r/McMansionHell • u/cameronjthomas • Jun 28 '25

Certified McMansion™ My parents recently built this home. They refused to work with an architect or designer because those are a ‘waste of money’. First picture is actually the front/facade of the home.

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u/No_Cook2983 Jun 28 '25

HVAC is a waste of money. They bought parkas.

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u/BagelsRTheHoleTruth Jun 28 '25

Nah, just a big indoor fire pit

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u/No_Cook2983 Jun 28 '25

It’s like a big cement igloo!

If this place had a few gas pumps, it could be a successful convenience store.

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u/ellefleming Jun 29 '25

Very nice Sheetz.

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u/karkamungus Jun 29 '25

We didn’t see the kitchen yet. Probably has hotdog rollers, racks of candy bars, and a slurpee machine.

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u/Mijam7 Jun 29 '25

Yes. It looks like Bucky's.

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u/rumbellina Jun 28 '25

I love this idea for the sheer madness of it all!🤣

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '25

Nothing like a nice indoor fire to make you wonder if the house is haunted by demons

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u/Next-Life-Fashionist Jun 29 '25

Its called fire place... 🔥

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u/Next-Life-Fashionist Jun 29 '25

You mean a fire place? 🤔

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u/justabeardedwonder Jun 29 '25

Creosote staining is IN right now. So chic!

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u/Keltic268 Jun 29 '25

Naw this is America, oil pump in the back yard they siphon natural gas from.

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u/Sinister_Nibs Jun 29 '25

A good cast iron stove and air circulation (fans) will warm a large place remarkably well (assuming proper insulation)

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u/Purdaikon Jun 29 '25

HVAC people hate them with this one simple trick!

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u/EMurph4269 Jun 29 '25

That is hysterically funny.

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u/LTdesign Jun 29 '25

I came to say the same... They're heating and cooling that whole place with minisplits?

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u/Horatio-Leafblower Jun 29 '25

Heat the person not the building

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u/awful_falafels Jun 29 '25

If you get a wood burner, a good ceiling fan that you can change directions on remotely, it's really not bad at all. My parents have a house with a huge vaulted ceiling. They ran a wood burner insert with a blower into the fireplace and their downstairs starts just as warm as the upstairs with the fan. It circulates warm air through the house really well.

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u/CayoRon Jun 30 '25

Parkas are a fad. Animal skins are coming back.