You know I didn't even know what those were until a few years ago? It never occurred to me that in the 80s and 90s a bunch of less-than-trustworthy architectural firms were building these ridiculously huge houses for the noveau riche. There are even websites now that help you look at different traits such ridiculous homes have so you can identify them more easily.
My family almost moved into one of those a few years ago. It was horrible. The front first floor was almost entirely taken up by a 4-car garage with a tiny front porch squished off to the side, the kitchen had a low ceiling, there was a tacky, sweeping staircase in the entry room/living room, the "family room" had no carpeting and was the size of a closet, taken up almost entirely by a loveseat and a ridiculously overdone entertainment center, the backyard was almost entirely taken up by a bean-shaped pool and had iron fencing instead of a nice privacy fence, the upstairs inexplicably had the hallway floors dip up and down like steps into a rec room, the master bedroom was huge while all the other bedrooms were the size of closets, and there was very little storage space. Whoever designed that monstrosity had never worked in architecture before; probably some idiot kid from the city who had lived only in apartments. It makes me glad we were outbid on it in the end.
The house we live in now isn't perfect, but it's comfy. It's all one story, has a semi-decent amount of storage space, the family room and living room are spacious, the kitchen actually has breathing room and appliances that [mostly] work, the bedrooms are decently sized, it has a very large backyard with a high fence, a large driveway that can hold 3 cars, and a decent-sized front yard with grass. We couldn't ask for anything better.
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