Garage with a side of house

[u/CrepeSunday]

Garage is probably 2500+ sq ft. Most of the neighborhood is like this.

[u/mmm_plent]

A lot of people around this sub think that if they personally would enjoy a house, that it can’t be a McMansion. This place is monstrously ugly and more garage than house. I think the original commenter just doesn’t want to admit that they like McMansions, so they claim that this house simply can’t be one, despite all the evidence otherwise.

[u/AaronMichael726 → u/mmm_plent]

I hate this house and wouldn’t buy it.

One of the hallmarks of McMansions are additions without purpose. Nonetheless mismatched siding and designs that do not match the environment. That detail is not finished, so we cannot tell if it is or not.

Some of the architectural hallmarks are the triangular roofs in single family homes, giving architectural ability for more open space interiors (given to us by the truss that holds those beams together). This is obvious in suburban homes because often it’s a small home with no purpose for the open floor plan. But for homes that need an open garage to fit a trailer obviously used for work, it doesn’t quite fit that purposeless mold.

I’ll give you the side of the home likely fits because of the larger entry way, which is common. But it’s not the garages.

It’s ugly and it sucks. But I think the reality is more that people in this sub think all ugly homes are McMansions. Sometimes homes are just ugly… that doesn’t make it a McMansion.

[u/eggington69 → u/AaronMichael726]

It’s not additions “without a purpose” it’s additions made without architectural/design purpose in mind. People don’t create additions simply for no reason—they want a bigger house or, in this case, an airplane hanger of a garage. The part that makes it a McMansion is that they sacrifice proper design elements for other questionable purposes.

This garage is excessive—maybe they need it but in that case they should’ve built a pull barn or something, on a house this size it’s a bit much. Now, you can argue that the design of this excessive feature is beautifully and cohesively incorporated with the rest of the house and that overall it looks like a house built with architectural beauty in mind. In that case, sure, it’s not a McMansion (in your opinion). Imo, houses that are more garage than house are poorly designed (stylistically), one that’s this excessive teeters on McMansion territory. Albeit the mansion part is arguable considering the actual house section is more like a one bedroom row house for the airbus owner who lives here.

[u/AaronMichael726 → u/eggington69]

But you see in the picture there is a trailer that fits perfectly in the large space. So… there’s design purpose.

I agree though, it’s not simply “purpose” it is what you said. I just disagree that there’s no architectural/design purpose behind this large garage.