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A Community about large, cheaply built, suburban homes with design flaws and a lack of architectural integrity also known as “McMansions.” On Thursdays we celebrate the opposite: good suburban architectural design.

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I'm not sure if this is a McMansion per se, but I think it's very....ostentatious. Lmao. I don't like it!!

It's from ZillowGoneWild!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

It's obviously a McCastle.

[–] cloudy1999 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Enough money for turrets, but not enough for archers.

[–] notexecutive 3 points 1 year ago
[–] JungleJim 4 points 1 year ago

It's not as bad as some, but very harsh and dominating. It needs more plants, maybe some ivy or a bougainvillea growing against the wall.

[–] merc 3 points 1 year ago

It definitely isn't a McMansion.

The post says 'it was once “rumored to have been an exclusive gentlemen's club”', and it seems like it being really old explains a lot of the quirks. The interior seems pretty boring and normal, it's only the merlons on the crenellations (yes, I looked those up) that make it look unusual.

I have no sense of the internal architecture, and I wish I did. It seems to have 5 different entrances though! The main double-doors on the balcony out front, 2 front doors below that, and 2 rear entrances, one at ground level and one up a staircase.

Also, am I wrong, or does $1.2m for a 8 bedroom, 4 bathroom house in San Francisco seem absurdly cheap?