Today's bigly big house of bigliness

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck) 04/17/2017 at 16:57 • Filed to: Houses

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Here you go. Commence commentary.

gmctavish needs more space > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/17/2017 at 16:59

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*shudders*

garagemonkee > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/17/2017 at 17:00

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is there not a single decent architect in Western Washington? what a hot mess.

“architecture by my 2nd cousin Steve’s brother-in-law”

Steve in Manhattan > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/17/2017 at 17:00

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Needs more garage.

My citroen won't start > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/17/2017 at 17:01

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Looks like one of those fake theme park Wild-West towns.

CTSenVy > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/17/2017 at 17:02

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I find the upstairs windows off putting for some reason.

Textured Soy Protein > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/17/2017 at 17:03

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Go find something like this to post about, because this is what I like.

fintail > garagemonkee 04/17/2017 at 17:03

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There isn’t. Maybe in the past, but they are retired or drawing blueprints in the sky.

fintail > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/17/2017 at 17:05

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The central gable with the little door under it makes me think it is a 2 unit townhouse or duplex, but I suspect it isn’t. Kind of faux craftsman, but not really, I guess this is PNW transitional style with the metal roof.

Infill housing in Kirland or?

ttyymmnn > CTSenVy 04/17/2017 at 17:06

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It’s the utter lack of symmetry or coherent design. Other than that, it’s fine.

Ash78, voting early and often > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/17/2017 at 17:06

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3 years ago: “I just love this 1,500sf house plan, if only there was a way to triple the size...hmm....I got it.”

garagemonkee > fintail 04/17/2017 at 17:07

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Isn’t this why, like, city-wide ordinances exist? I don’t see Mill Creek allowing this clusterfuck of a design to exist, but maybe Mill Creek and similar cities don’t do that anymore.

WilliamsSW > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/17/2017 at 17:08

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Much garage! Very pillar!

Land_Yacht_225 > Textured Soy Protein 04/17/2017 at 17:08

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The house is 1.5 million, but you will need another 3 million to buy the appropriate amount of stock in Windex.

fintail > garagemonkee 04/17/2017 at 17:10

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I suspect in most areas, anything goes if you have enough money. Plenty of it in Bellevue, Mercer Island, even Medina.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > garagemonkee 04/17/2017 at 17:10

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Oh contraire, good sir. There is some upcoming action in Mill Creek.

benjrblant > garagemonkee 04/17/2017 at 17:12

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homes under 5,000 square feet do not require a licensed architect’s stamp. anyone can design them. Certain states and counties may have different structural engineering requirements.

this is why there’s a ton of houses just a hair under 4,999 square feet and not too many 5,001 sf homes.

Textured Soy Protein > Land_Yacht_225 04/17/2017 at 17:13

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Pish posh, that’s what the help is for.

Also, remote-controlled motorized blinds and shades.

Klaus Schmoll > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/17/2017 at 17:13

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Nice colour on the Subie, the rest..... WTF????? Why?

shop-teacher > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/17/2017 at 17:15

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This house makes me sad inside.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/17/2017 at 17:20

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Looks like a duplex or three townhouses. Very much not my thing.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Textured Soy Protein 04/17/2017 at 17:20

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i feel like youd have to do a weekly clean up of all the birds that kamikaze into the sides of the house

Spaceball-Two > fintail 04/17/2017 at 17:23

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I’m going with Bothell or Woodinville.

Spaceball-Two > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/17/2017 at 17:24

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I was so close!

fintail > Spaceball-Two 04/17/2017 at 17:25

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I can see the northern eastside vibe. Maybe even across the county line, but that would never be spoken.

Spaceball-Two > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/17/2017 at 17:25

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Grab those shutters when no is looking. They’d go great on my house.

Spaceball-Two > fintail 04/17/2017 at 17:25

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I guess it’s in Mill Creek so I was kind of close.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/17/2017 at 17:27

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I liked how the gables were symmetrical then I realized they were not. Now I’m just looking at the blue cross trek with the ski rack and a white crown vic.

Textured Soy Protein > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 04/17/2017 at 17:30

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They’re not kamikaze-ing, they’re flying along until “OH SHIT THAT WINDOW CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, I DIDN’T SEE IT BECAUSE I’M A BIRD!”

I’d still be doing better than US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis .

facw > ttyymmnn 04/17/2017 at 17:31

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If you look at just the right section, it almost looks passable. However taking in the whole building just makes it look like a mediocre small house was attacked by attacked by a giant ugly garage. I can see how that could happen as an addition that got out of hand, but as new purpose-built house, its pretty inexpiable, especially when it would have been so easy to have a symmetric design.

twochevrons > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/17/2017 at 17:38

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Straight out of http://www.mcmansionhell.com

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Spaceball-Two 04/17/2017 at 17:40

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This particular home is in Bellevue. My comment to garagemonkee was just to warn him that new construction is coming to Mill Creek soon enough

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > gmctavish needs more space 04/17/2017 at 17:48

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Heh.

Spaceball-Two > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/17/2017 at 18:00

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Ah ok.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > garagemonkee 04/17/2017 at 18:12

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To be fair, it’s Mill Creek - Washington’s very own Florida.

ttyymmnn > facw 04/17/2017 at 18:21

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I’m not even arguing that it needs to be symmetrical. But look at the left and right gables. They aren’t even the same height. And the windows on the left share a common baseline, but the windows on the right do not. It’s just a hot mess.

Spoon II > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/17/2017 at 18:40

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It looks like they built a house, and then decided to keep adding houses until they got the square footage they wanted.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 04/17/2017 at 18:48

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Mill Creek aka south Silver Lake aka East Everett

garagemonkee > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/17/2017 at 18:49

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Is Edmonds aka West Lynnwood? and Shoreline is South Lynnwood?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > garagemonkee 04/17/2017 at 18:58

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#worldwithoutborders

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Spoon II 04/17/2017 at 21:50

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It’s indeed a house shaped house composed of homage to homes

victor > Textured Soy Protein 04/18/2017 at 00:29

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Where is that house?

victor > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/18/2017 at 00:30

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Where in Bellevue? It could be a 2m house right there.

Textured Soy Protein > victor 04/18/2017 at 00:33

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La Cañada Flintridge, California, apparently. I just GIS’d “mid century modern house” and liked that picture. More info here .

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > victor 04/18/2017 at 00:34

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Southwest. It’s going for 3.4

victor > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/18/2017 at 01:25

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Nuts. Near medina? Is it a spec house?

RPM esq. > garagemonkee 04/18/2017 at 15:26

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Definitely. Shoreline can’t fool me.

RPM esq. > Land_Yacht_225 04/18/2017 at 15:27

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Not if it’s in Seattle, it’s not $1.5 million. Maybe twice that.

RPM esq. > Textured Soy Protein 04/18/2017 at 15:29

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Definitely a contemporary vision of the potential of midcentury modern, not a thing that any midcentury modern actually achieved. And that’s why I want it.

Textured Soy Protein > RPM esq. 04/18/2017 at 16:48

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I have a thing for mid-century and contemporary style houses. I like the interesting layouts, vaulted ceilings, and extra windows. The reality is that while they’re architecturally cool, the insides of them can certainly be dated. Contemporaries in particular can kinda look like bunkers, and here in Madison they often also look like timber lodges on the inside, but the structures themselves are nice and can be awesome with some updates.

I actually had recently done a search for houses with the vibe I like, regardless of price, so here you go. Many of these need a not-insignificant amount of updates, and they lean more toward contemporary than mid-century, but should give you an idea of my style.

625 Basswood Ave, Verona, WI - $329,900

3009 Post Rd, Madison, WI - $385,000

5830 Schumann Dr, Fitchburg, WI - $460,000

6241 S Highlands Ave, Madison, WI -$539,000

1137 Minocqua Cres, Madison, WI - $575,000

1820 Thorstrand Rd, Madison, WI - $595,000

413 Ozark Trl, Madison, WI - $689,900

2861 Henshue Rd, Madison, WI - $695,000
(I like this one more for the land and the big outbuilding)

6117 S Highlands Ave, Madison, WI - $899,900

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > Textured Soy Protein 04/18/2017 at 16:54

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Thanks for bringing up that shit show. My state is stupid sometimes.

RPM esq. > Textured Soy Protein 04/18/2017 at 17:07

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Not bad! Little bit of midwestern prairie in those too. I live in an updated ‘50s modern, and opening up the floor plan to make a great room with floor-to-ceiling windows modernized it a ton. I’d love something even more contemporary like your original comment...not that I have the kajillion dollars such a thing would cost.

RPM esq. > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/18/2017 at 17:07

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but why are the windows all different from each other?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > RPM esq. 04/18/2017 at 18:07

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R E A S O N S

RPM esq. > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/18/2017 at 18:11

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More like r EA s O Ns if you ask me.

Steve in Manhattan > RPM esq. 04/18/2017 at 18:24

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Sale(s) at Lowe’s ....

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > RPM esq. 04/18/2017 at 19:50

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now I’m leaving earth for no raisin

Forrest > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/24/2017 at 01:34

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The McMansion Hell author would enjoy making fun of those columns. Huge square columns to support a tiny awning.