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发帖数: 15479 | 1 1929 Royal Birkdale Dr,
Vernon Hills, IL 60061
5 beds· 7 baths· 8,293 sqft | p**********u
发帖数: 15479 | 2 It costs at least $2M to buy a similar house in Ladue, St Louis. It costs at
least 1.7million to build such a house, plus $500k to buy a lot in NJ. So $
2.2M in NJ.
Chicago has the cheapest mansion in nation. Best place for a balanced life
and work. | p**********u
发帖数: 15479 | 3 drei bro: how about this one? how much water can Californian family use
every day? Can they keep a swimming pool?
4551 Eleanor Dr
Long Grove, IL 60047
5 beds· 6 baths· 8,500 sqft | p**********u
发帖数: 15479 | 4 McMansion meaning Mcdonald.
The term "McMansion" is generally used to denote a new, or recent, multi-
story house of no clear architectural style, [9] which prizes superficial
appearance and sheer size, over quality.
McMansion may refer to oversized and cheaply built homes developed at once
in a subdivision, or refer to a dwelling that replaces a smaller house, in a
neighborhood of smaller houses, which seems far too large for its lot. (
Such a McMansion may lack side windows due to the proximity to the
boundaries - another McMansion-related cliché.[citation needed])
One real-estate writer explains the successful formula for McMansions:
symmetrical structures on clear-cut lots with Palladian windows centered
over the main entry and brick or stone enhancing the driveway entrance, plus
multiple chimneys, dormers, pilasters, and columns—and inside, the master
suite with dressing rooms and bath-spa, great rooms, breakfast and dining
rooms, showplace kitchen, and extra high and wide garages for multiple cars
and SUVs.[10]
Typical attributes also include a floor area of over 3,000 square feet (280
m2),[11] ceilings 9 to 10 feet (3 m) high, a two-story portico, a two-story
front door hall usually with a large chandelier, a three or more car garage,
usually five or more bedrooms and many bathrooms, extensive crown-moulding
style features, and lavish - if superficial - interior features.
As noted above, a McMansion replacing a house in a community of smaller-
sized houses will cover a much larger portion of the lot than the
construction it replaces; in the other usage McMansions are built en masse
in homogeneous communities by a single developer.[12] | p**********u
发帖数: 15479 | 5 A traditional upscale custom home is found in one of the city's most
affluent residential neighbourhoods (commonly regarded as "Millionaires'
Mile"), which are typically gated, waterfront or ravine, or golf course
communities, all of which have some of the highest residential property
taxes in the city. Most of these communities are usually well-established,
being inhabited by traditional blue-blood families, and the real estate
prices tend to be high but stable.[15] The houses themselves feature
architectural preferences in general accordance with the neighborhood.[16] | p**********u
发帖数: 15479 | 6 By contrast, the McMansion larger home is typically constructed on the
outskirts of the city, often further out from the city center than suburban
tract homes. McMansions are often found on land that is zoned as (or
recently re-zoned from) agricultural instead of residential, and often
outside of the city proper limits, as both of these result in lower property
taxes. These areas may be in demand by buyers who desire a bigger house
than the tract home but do not have the means to afford homes in the city's
traditional upscale neighborhoods. Due to this demographic which is more
susceptible to boom and bust economic cycles, prices are volatile and often
fueled by speculation.[10]
Another reason why McMansions are generally found in outlying suburban areas
is that lot sizes in older neighborhoods usually are not conducive to
residences of this large scale. McMansions usually are constructed among
other large homes by a subdivider on speculation; they generally are built
en-masse by a development company to be marketed as premium real estate, but
do not offer custom features. The construction of what seems to be too
large a house on an existing lot will often draw the ire of neighbors and
other local residents. In 2006, for example, a recently built house in
Kirkland, Washington—an affluent suburb on Seattle's Eastside—stood so
close to an adjoining property that, in the words of the chair of the city's
Neighborhood Association, "you can read the lettering on the canned
vegetables in the house next door."[17] | p**********u
发帖数: 15479 | 7 Design[edit]
McMansions often mix a bewildering variety of architectural styles and
elements, combining quoins, steeply sloped roofs, multiple roof lines,
complicated massing and pronounced dormers, all producing what some consider
an unpleasant jumbled appearance.[9]
The builder may have attempted to achieve expensive effects with cheap
materials, skimped on details, or hidden defects with cladding:
Though construction quality may be subpar and materials shoddy (from faux
stucco to styrofoam crown molding and travertine compounded from epoxied
marble dust), McMansion buyers are eager; the real-estate writer locates
them in the generation of my angst-ridden Boston University students: "
mostly young, mobile, career-oriented, high-salaried 30- and 40-something
individuals" who are too time-squeezed to hire an architect but seek "a
luxury home" that they might soon (and easily) sell whenever "it's time to
move on."[10]
Another unflattering observation is that some McMansions have been designed
from the inside out, rather than from the outside in. Because priority has
been given to the interior, a house's exterior appearance suffers, with
oddly placed windows and an amorphous or bloated quality.[18]
Some neighborhoods may also be referred to as "Cookie Cutter" neighborhoods
—in some developments all the houses have the same layout and design with
minor differences, such as siding color or shutter color.[19] |
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