Here's some new construction that you might not hate. EDIT: Looks like most of you still hate it. Oh well.

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck) 11/01/2018 at 16:16 • Filed to: houses

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Rambler on an acre, 3-wide driveway for 3-car garage, and — AND — detached shop with it’s own separate 2-wide driveway. Deep, too. I can hide four broken Tercels in there!

WilliamsSW > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 16:19

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Not bad at all - is that actually a 2 story, or just a dormer on a vaulted ceiling? Looks like the latter.

Personally, I would just attach the shop, or at least bring it a lot closer to the house, but that’s probably less relevant out there than it is around Chicago.

bob and john > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 16:20

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it genuinly bugs me that the driveways arent connected. and that there is no sheltered path to the garage 

CB > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 16:20

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It’d better have a big deck at the back. I like it.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > WilliamsSW 11/01/2018 at 16:23

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vaulted ceiling,  rambler

WilliamsSW > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 16:25

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“rambler” isn’t a term used here -unless you’re referring to the Loyola basketball team.  Didn’t realize that it meant the same as “ranch” - which is what those are called here!

AestheticsInMotion > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 16:26

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Not a fan of the window choices.

Big fan of the garage/driveway/shop. I like how wide the street is too. Would definitely want rows of trees on either side for some privacy though... 

WilliamsSW > bob and john 11/01/2018 at 16:26

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Lol those of us in the snow belt jumped right on that

Bengal55 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 16:27

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I hate these false “Craftsman” homes they are putting up everywhere, and this one really doesn’t sell me on the idea either. I DO like the single story, 3 car garage with a big driveway and detached workshop. For once the garage isn’t front and center on the house either.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > CB 11/01/2018 at 16:27

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Replied to wrong comment, sorry.

but hello!

Future next gen S2000 owner > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 16:32

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If that 3 car is only 20' deep, I’m going to scream. Also no extra space on the three car because who need to open doors.

I REFUSE TO BE APPEASED BY NORMALCY!!!

facw > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 16:32

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Sorry, hate this one.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 16:34

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i like it but i feel like the two driveways should connect somewhere, so you dont have to drive onto the street just to pull a car into the shop

Quadradeuce > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 16:35

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I’m really not a fan of the stacked gable ends that seem to be on every house built in the last 15 years. I really don't like them on a "Craftsman" style home.  This trend needs to die already.  

AestheticsInMotion > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 11/01/2018 at 16:37

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Or better yet just pave the entire section in between 

Future Heap Owner > WilliamsSW 11/01/2018 at 16:38

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But then it’s that much easier for your wife to walk over to the shop and ask you to do something 

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 16:39

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Looks to be a small 3 bed / 2.5 bath or possible 2 bed / 2 bath...?

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > AestheticsInMotion 11/01/2018 at 16:40

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yeah i just dont understand the decision to bring that driveway all the way to the street

WilliamsSW > Future Heap Owner 11/01/2018 at 16:44

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LOL - good point.  I was thinking more about me having to trek through the cold to get to the shop in January - and whether you’d heat it full time, or have to go out, crank up the heater, wait 45 minutes, then go back when it’s warm enough to actually do something...

AestheticsInMotion > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 11/01/2018 at 16:45

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Maybe a separate business operated from the garage? That's pretty common around here. But most likely just poor design 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 16:45

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Man, I miss my 3-wide driveway... Detached shop to come!

fintail > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 16:47

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I can deal with the concept, and appreciate the paved driveways (and they need a paved spot between them), but the architecture is more PNW ugh, faux craftsman with gener ic windows and woefully short eaves.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 16:48

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I’d live there

RickSanchez:Fury Road Edition aka Junkrat > AestheticsInMotion 11/01/2018 at 16:57

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Maybe a separate lot, and the dead space between the driveways is an easement?

Mid Engine > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 17:03

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Very nice! Where is it? Price?  FWIW I’d live in the shop myself

M.T. Blake > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 17:04

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Ohhhhh does the silver 24v Cummins come with it?!?!?!

If you buy that you’ll have to upgrade your ‘Yota tastes. Go from the hood and Tercel’s to keeping up with the Joneseses and a couple AE86eseses!!!

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Mid Engine 11/01/2018 at 17:06

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Lake Goodwin, over $650k...

MoCamino > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 17:09

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I like it. I love the additional shop space, and although it definitely needs a sidewalk connecting it to the main house, not having a covered connection wouldn’t be a deal breaker for me. It’s pretty much how our place is now, with the exceptions that the connected garage we have holds ONE car and it’s almost 60 years old . (The wife’s car goes there, of course.) Even though southwest Missouri can get pretty hot in the summer and pretty cold in the winter, I really don’t mind the detached shop - in fact I kind of like it. As someone else pointed out, someone in the house actually has to go outside to interrupt. Even a small deterrent is helpful. :) Conversely, i t also means I can be loud without disturbing anyone in the house.

Depending on the weather extremes in your area I’d want pretty good insulation on that shop building and the ability to add heat and/or AC out there. The windows look like they’d accommodate a window unit pretty easily. When it’s 103 ° F and 80% humidity, wrenching isn’t much fun even in a covered space .

Nonethe less, i t still beats the crap out of replacing a head gasket outside in December with 4" of snow on the ground. (Ask me how I know.)   :(

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 17:38

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Wow an average house, amazing. The detached garage looks like an afterthought.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 11/01/2018 at 17:41

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Hmm? An after-what now?

Thank you, thank you. I’ll be here all week...

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 17:43

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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 17:44

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That would be $250 here, max.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 11/01/2018 at 17:48

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If you knew what I sold my 886 sq ft home for....

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 17:53

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All the $$$$$$$$$$$ I know, real estate is crazy right now. It’s going to level off and maybe recede a bit, like my hair.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 11/01/2018 at 17:58

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For the record: I do have a take. Million dollar little homes in Seattle? Okay... okay. Just the way it is. Amazon, google, microsomething, yeah. City living, overseas money, boats and such, okay. But 600k homes in Stanwood and Monroe... and Anacortes... Absolute m adness.

Mid Engine > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 18:05

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North of Marysville, makes sense it’s not crazy -priced. Looks terrific to me

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Mid Engine 11/01/2018 at 18:06

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I've known this builder for a while. He does good work. 

Wacko > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 18:39

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Sweet green And white FJ cruiser

jasmits > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 11/01/2018 at 19:03

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It’s so the SO can pretend all the broken Tercels belong to the neighbors.  

nermal > bob and john 11/01/2018 at 19:04

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That’s intentional. Less risk of somebody bugging you while you’re out farting around in the garage and there is inclement weather.

nermal > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 19:06

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Detached garage needs to have HVAC & plumbing for at least a bathroom, possibly a studio suite as well.

jasmits > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 19:26

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Hey don’t complain too loud, PNW prices are rising crazy fast but we could have it much worse. I was catching up with a friend I went to school with who’s living in NYC, she pays $300 a month more for a tiny studio than I do for a good sized one-bedroom on top of a two car garage. Granted, Bham isn’t Seattle but prices are on the rise there too, and I’ve poked around on Seattle zillow and a similar place to mine just a little out of downtown is like $400-500 more/month, so essentially what she pays for a studio.

Also, on a side-note, the hell is up with BHam rent? As in how do people afford it? I just don’t understand. My place is towards the low end(absolute cheapest I could find with a garage), it’s certainly very comfortably within what I can afford with a software engineer salar y but it isn’t pennies for me either and Bham has nothing as far as industries where a lot of people will be making good money like tech or finance. I feel like every non-Western student I’ve met there in their 20s like me is in a service industry, not that there’s anything wrong with that but how can you afford high-hundreds rent on that?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > jasmits 11/01/2018 at 19:33

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Well, I know people in the service industry that make between 50-100k per year, so if you can pull that off you can easily afford B’ham. However, when I lived up there, I assumed most of the young people around me had a little financial assistance from their families... Or squeeze four people in a 2 bedroom apartment and make rent pennies.

jasmits > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 19:57

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Squeezing was fun in college, I lived with 6 friends in an ancient row house from the steel days in Bethlehem , Pennsylvania that would’ve originally been a three bedroom, but had two big-enough walk in closets with (poorly) added separate entrances and a (poorly) added little room in the family room. Occupancy was technically 5 but shhhh. It was great, there were always friends around to hang out with and college schedules being as weird as they were you’d always have at least an hour or two a day with the house mostly to yourself.

This would be hell now working an 8-5. 

fhrblig > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 20:37

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It’s kind of weird, but I can get behind the small-house-but-immense-garage genre.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 23:05

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A house within a house with a garage and a tacked on garage and a separate garage.

I don't think this will win architectural awards.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/01/2018 at 23:07

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I'll bid $900,000 Bob

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/02/2018 at 15:50

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Saw this, thought of you.

http://mcmansionhell.com/post/179630788531/50-states-of-mcmansion-%E2%84%8C%F0%9D%94%A2%F0%9D%94%A9%F0%9D%94%A9-king-county

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 11/02/2018 at 17:33

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Don’t think I’ve ever seen anything this bad. THE WINDOWS. THEY DO NOTHING