60 Minutes did a piece on McMansions in Houston many years ago. They toured a McMansion with the wealthy homeowner's wife. They walked in the kitchen and it looked big enough to be a restaurant kitchen. She special ordered double Viking ranges along with tens of thousands of dollars of luxury equipment add-ons. The reporter increduously asked her, "Are you really going to use all of this? Do you really need double Viking ranges?" And all she said was, "Well, I love to bake." It's just excess for excess sake. Pure materialism.
Many of the houses you showed, while ugly, are definitely not McMansions. A McMansion means they are generic and often reproduced in a cookie cutter fashion, usually in the same development. They are more often than not made with low quality materials, and they always steal design elements from other styles and cobble them together in a way that doesn't make sense, neither visually, nor practically. Fake columns and fake balconies, turrets, fake stone facades, window placement that doesn't really make sense, etc. You definitely got it by the end, making fun of the balconies to nowhere, huge unnecessary columns and weird window placement.
In the 80s this contractor bought the house next to me and spent years working on it. He thought nothing of using my property as his dumping ground for old windows and pipes. He went to the town and bought the open space surrounding his house increasing the square footage. He recently put his now outdated house on the market for 2.4mil and the house has not sold. You can bet most people can't afford the property taxes.
@@arribaficationwineho32 No, I ended up having to pay for a survey then we built a fence to keep him out -- He has already lowered the price by $45,000 - Karma is here.
Yes, the definition of a McMansion typically includes the size, or oversize, of the house in relation to the lot. But what you are missing is that a McMansion is also a architectural "mutt"--taking random bits and pieces, details and massing, from disparate and unrelated architectural traditions. So you see Greek columns mixed with Tuscan arches, art deco glass block, Tudor towers and Mansard roofs, combined with window and door openings that make no sense, and usually multiple and meaningless gable details. Smack on a couple of columns, clad the whole mess in stucco, and voila--you are ready for the next gated community in Dallas, Scottsdale, Orange County, or countless other locations where people have more dollars than "sense".
My neighborhood has some of the weird stuff, second floor doors that open to a 10 foot drop to the death, in-law suites and additions built on, that look nothing like the main house. One house is basically an exact copy of 2 of mine pasted together, and an in-law suite tacked on. Takes up a suburban block. That's the part that really gets me; why not just sell and move to a bigger house? Why spend the money creating a monstrosity that looks like nothing else? Then there is the massive massive roof with no windows cut into it. That really stirrs the imagination. Like what's in there? An indoor racquetball court?
McMansion bingo: Columns that offer no structural support and are purely for design. Or they do offer structure, but for meaningless designs like in 2:03 way too many windows, especially high up where you'd need a ladder or extremely long and hard to manuever squeegee to clean gray, beige, brown, white circular driveway weird additions like in 4:09 on the left side of the house or 8:03 looks like at least several other houses in the neighborhood, if not all of them over-designed house but the landscaping looks like shit pavement princess, gigantic, lifted Super Duty parked out front (bonus bingo space if there's a KIA Sorento, Toyota Rav4, Honda CRV, BMW X5, or similar parked next to it. only gets used to haul groceries and the kids, tires have never touched dirt) tacky live laugh love wine mom furniture building materials that are obviously the cheapest they could find from home depot and make the interior look like a mobile home mancave with a 40" tv in the basement, a billiards or foosball table that's gathering dust, a leather sofa that you can feel your back sticking to through the screen, and a beer fridge. likely crammed in the corner with a laundry room across the hall aluminum balcony and/or fencing ceilings that are way too god damn high, like so high you could add another floor above it or a loft but no instead let's have a 18 ft tall ceiling in our living room. Good luck trying to dust off the ceiling fans. overabundance of rooflines and gables fireplaces. they haven't had wood or anything burning in them within the last 10 years. at least 3 of them in the house """exercise room""" that's carpeted, has a treadmill from 1995 thats never used, some kettlebells and dumbbells, maybe a smith machine if you're lucky utility bill within the thousands brick/stone facade on the outside, drywall on the inside real estate listing that desperately trys to oversell the mcmansion. Look for keywords such as "forever home", "spacious", "lots of room for toys in the garage", "marble countertops" (the one building material they actually spent money on), "just needs a couple of your own finishing touches" (there's multiple rooms we didn't bother finishing, in fact they haven't been finished for 15 years), "owner loved this house and put a lot of time into it, but unfortunately they need to (excuse to get rid of the house) and are looking to close ASAP", "wake up in your master bedroom with amazing waterfront views" (there's a swamp down the hill from the property) """grand""" entrance with spiral staircases despite all the garage space every car will be parked out front or in the driveway anyway. the garage is reserved for only the husbands project car that barely ever runs and only sees the light of day a few times a year sad little fountain that never runs because their utility bill is already way too high dead grass because again, the utility bill is too high to water multiple acres of grass "last sold: sometime before 2007/2008" roof looks like someone fucked up with the roofing tool in the sims owners refer to it as "the compound", "the palace", "the chalet", "the (mc)mansion" the most useless stair/door ledges of all time complete absence of indoor plants ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ You should check out /r/SlumlordsCanada btw Ginger, would like to see your reactions to some of the rentals they got on that subreddit
I could see buying one of these if it’s located near your big, fancy corporate job you work at and you have a large/extended family living with you. But at the end of the day… what do you really *need* in a shelter? >a well-built, secure roof that will keep out heat and rain/snow. >a bed to sleep in. > a bathroom to clean yourself > a kitchen equipped with a place to store your food. And then depending on where you live, *it’s okay to want a garage or a carport* to protect your ride from harsh weather. But anything beyond that is unnecessary excess, for the most part. Hookups for a washer/dryer would be nice, but even that doesn’t need its own ROOM unless you just want a multipurpose room.
So… the Field Guide to American Houses has a new 2020 category called Millennial Mansion. That’s the official term for McMansion. The term “McMansion” actually came from the multiple open-ended gables and apex dormers on the front facade. The multiple front-facing gables combine to form “M’s” like the sign for McDonald’s.
It's not the size of the mc-mansions that bother me. It's the blatant lack of form and the melding of different random architectural features. A lot of them also have very poor build quality and have to be knocked down after 30 years to build a newer, larger one in its place.
Why can't I find a nice video about mcmansions? I've always lived in small old houses and the thought of living in a giant mcmansion would be a dream come true for me, especially considering that neighbors are often worse than the houses themselves, if someone offered me a mcmansion without the evil neighbors I currently have I'd say yes in a heartbeat
I really like the Colonial style house starting at 11:17 I agree that it would look better without the decorative railing, but I absolutely wouldn't get rid of the pillars.
It's not theynare open plan, it's that te architect does not know how to created seperate spaces within an open plan. Eg, lower floor levels, built in furniture as dividers, the room not being one square box...
Of all of these, possibly 11:30 disgusts me the most of all, because of the asymmetrical treatment of those useless pillars on the front porch--or whatever it is. Just looking at the house from the front makes me feel like screaming.
Well, I see you got at least the annotated pictures from the BLOG "McMansion Hell" by Kate Wagner. I'm familiar with the site and her definition of a McMansion isn't just a ridiculously large home, but also one that mixes historical styles and has weird shapes like the "funnel column", which isn't a thing. Often every single window or set of windows is a different size and shape. And frequently there are MULTiple roof lines, as in the second photo. It even says near the bottom of the blog page, "It is still an accumulation of deliberate signifiers of wealth, very much a construction with the secondary purpose of invoking envy, a palatial residence designed without much cohesion." At 4:16, not a hardwood floor, but stone.
OMG 😆 I’m so glad I watched this😂 I wasn’t going to watch it because I thought it was gonna be these beautiful homes except some builders screwed up… I thought it was gonna be one of those “old poor pitiful rich people got screwed” videos 😅 But it’s not. It’s a funny video about the stupid houses that people build. ❤😂😂😂 you made my night 😂
A lot of McMansion style isn’t necessarily being oversized (a lot are) - but really it’s about using design features to make them look bigger. They might only be 2500 sq ft. But the pillars, and roof slopes make them look like they are waaaay bigger. Also, the first one you show is absolutely rad… personal take 😂
Hey, did you hear the Guardians announced the start time for the April 8 game? Its 5:10pm so no eclipse during the game :( they are opening the gates at 2pm though at least, so fans can see the eclipse from the stadium which is pretty cool
I don't know if you noticed, the first two homes you showed as a smaller home and a McMansion are two views of the same home! It actually does qualify as a mcmansion with most of the size hidden behind the cliff! Still LMAO!
At 9:20, that house IS ugly but it would be fine if separated into two! The top by itself. The b&w bottom by itself. Most of these homes are poorly designed addons. And yes, those lacking windows are gross.
Those are not “McMansions” dude. Mc mansions are thrown together fast (usually in developments),cheaper builders, and usually close together. That’s how I define a McMansion
Sorry, these homes you are showing off, while some may be questionable are custom homes and no mass produced McMansion's that use contractor grade, low quality fixtures and furnishings with the same "trendy" designs used throughout that make them look like every other house in their development.
@@arribaficationwineho32 : My parents lived in a mansion but I live in a baby mansion. If you saw my parents 11,,000 square foot house you would have chuckled in all the wasted space. If you think a McMansion has wasted space look at a real mansion. It’s down right absurd. For example: Some big mansions have gift wrapping rooms, or a parlor or a library or 2nd kitchen. It’s ridiculous. Really!
60 Minutes did a piece on McMansions in Houston many years ago. They toured a McMansion with the wealthy homeowner's wife. They walked in the kitchen and it looked big enough to be a restaurant kitchen. She special ordered double Viking ranges along with tens of thousands of dollars of luxury equipment add-ons. The reporter increduously asked her, "Are you really going to use all of this? Do you really need double Viking ranges?" And all she said was, "Well, I love to bake." It's just excess for excess sake. Pure materialism.
Many of the houses you showed, while ugly, are definitely not McMansions. A McMansion means they are generic and often reproduced in a cookie cutter fashion, usually in the same development. They are more often than not made with low quality materials, and they always steal design elements from other styles and cobble them together in a way that doesn't make sense, neither visually, nor practically. Fake columns and fake balconies, turrets, fake stone facades, window placement that doesn't really make sense, etc. You definitely got it by the end, making fun of the balconies to nowhere, huge unnecessary columns and weird window placement.
In the 80s this contractor bought the house next to me and spent years working on it. He thought nothing of using my property as his dumping ground for old windows and pipes. He went to the town and bought the open space surrounding his house increasing the square footage. He recently put his now outdated house on the market for 2.4mil and the house has not sold. You can bet most people can't afford the property taxes.
You allowed that?
@@arribaficationwineho32 No, I ended up having to get the property surveyed and then we built a fence to keep him out.
@@arribaficationwineho32 No, I ended up having to pay for a survey then we built a fence to keep him out -- He has already lowered the price by $45,000 - Karma is here.
Yup….property tax’s are the new weapon of this administration……IRS agents armed are the soldiers 👀🇺🇸🕊
For some reason, indoor pools (in houses anyway) give me the creeps. I think I saw a movie years ago of some creepy old mansion with indoor pool.
The Legacy.
who tf built the first one?
McDonald
It looks like my first free build house in sims 4
Greg Howerton
Yes, the definition of a McMansion typically includes the size, or oversize, of the house in relation to the lot. But what you are missing is that a McMansion is also a architectural "mutt"--taking random bits and pieces, details and massing, from disparate and unrelated architectural traditions. So you see Greek columns mixed with Tuscan arches, art deco glass block, Tudor towers and Mansard roofs, combined with window and door openings that make no sense, and usually multiple and meaningless gable details. Smack on a couple of columns, clad the whole mess in stucco, and voila--you are ready for the next gated community in Dallas, Scottsdale, Orange County, or countless other locations where people have more dollars than "sense".
Preach it!! Scottsdale for sure lol
I once viewed a giant house with no windows for the master bedroom. Years later, I realize how great it must have been for sleeping.
Would be nice if the roof was glass. But you can’t sleep during the day 😂
My neighborhood has some of the weird stuff, second floor doors that open to a 10 foot drop to the death, in-law suites and additions built on, that look nothing like the main house. One house is basically an exact copy of 2 of mine pasted together, and an in-law suite tacked on. Takes up a suburban block. That's the part that really gets me; why not just sell and move to a bigger house? Why spend the money creating a monstrosity that looks like nothing else? Then there is the massive massive roof with no windows cut into it. That really stirrs the imagination. Like what's in there? An indoor racquetball court?
DG I'm loving the McMansion material. "I'm lovin' it!"
McMansion bingo:
Columns that offer no structural support and are purely for design. Or they do offer structure, but for meaningless designs like in 2:03
way too many windows, especially high up where you'd need a ladder or extremely long and hard to manuever squeegee to clean
gray, beige, brown, white
circular driveway
weird additions like in 4:09 on the left side of the house or 8:03
looks like at least several other houses in the neighborhood, if not all of them
over-designed house but the landscaping looks like shit
pavement princess, gigantic, lifted Super Duty parked out front (bonus bingo space if there's a KIA Sorento, Toyota Rav4, Honda CRV, BMW X5, or similar parked next to it. only gets used to haul groceries and the kids, tires have never touched dirt)
tacky live laugh love wine mom furniture
building materials that are obviously the cheapest they could find from home depot and make the interior look like a mobile home
mancave with a 40" tv in the basement, a billiards or foosball table that's gathering dust, a leather sofa that you can feel your back sticking to through the screen, and a beer fridge. likely crammed in the corner with a laundry room across the hall
aluminum balcony and/or fencing
ceilings that are way too god damn high, like so high you could add another floor above it or a loft but no instead let's have a 18 ft tall ceiling in our living room. Good luck trying to dust off the ceiling fans.
overabundance of rooflines and gables
fireplaces. they haven't had wood or anything burning in them within the last 10 years. at least 3 of them in the house
"""exercise room""" that's carpeted, has a treadmill from 1995 thats never used, some kettlebells and dumbbells, maybe a smith machine if you're lucky
utility bill within the thousands
brick/stone facade on the outside, drywall on the inside
real estate listing that desperately trys to oversell the mcmansion. Look for keywords such as "forever home", "spacious", "lots of room for toys in the garage", "marble countertops" (the one building material they actually spent money on), "just needs a couple of your own finishing touches" (there's multiple rooms we didn't bother finishing, in fact they haven't been finished for 15 years), "owner loved this house and put a lot of time into it, but unfortunately they need to (excuse to get rid of the house) and are looking to close ASAP", "wake up in your master bedroom with amazing waterfront views" (there's a swamp down the hill from the property)
"""grand""" entrance with spiral staircases
despite all the garage space every car will be parked out front or in the driveway anyway. the garage is reserved for only the husbands project car that barely ever runs and only sees the light of day a few times a year
sad little fountain that never runs because their utility bill is already way too high
dead grass because again, the utility bill is too high to water multiple acres of grass
"last sold: sometime before 2007/2008"
roof looks like someone fucked up with the roofing tool in the sims
owners refer to it as "the compound", "the palace", "the chalet", "the (mc)mansion"
the most useless stair/door ledges of all time
complete absence of indoor plants
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You should check out /r/SlumlordsCanada btw Ginger, would like to see your reactions to some of the rentals they got on that subreddit
You can't buy, or build, taste. Great video. You have found some real sh*t homes!!!
DG should do more house videos! This was funny
That's the doctor's pool from the greatest movie of all time, "The Human Centipede."
That is some ugly housing.
More stuff means more problems. A big hole in the ground in which you throw money
I could see buying one of these if it’s located near your big, fancy corporate job you work at and you have a large/extended family living with you.
But at the end of the day… what do you really *need* in a shelter?
>a well-built, secure roof that will keep out heat and rain/snow.
>a bed to sleep in.
> a bathroom to clean yourself
> a kitchen equipped with a place to store your food.
And then depending on where you live, *it’s okay to want a garage or a carport* to protect your ride from harsh weather.
But anything beyond that is unnecessary excess, for the most part. Hookups for a washer/dryer would be nice, but even that doesn’t need its own ROOM unless you just want a multipurpose room.
You hate open floor and outdoor pools but love carpet? Ok.
So… the Field Guide to American Houses has a new 2020 category called Millennial Mansion. That’s the official term for McMansion. The term “McMansion” actually came from the multiple open-ended gables and apex dormers on the front facade. The multiple front-facing gables combine to form “M’s” like the sign for McDonald’s.
"ahoy matey" LMAO
DG says this 70s house doesn't have any windows 😂 while completely ignoring the lake and the AFrame wall of windows overlooking it to the right
I agree that these houses are at the very least, weird. Here in Texas, almost EVERY house has grass lawns.
It's not the size of the mc-mansions that bother me. It's the blatant lack of form and the melding of different random architectural features. A lot of them also have very poor build quality and have to be knocked down after 30 years to build a newer, larger one in its place.
I actually love the one at 7:55 id love a room in the left part gives me hotel vibes haha
Give me a 1000sqft cabin and 50 acres...
Why so much land
@@Sensejawsno neighbors to complain
I love open concepts minus the pillars.
Why can't I find a nice video about mcmansions? I've always lived in small old houses and the thought of living in a giant mcmansion would be a dream come true for me, especially considering that neighbors are often worse than the houses themselves, if someone offered me a mcmansion without the evil neighbors I currently have I'd say yes in a heartbeat
I’m with you, I HATE open concept. Always have. Who wants the neighbors to see your dirty dishes?
No more front porches. These houses are like fortresses. Tip of the hat to the Ugly Belgian Houses blog.
McMansions = Builder Specs. Great heaps of stone, without charm or taste. 11:10 Great "Screaming" Window.
DG is Art Vandalay.
He's also an Importer/Exporter
I really like the Colonial style house starting at 11:17 I agree that it would look better without the decorative railing, but I absolutely wouldn't get rid of the pillars.
Not all indoor pools within mansions are small. Some of them are massive; like Mike Tyson's old mansion in Ohio
Yeah that pool was pretty big, a church bought that property, and filled in the pool, and the old pool house is the sanctuary.
its McMansion season
It’s Morbin’ time..
It's not theynare open plan, it's that te architect does not know how to created seperate spaces within an open plan. Eg, lower floor levels, built in furniture as dividers, the room not being one square box...
the second picture is in fact, that first hobbit mcmansion, just the back yard
I live in a McMansion. It’s beautiful and a dream .
These pictures look like someone used AI to generate unique looking homes. Are you sure these pictures are real?
This is a highly entertaining video! 🤣😂🤣
Apparently a McMansion is not quite large enough to require a staff to run the house.
A tract home on steroids is still a tract home.
Of all of these, possibly 11:30 disgusts me the most of all, because of the asymmetrical treatment of those useless pillars on the front porch--or whatever it is. Just looking at the house from the front makes me feel like screaming.
Bro these random videos are the best keep it up
Thanks this video makes me actually feel good about my 980 sq. ft. dump of a house 😂
Most owner designed homes are epic failures.
I've seen much worse than these. Keep em coming :)
Well, I see you got at least the annotated pictures from the BLOG "McMansion Hell" by Kate Wagner. I'm familiar with the site and her definition of a McMansion isn't just a ridiculously large home, but also one that mixes historical styles and has weird shapes like the "funnel column", which isn't a thing. Often every single window or set of windows is a different size and shape. And frequently there are MULTiple roof lines, as in the second photo.
It even says near the bottom of the blog page, "It is still an accumulation of deliberate signifiers of wealth, very much a construction with the secondary purpose of invoking envy, a palatial residence designed without much cohesion."
At 4:16, not a hardwood floor, but stone.
Whats wrong with the last one?? Tons of homes that look like that where I live
That garage house is sick
Carpet is gross.
Taller ceilings = wasted space.
I like the Frisco Tx house. It's really personal taste
OMG 😆 I’m so glad I watched this😂 I wasn’t going to watch it because I thought it was gonna be these beautiful homes except some builders screwed up… I thought it was gonna be one of those “old poor pitiful rich people got screwed” videos 😅
But it’s not. It’s a funny video about the stupid houses that people build. ❤😂😂😂 you made my night 😂
A lot of McMansion style isn’t necessarily being oversized (a lot are) - but really it’s about using design features to make them look bigger. They might only be 2500 sq ft. But the pillars, and roof slopes make them look like they are waaaay bigger. Also, the first one you show is absolutely rad… personal take 😂
Hey, did you hear the Guardians announced the start time for the April 8 game? Its 5:10pm so no eclipse during the game :( they are opening the gates at 2pm though at least, so fans can see the eclipse from the stadium which is pretty cool
they all look like the kind of "dream houses" I was drawing when I was 9 years old.
I’m sure 2 people live in them houses
The homeowner is watching this video
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In southern California we would call large new homes that are cookie cutter on really small lots.
Adding a bunch of dormers and peaks doesn’t make it attractive. Then you go around to the side and see cheap vinyl siding and 2 tiny windows.
The first house looks like they had grand plans for it, but ended up having to cheap out when money ran low.
Looking at these dreadful houses....it's kind of looking at a dead animal in the road as you pass by in your car.
if you want to see a truly ugly mansion, just look up the Jackie (Queen of Versailles) Siegal mansion in Florida.
1:40 the house equivalent of the Homer car
6:18 looks like a real estate building
Your reviewing style personifies your username.
With the 1st one, I bet the back is all windows. I hope so
i love this
I don't know if you noticed, the first two homes you showed as a smaller home and a McMansion are two views of the same home! It actually does qualify as a mcmansion with most of the size hidden behind the cliff! Still LMAO!
Some of these need moats with a retractable passerelle. Just made Howard Roark throw up a little bit in his mouth.
At 9:20, that house IS ugly but it would be fine if separated into two! The top by itself. The b&w bottom by itself.
Most of these homes are poorly designed addons. And yes, those lacking windows are gross.
8:47 - Canada has a lot of mcmansion neighborhoods with this style.
So does Colorado
I like the white pillar one.
I assumed a McMansion meant it was owned by Vince McMahon haha
Finally my question has been answered
9:11 it looks like a bloxburg 200k modern mansion💀
You made a good one...
7:57 looks like a small apartment complex
Wow! There’s some blah to downright awful architecture in this video.
I would buy this house if I could afford it.. I think it's unique
How come you can’t say, interior?
Yo 4:51 is outrageous lmaoo
Those are not “McMansions” dude. Mc mansions are thrown together fast (usually in developments),cheaper builders, and usually close together. That’s how I define a McMansion
2:37--is that a bed back there? Why?
Most of the mcmansions in my area don't look like these atrocities.
I would never want a house that big. Unless I had like a bunch of kids. I'd be satisfied with a 200 sq ft tiny house. 🏡
200 sq ft? That’s like a hotel room man
Great job.
Buddy, in Texas we have grass. You’re thinking of Vegas and large swaths of Arizona which are dessert!
Right! Lush, beautiful lawn…unless there is a big drought. Even this past summer most of my yard made it. Gig’em!
Sorry, these homes you are showing off, while some may be questionable are custom homes and no mass produced McMansion's that use contractor grade, low quality fixtures and furnishings with the same "trendy" designs used throughout that make them look like every other house in their development.
Good grief! They are all depressing
Those are some really ugly houses. Just shows that some people have a lot more money than sense.
These are cursed images.
I like the one at 4:06 .
If you’re going to criticize these houses, you should post pics of your own first.
Any little house is better than these narcissistic houses. Come on
I think you're mad because you own a mcmansion. Don't hate, relocate.
You hate outdoor pools
I follow that Reddit
Um what’s wrong with McMansions? It says “we made it.”
Bad design with unusable space
@@arribaficationwineho32 : My parents lived in a mansion but I live in a baby mansion. If you saw my parents 11,,000 square foot house you would have chuckled in all the wasted space. If you think a McMansion has wasted space look at a real mansion. It’s down right absurd. For example: Some big mansions have gift wrapping rooms, or a parlor or a library or 2nd kitchen. It’s ridiculous. Really!
@@mycatlovesme159 I have read abt those! I agree
0:55 thru 2:01 is the same property.
He made over 100 mistakes
There is a tile floor and he is talking about wood 🪵
i wish i lived in a house
I like mcmansions
This guy has been stealing stuff from Kate Wagner's blog.
They are so bland and featureless.
Nice try butterfly
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