Housing trends you dislike?

[PrincessShmoo]

I hate the plans where you have to walk through the master bath to get to the closet.

Me, too.

Also not a fan of grey, grey, grey everywhere.

 

[prairie_girl]

I thought of another one, which may have been mentioned upthread.

I HATE houses that have the garage at the front of the house. I have no desire for a door from the garage to the house.

 

[tvguy]

I thought of another one, which may have been mentioned upthread.

I HATE houses that have the garage at the front of the house. I have no desire for a door from the garage to the house.

To me not having a door from the house into the garage would be a safety/security risk. We can go right from the house to the car, get locked in the car, then open the garage door, and upon return, safely get the car in the garage, the door closed, and safely get in the house. I know when my daughter bought her house it was about thing I felt she had to have for her safety living alone.

 

[kanerf]

The houses they are currently building are too large. This is in keeping with the low interest rates so people can afford (barely) to buy them, but the rates will be going up this year and probably for the next few years and these larger houses will become unaffordable.

 

[Sinder]

My aunt LOVES those signs. There are all over the downstairs, where I have no design opinion that will get listened to. We have 'Family Is Everything' over our kitchen doorway, 'Live Laugh Love' in the downstairs john for some reason, the laundry room has 'Laundry Today or Naked Tomorrow,' and the tackiest one- 'Welcome to the Bathroom. Please Have a Seat' in the basement 1/2 bath.

LOL i have a sign like that in my bathroom at my camp. It's says "take a seat". It's not really for a cutesy thing, it's more of a visual reminder for the male guests that use the composting toilet.

The trend I don't like is the really dark siding or exterior paint on a house. It's not that I think it looks bad I just think in 10 years it's going to look very dated.

 

[fly girl]

I hate the plans where you have to walk through the master bath to get to the closet.

Me, too.

Also not a fan of grey, grey, grey everywhere.

You wouldn't like my house. Have to go through my GREY master bedroom into the GREY and white master bathroom to get to the closet.

I get how it isn't for everyone. Just made me laugh. I do like it when my husband has to leave the house at 4:30am for work. I never have to deal with him coming into the room to get to the closet. It does have its benefits!!

 

[fly girl]

Those stupid decorative signs that tell you what to do in each room. Like “EAT” for the kitchen, “WASH YOUR HANDS” for the bathroom and my favorite, “LIVE LAUGH LOVE” everywhere else.

My teenage daughter has a standing joke with her group of girlfriends about those worded signs. They call them, "mom decor." When she told me, my immediate reaction was, "hey ... this mom doesn't have one. Don't lump me in that category!" She laughed.

The best part is when the group does small gifts for birthdays, they always get a little something nice then a silly gift. DD loves to paint, so when it was the one friend who is the "mom" of the group (gives the best advice and a little behind on trends ... their definition) she painted her a Live, Laugh, Love painting. I even had to laugh at that. It was clever. Her friend thought it was hysterical when she opened it.

 

[DLgal]

Corkscrew townhomes. At least that's what we call them. We looked at a lot of townhomes before buying ours in 2019. Sometimes we'd drive up and immediately say, "Corkscrew!" It's the kind where you drive into the garage, then take a flight of stairs up to the kitchen/living room. Then you go up another flight to a couple of bedrooms and a bathroom. Then you go up another flight for the master bedroom. Sometimes there might even be a bonus room above that. We were looking to downsize to a place where we would spend our retirement. A "corkscrew" house wasn't going to cut it.

I actually want one of those! I feel like you can't get out of shape with all those stairs to climb.

 

[DLgal]

If they are 2700 or 3000k, those shouldn't show any blue at all. Although -it's true that everyone perceives light differently. Is your room warmer tones as well? They should dim down to 5% which may not be as good as a halogen, but is really low and satisfies most people. The dimming problem can be a couple factors -low quality LED trims or the dimmer itself. If you ever try again in the near future use(or something similar):

Halo RL56069S1EWHR (for 5/6" cans)
Lutron DVCL153P-WH dimmer

Best of luck!

They show the blue at lower levels on the dimmer switch. When you turn them up high, the blue cast goes away. Our walls are a sort of cream color with white trim, and carpet is a grayish brown.

 

[Moliphino]

Never understood how people with dogs keep them in without a fence.

I don't let my dog outside loose, I have to take her out on a leash. 20' extendable ones come in real handy.

 

[Moliphino]

You wouldn't like my house. Have to go through my GREY master bedroom into the GREY and white master bathroom to get to the closet.

I get how it isn't for everyone. Just made me laugh. I do like it when my husband has to leave the house at 4:30am for work. I never have to deal with him coming into the room to get to the closet. It does have its benefits!!

The better way would be to have the closet between the bedroom and bathroom. Otherwise if someone's in the bathroom with the door locked you can't even get to the closet.

 

[Jennasis]

Farmhouse sinks Shiplap
Farmhouse "chic"
Modern Farmhouse
Farmhouse anything

Oddly...I live on an actual farm and am a farmer. We prefer Ikea, minimalist, clean design.

 

[fly girl]

The better way would be to have the closet between the bedroom and bathroom. Otherwise if someone's in the bathroom with the door locked you can't even get to the closet.

Good thing is in 23+ years of living here we never had that problem. But you know now that it's out in the universe it will happen tomorrow.

 

[LYSE]

The better way would be to have the closet between the bedroom and bathroom. Otherwise if someone's in the bathroom with the door locked you can't even get to the closet.

I've had two houses with closets accessed through the bathroom, both had water closets so one had no door to the bathroom and the other had an optional door that was awkward and better removed..no need for doors in this setup

 

[Disneytrippin']

Prices

 

[prairie_girl]

To me not having a door from the house into the garage would be a safety/security risk. We can go right from the house to the car, get locked in the car, then open the garage door, and upon return, safely get the car in the garage, the door closed, and safely get in the house. I know when my daughter bought her house it was about thing I felt she had to have for her safety living alone.

Yikes! You must live in a super dangerous neighbourhood. Why not move if you’re that scared?

 

[tvguy]

Yikes! You must live in a super dangerous neighbourhood. Why not move if you’re that scared?

Just common sense for a woman living alone who goes to work at 2 am. My parents house had the garage on the front but it's didn't have a door into the house, you had to go out the back door to the back door of the garage, or out the front door and open the garage which wasn't fun when it was raining. Kind of a big selling point here and has been since the end of World War II when builders started mass producing houses for the troops coming home.

 

[VandVsmama]

Just common sense for a woman living alone who goes to work at 2 am. My parents house had the garage on the front but it's didn't have a door into the house, you had to go out the back door to the back door of the garage, or out the front door and open the garage which wasn't fun when it was raining. Kind of a big selling point here and has been since the end of World War II when builders started mass producing houses for the troops coming home.

All of the houses in my neck of the woods have attached garages. I'd hate to have a garage that's not directly attached to the house...it would be a huge pain in the neck for exactly the reason you just described!

 

[tvguy]

All of the houses in my neck of the woods have attached garages. I'd hate to have a garage that's not directly attached to the house...it would be a huge pain in the neck for exactly the reason you just described!

I have options. I don't have to enter the garage from the house. I can go out the back door and enter the garage from the side door or go out the front door and then open the big garage door.

 

[prairie_girl]

I have options. I don't have to enter the garage from the house. I can go out the back door and enter the garage from the side door or go out the front door and then open the big garage door.

I’m sorry you live in an area where you don’t feel safe outside your house. I’ve been there and it’s not fun.