Terrel L. Shields
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House Styles - Just to Amuse Myself
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Terrel L. Shields
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Really. I am seeing a lot of ghastly houses being built...I guess everyone wants to stand out.
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Europeans build their houses more efficiently (cheaply), large, retangular, multi-story, energy efficient. The exterior walls of German homes are typically 12-16 inches thick!
Maybe we are headed in that direction.
I'd rather live in a good American house with a large yard, I mean like 1+ acres, in fact a small farm with dogs, cattle - and maybe some llamas. - I have to fight with my Singapore wife on that though, she wants a small easy house to clean and is afraid of coyotes, mountain lions, etc. - and can't stand the idea of me bringing dirt into the house.
On the other hand, I can't complain - we are on the ocean in Pacifica near San Francisco, she get her Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese restaurants and I get to go jogging in year round mild weather along the ocean in clean air. No, we are not that bad off. Still I would rather have a bit more.
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Maybe we are headed in that direction.
I'd rather live in a good American house with a large yard, I mean like 1+ acres, in fact a small farm with dogs, cattle - and maybe some llamas. - I have to fight with my Singapore wife on that though, she wants a small easy house to clean and is afraid of coyotes, mountain lions, etc. - and can't stand the idea of me bringing dirt into the house.
On the other hand, I can't complain - we are on the ocean in Pacifica near San Francisco, she get her Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese restaurants and I get to go jogging in year round mild weather along the ocean in clean air. No, we are not that bad off. Still I would rather have a bit more.
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And if that doesn't impress you - Germany and France are scattered with castles, many in ruin, but many functional - with stone (even granite) walls that are 2-4 meters (6.5-13 feet) or more thick. They are more impressive than you think - when you see them. Then they have the smaller castles or "Schlösser" which are for single families (also called châteaus) which have thinner walls between 2-5 feet thick. Of course these larger walls were to help ward off attacks.
My oldest daughter was married at a large chateau in France, that had a large heated swimming pool in the basement, courtyards and sat on the top of a hill overlooking vineyards and farmlands. - This one you can rent (entire chateau) for a reasonable price - actually. (My daughter said it was $20,000+ for 48 hours, with guests paying $100/night extra, but that included a large barbecue two breakfasts for all one Sunday brunch and Saturday dinner, plus "Murder Mystery" game and a cocktail dinner. So, my daughter and son-in-law paid a total of about $30K - which is a gigantic bargain compared to US prices. This doesn't work however unless you have US friends who can afford to pay for the flight and other costs, plus some friends in Europe. My son-in-laws friends were mostly from France and my daughters from California - I think she had to pay for one of her friends. I paid extra for one nephew. -- So, it was a bargain for my daughter and her husband, - otherwise you'd better have some well-to-do friends. They had about 40+ guests in the chateau, with some staying in hotels in the area.) After the wedding we went to the Riviera for a week and this whole time July 8-18, was the Summer Music Festival throughout France. So, it worked out very nicely.)
My oldest daughter was married at a large chateau in France, that had a large heated swimming pool in the basement, courtyards and sat on the top of a hill overlooking vineyards and farmlands. - This one you can rent (entire chateau) for a reasonable price - actually. (My daughter said it was $20,000+ for 48 hours, with guests paying $100/night extra, but that included a large barbecue two breakfasts for all one Sunday brunch and Saturday dinner, plus "Murder Mystery" game and a cocktail dinner. So, my daughter and son-in-law paid a total of about $30K - which is a gigantic bargain compared to US prices. This doesn't work however unless you have US friends who can afford to pay for the flight and other costs, plus some friends in Europe. My son-in-laws friends were mostly from France and my daughters from California - I think she had to pay for one of her friends. I paid extra for one nephew. -- So, it was a bargain for my daughter and her husband, - otherwise you'd better have some well-to-do friends. They had about 40+ guests in the chateau, with some staying in hotels in the area.) After the wedding we went to the Riviera for a week and this whole time July 8-18, was the Summer Music Festival throughout France. So, it worked out very nicely.)
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Alamo style?
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Back when I was an itty, bitty appraiser, I was taught that appraisal reports get around more than Miley Cyrus so keep it generic enough so readers across the country will know what you are talking about. Those of you in Arizona may be perfectly correct in calling it a Spanish-style modern but we Yankees may have no idea what you are talking about (if there is no such thing as a “Spanish style modern” then you get my point).
Generally, if you call a 2 story a colonial or gambrel, a single story a ranch, a 2 story with the second story sloping a cape COD and anything else a contemporary, anyone around the country will know what you are talking about.
Generally, if you call a 2 story a colonial or gambrel, a single story a ranch, a 2 story with the second story sloping a cape COD and anything else a contemporary, anyone around the country will know what you are talking about.
Terrel L. Shields
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Well, there are localized names, but my point is FNMA wants explicit names but where in the USA is a name valid nationwide?
Federal in the North, Southern Colonial in the South; Catslide in the South, Saltbox in the North. 2 pen log home in Appalachia and parlor - Hall in New England. Breezeway house in Mid-Atlantic, Dog-trot in the South, Possum-trot in the Ozarks to describe a 2 pen log home. It is a Spanish Adobe? Pueblo? Southwestern Spanish? or some Revival of an old style with new tricks?
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