.
I hate McMansions because of their appearance as stated in this video, but I also hate them because I hate seeing woods and farms turned into developments. Also, they never build developments of normal homes. So all the rich snobby people take over wherever these things are built. They change the local culture.
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I agree with you! I hate seeing the fields and woods turned into treeless developments of houses with no personality or charm. Why not renovate if you can afford that! I have an old home that I dislike, but if I was to come into money, the first thing I would do is renovate it - not to McMansion or Luxury standards, but just bring it up to date! Non granite counter tops here.. give me a solid surface that isn't laminate and hopefully recycled material!
brushfyr- You missed the point entirely.
You're absolutely right MillerMeteor74.
It is great to see that so many more people have the means to live in the homes of their choice - something that most of our predecessors of three or more generations ago couldn't do. You may not like them, for whatever reasons you stated, and you are free not to live in one of those neighbourhoods.
Queen Anne styles from the 1890's were the original "McMansions". They also bumped out walls and roof lines, to make room for glamorous interior spaces (like pretentious stairwells with Tiffany style windows on the landings, window seat reading nooks, castle cone shaped towers, etc.). McMansions are not new,
I don't want to speak ill of a generally outstanding group of people, but the McMansion is quintessentially Mormon.
Cinnamon lol!
And I'm Mormon...
It's just sooo true. I would just say the Utah Mormon in specific, which can be a different "animal".
On a slightly related note - I think people like to talk about how weird the Utah Mormons are, but it's kind of _everyone_ in Utah, at least in my experience. Religious or not, everyone is kind of weirdly awful... I honestly think it's the smog there. The air quality in the city is the worst in North America, and it's like heavy metals and massively carcinogenic things. That dense fog over the city? That's not fog. I think it messes with people.
Cinnamon lol, ok, maybe it is smog. I think that nonmormon Utah residents are a different kind of weird. But as a Mormon there is a difference. You can always spot the Utah Mormon.
Finally a name on those oversized un-proportional horrors of houses! Thanks
Simon Kefas the term has been around for years. She certainly didn’t coin it
The term is from the early 1980s.
I'll take a old victorian home over these slapped together overpriced Lincoln logs anyday
Victorian style homes were the McMansions of the 19th century - scoffed at by architecture snobs of the day. The more things change...
B U T G H O S T S
Dallascaper not really comparable though. There were different set styles of Victorian architecture during the period, while McMansions are really just cohesion-less amalgamations of whatever the homeowner wants in the house
Captain Mutato Wouldn’t we all...
I you wouldn't
These houses look great. Who cares about fashion... they have every luxury you could want! Huge bedrooms and bathrooms, tons of extra room, massive garage, a nice pool.