r/McMansionHell
Suburban Atlanta Excessiveness
u/charchar0130 — 1 day ago
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How long….
I’ve been thinking. How long will the subdivisions with McMansions running up and down the street stay up seeing that (well definitely us within this group) people are not gravitating towards them?
u/Bioluminescence_314 — 3 days ago
Bin Laden Compound Style McMansion for Sale in Albuquerque
I especially like the bare concrete floors and the fake marble in the bathroom that also looks like concrete.
u/Usual-Nectarine3734 — 5 days ago
Historic 1928 Spanish Villa in the Heart of Los Feliz
There’s something refreshing about seeing a 1920s Los Angeles home that hasn’t been "flipped" into a sterile white box. This $4.99 million Spanish villa in Los Feliz is a masterclass in Moorish-inspired drama, anchored by an incredible baronial staircase and a rare minstrel’s balcony that feels like a set piece from old Hollywood. From the vaulted beamed ceilings to the original 1928 tile work, it’s the kind of residence that reminds you why architectural character is worth the investment. To see more photos, here's a link. Photos by Sterling Reed.
u/priceypadstim — 5 days ago
Danish Designer Jens Risom’s 1967 Prefab Summer Cottage on Block Island.
The first 3 images are from a 1967 Life Magazine cover story while the last 3 are from Dwell, circa 2012.
u/Lobsterhasspoken — 5 days ago
▲ 10 r/McMansionHell
How McMansiony is This?
Ngl I don't see this as a McMansion, but my friends do. But what do ya'll think?
u/DueRecommendation303 — 5 days ago
The Pink Palace of Barrington
The inside is actually pretty bland and boring:
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/9-Falcon-Lakes-Dr-South-Barrington-IL-60010/65541821_zpid/
u/vacuumedcarpet — 5 days ago
I had a realization about McMansions:
Part of why they feel so dominant might be a visibility bias thing. McMansions are often built by people who want to look rich, so the house itself becomes a giant status signal: loud, oversized, attention-seeking, and impossible to ignore.
Meanwhile, people with actual taste, and often actual wealth too, are probably more likely to value privacy, restraint, and design that doesn't scream for validation. So the really beautiful rich houses are less likely to be the ones shoved in your face from the road.
Basically, bad taste advertises itself. Good taste hides.
Not saying every rich person has taste or every McMansion owner is “fake rich,” just that our mental picture of “rich houses” might be skewed because the tackiest ones are the most visible.
Curious whether this makes sense to anyone else or if I’m overthinking it.
u/Motor_Emotion8045 — 7 days ago
"Hey! I've got some really bad ideas 🤔 💡 😃 I think I'll turn them into a house, y'all!"
u/jared10011980 — 8 days ago
How Extreme Makeover: Home Editions bankrupted poor and working class families with oversized houses (a lot of which were McMansions) they couldn’t afford to own.
youtu.beu/Lobsterhasspoken — 10 days ago
I think we can actually fit a little more house on this lot
- Large garage at the front of the house
- Tower with weird windows
- Awful 10 gable roof
- Postmodern (?) door transom
- Stucco and brick veneer
- Two feet away from the McMansion neighbor
- They greyed up about half of the interior, the rest is the obligatory 2000s beige
u/vacuumedcarpet — 9 days ago
Ugly as homemade 💩 The crown moulding that sticks out a foot? The bowling alley shower? the sex motel Grecian bathroom? The copper-clad grand piano?? (Extra tinny sound?) 😱
u/jared10011980 — 8 days ago
The house of many gables
u/vacuumedcarpet — 9 days ago
Southern Belle on the Outside, VFW Bingo Hall on the Inside
u/RJJR666 — 11 days ago