Uniform Appraisal Dataset-Design/Style?

[TrioAppraisals Group]

I was reading over the Uniform Dataset requirements last night and saw something I was a little unsure about. I have always thought that these newer construction homes (see below examples) in my area which I appraise about 90% of the time are "conventional" style however, the dataset specificly states that conventional is not a design/style. Many of these newer tracts in my area don't really have a defined style in my opinion, at least the lower price ranges, as opposed to most of the newer homes in Newport Coast and/or some of the other coastal communities which have more defined stles (tuscan, mediterranean, traditional, etc.) which I don't really see with something like the homes below. Wondering what your opinions are on what style these homes are?

Thanks for helping with a momentary loss of brain function! It's been a long week.

Brian

 

[Randolph Kinney]

Both are California boxes; the one story is basically a ranch style home. The two story is basically the traditional two story home through out southern California.

My guess is that there will be CE classes that will tell us how to fill out the form.

 

[Peter LeQuire]

There are several books about architectural style around. I find A Field Guide to American Houses, by Virginia and Lee McAlester most helpful.

If pressed, I'd call the one level house above a contemporary, or modern, the other a Spanish Eclectic or Mission style.

I can imagine the underwriter back and forth: Appraisal: Design - ColRev (Colonial Revival). Stip: Appraiser to remove religious reference from appraisal, or, Appraiser to correct appraisal to reflect design to Folk Victorian.

I did an appraisal of a very large, very nice custom designed house, and not wanting to offend the owner by misnaming the design, I called the architect and asked what the house style was. He said, in essence, it was some sort of currently popular, *******ized eclectic French manor house.

 

[Mike Kennedy]

Ranch

Colonial

 

[HF Mudd]

Ranch

Colonial

That was easy.

 

[Tim Hicks (Texas)]

called "traditional" around here.

 

[Tim Hicks (Texas)]

Colonial is more of a box style with columns, etc.

 

[Michigan CG]

One Story

Two Story

 

[VegasWayne]

#1 Neo-eclectic
#2 Neo-mediterranean

 

[Don Clark]

There are 2 styles, Traditional and Contemporary. There are over 200 types. Get a book called Houses by Henry Harrison.