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  • @MountainMan.
    @MountainMan. 10 місяців тому +43

    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.

  • @citticat2
    @citticat2 10 місяців тому +23

    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 He recently put his now outdated house on the market for 2.4mil and the house has not sold.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
      @arribaficationwineho32 10 місяців тому

      You allowed that?

    • @citticat2
      @citticat2 10 місяців тому +8

      @@arribaficationwineho32 No, I ended up having to get the property surveyed and then we built a fence to keep him out.

    • @citticat2
      @citticat2 10 місяців тому

      @@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.

    • @saythankyou111
      @saythankyou111 10 місяців тому

      Yup….property tax’s are the new weapon of this administration……IRS agents armed are the soldiers 👀🇺🇸🕊

  • @Butterflyandhearts95
    @Butterflyandhearts95 10 місяців тому +13

    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.

  • @gregmoore5740
    @gregmoore5740 18 днів тому +4

    My architect friend says, “it’s like putting 10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound bag.”

  • @illtrill
    @illtrill 10 місяців тому +8

    You hate open floor and outdoor pools but love carpet? Ok.

  • @TheNystedt
    @TheNystedt 10 місяців тому +34

    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.

    • @sasha14kelsee
      @sasha14kelsee 19 днів тому

      He literally said that one minute into the video.

  • @larrybenton777
    @larrybenton777 10 місяців тому +18

    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.

    • @dragonmartijn
      @dragonmartijn 10 місяців тому

      Would be nice if the roof was glass. But you can’t sleep during the day 😂

  • @ALilLeany
    @ALilLeany 10 місяців тому +54

    who tf built the first one?

  • @csm92459
    @csm92459 10 місяців тому +11

    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".

    • @autumnfall8829
      @autumnfall8829 10 місяців тому

      Preach it!! Scottsdale for sure lol

  • @BrisLS1
    @BrisLS1 10 місяців тому +6

    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?

  • @user-qr7ee2cp4y
    @user-qr7ee2cp4y 10 місяців тому +9

    More stuff means more problems. A big hole in the ground in which you throw money

    • @hobomike6935
      @hobomike6935 9 місяців тому

      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.

  • @THUGSHAKERPRODUCTIONS
    @THUGSHAKERPRODUCTIONS 10 місяців тому +7

    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

  • @jksmithiii
    @jksmithiii 10 місяців тому +2

    That's the doctor's pool from the greatest movie of all time, "The Human Centipede."

  • @mrg0th1er83
    @mrg0th1er83 10 місяців тому +2

    they all look like the kind of "dream houses" I was drawing when I was 9 years old.

  • @matthew01234
    @matthew01234 10 місяців тому +6

    DG I'm loving the McMansion material. "I'm lovin' it!"

  • @stockpilez8884
    @stockpilez8884 21 день тому +2

    The first "two" are the same one from different angles

  • @TheCaffeinatedOrganist
    @TheCaffeinatedOrganist 10 місяців тому +2

    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.

  • @LaurenceDay-d2p
    @LaurenceDay-d2p 22 дні тому +1

    Most of these wasteful barns are built out of plywood, despite their impressive appearance. Houses of cards - or rather, cardboard.

  • @pfschuyler
    @pfschuyler 10 днів тому

    One of the best measures of a house should be whether or not the windows are constantly covered by curtains which face the street.

  • @johnkeviljr9625
    @johnkeviljr9625 10 місяців тому +2

    You can't buy, or build, taste. Great video. You have found some real sh*t homes!!!

  • @LarsPallesen
    @LarsPallesen 2 місяці тому +1

    8:48 "They do look to be built up really well". They do not! They look cheap and tacky with foam cladding meant to look like stone and mortar.

  • @adanalyst6925
    @adanalyst6925 10 місяців тому +3

    DG should do more house videos! This was funny

  • @kleins-v7v
    @kleins-v7v 10 місяців тому +2

    I actually love the one at 7:55 id love a room in the left part gives me hotel vibes haha

  • @kylasaundersmiller2286
    @kylasaundersmiller2286 10 місяців тому +1

    I agree that these houses are at the very least, weird. Here in Texas, almost EVERY house has grass lawns.

  • @LegallyBlondeCritic
    @LegallyBlondeCritic 10 місяців тому +10

    That is some ugly housing.

  • @ELDLtenors
    @ELDLtenors 10 місяців тому +5

    the second picture is in fact, that first hobbit mcmansion, just the back yard

  • @robfigulski1139
    @robfigulski1139 10 місяців тому +6

    Give me a 1000sqft cabin and 50 acres...

    • @Sensejaws
      @Sensejaws 10 місяців тому +1

      Why so much land

    • @jgp7414
      @jgp7414 10 місяців тому +7

      ​@@Sensejawsno neighbors to complain

    • @eaglevision993
      @eaglevision993 Місяць тому

      @@jgp7414 Exactly. No neighbors is the most important asset when looking for a house.

  • @austinradtke2896
    @austinradtke2896 10 місяців тому +2

    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.

  • @JennyPro-i3g
    @JennyPro-i3g 10 місяців тому +8

    "ahoy matey" LMAO

    • @chrisstapleton7317
      @chrisstapleton7317 10 місяців тому

      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

  • @andrewbrendan1579
    @andrewbrendan1579 10 місяців тому +1

    Looking at these dreadful houses....it's kind of looking at a dead animal in the road as you pass by in your car.

  • @targetegrat
    @targetegrat 10 місяців тому +4

    These pictures look like someone used AI to generate unique looking homes. Are you sure these pictures are real?

  • @peztopher7297
    @peztopher7297 7 місяців тому

    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.

  • @ptingz9307
    @ptingz9307 23 дні тому

    3:58 I believe thats the abandoned mansion next to Drake's $100mil mansion in Toronto that was recently torn down. It was a $40mil home built in the mid 2000s

  • @classrockin
    @classrockin 10 місяців тому

    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.

  • @craigadams7413
    @craigadams7413 10 місяців тому +2

    I love open concepts minus the pillars.

  • @RB-.-
    @RB-.- 10 місяців тому +8

    its McMansion season

  • @13gladiusToKnot
    @13gladiusToKnot 2 місяці тому

    The next to last with the two ugly "turrets" is truly a monument to ugliness

  • @Sensejaws
    @Sensejaws 10 місяців тому +2

    Whats wrong with the last one?? Tons of homes that look like that where I live

  • @stevetaxpayer6664
    @stevetaxpayer6664 10 місяців тому +1

    A tract home on steroids is still a tract home.

  • @barbh1
    @barbh1 2 місяці тому

    No more front porches. These houses are like fortresses. Tip of the hat to the Ugly Belgian Houses blog.

  • @RB-.-
    @RB-.- 10 місяців тому +3

    6:18 looks like a real estate building

  • @broederbond60
    @broederbond60 19 днів тому

    Well done. I love critiquing hideous homes as well.

  • @PPickleJuice1
    @PPickleJuice1 10 місяців тому

    Bro these random videos are the best keep it up

  • @violamateo-on8pc
    @violamateo-on8pc 10 місяців тому

    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.

  • @marmel6339
    @marmel6339 10 місяців тому +1

    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...

  • @davidhill2677
    @davidhill2677 4 місяці тому

    Apparently a McMansion is not quite large enough to require a staff to run the house.

  • @Crakaveli
    @Crakaveli 10 місяців тому +3

    DG is Art Vandalay.

    • @classrockin
      @classrockin 10 місяців тому

      He's also an Importer/Exporter

  • @CH-tg6zq
    @CH-tg6zq 10 місяців тому +1

    This is a highly entertaining video! 🤣😂🤣

  • @overbanked
    @overbanked 10 місяців тому +2

    Not all indoor pools within mansions are small. Some of them are massive; like Mike Tyson's old mansion in Ohio

    • @classrockin
      @classrockin 10 місяців тому +1

      Yeah that pool was pretty big, a church bought that property, and filled in the pool, and the old pool house is the sanctuary.

  • @aquatadevore9335
    @aquatadevore9335 5 місяців тому

    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

  • @mycatlovesme159
    @mycatlovesme159 10 місяців тому +1

    I live in a McMansion. It’s beautiful and a dream .

  • @BenriBea
    @BenriBea 10 місяців тому

    1:40 the house equivalent of the Homer car

  • @khanysafan1705
    @khanysafan1705 10 місяців тому +1

    I’m with you, I HATE open concept. Always have. Who wants the neighbors to see your dirty dishes?

  • @Meela234
    @Meela234 10 місяців тому

    The first house looks like they had grand plans for it, but ended up having to cheap out when money ran low.

  • @billay87
    @billay87 10 місяців тому

    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

  • @Stoneshomesandloans
    @Stoneshomesandloans Місяць тому

    Hate carpet in the family room and love open floor plan.

  • @albertopedroza3540
    @albertopedroza3540 9 місяців тому

    The homeowner is watching this video
    👀
    👄

  • @Issac0808
    @Issac0808 10 місяців тому +3

    I’m sure 2 people live in them houses

  • @Skaughtyboi
    @Skaughtyboi 10 днів тому

    M.Arch here, most of these aren't "McMansions". They are real mansions and many from the 70s. McMansions are large 3,000sf + and on small lots on small land tracts.

  • @GregginHOU
    @GregginHOU 10 місяців тому

    2:37--is that a bed back there? Why?

  • @ursulakavaliauskas4463
    @ursulakavaliauskas4463 10 місяців тому

    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.

  • @goldie862
    @goldie862 15 днів тому

    Imagine grossly overpaying for a crappily built vanity home only to have 32 thousand of us come laugh at you 😂

  • @JRJohnson1701
    @JRJohnson1701 6 днів тому

    Imagine a home between 3 and 5,000 sq ft designed like HJ Klutho's Chicago School in Riverside/Avondale/Springfield in Jacksonville FL. That would be a nice-looking house.

  • @ebookjapan8054
    @ebookjapan8054 7 місяців тому

    7:57 looks like a small apartment complex

  • @paulmadkow9143
    @paulmadkow9143 10 місяців тому

    In southern California we would call large new homes that are cookie cutter on really small lots.

  • @Crakaveli
    @Crakaveli 10 місяців тому +1

    Carpet is gross.
    Taller ceilings = wasted space.

  • @zacmartin7729
    @zacmartin7729 10 місяців тому

    That garage house is sick

  • @tudorjason
    @tudorjason 10 місяців тому

    8:47 - Canada has a lot of mcmansion neighborhoods with this style.

  • @bebeautiful6613
    @bebeautiful6613 10 місяців тому

    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 😂

  • @BenjaminBanks615
    @BenjaminBanks615 10 місяців тому +1

    Your reviewing style personifies your username.

  • @jamesmendini
    @jamesmendini 10 місяців тому

    Thanks this video makes me actually feel good about my 980 sq. ft. dump of a house 😂

  • @valerczinczar6583
    @valerczinczar6583 7 місяців тому

    9:11 it looks like a bloxburg 200k modern mansion💀

  • @brucekrause2801
    @brucekrause2801 3 місяці тому

    I like the Frisco Tx house. It's really personal taste

  • @JMgmkh
    @JMgmkh 10 місяців тому

    Most owner designed homes are epic failures.
    I've seen much worse than these. Keep em coming :)

  • @jksmithiii
    @jksmithiii 10 місяців тому

    Some of these need moats with a retractable passerelle. Just made Howard Roark throw up a little bit in his mouth.

  • @bicyclelife7088
    @bicyclelife7088 2 дні тому

    McMansions have bad architecture built to be large and cheap, but not quality. They slap everything that was on clearance together with no thought to a coherent design. Often they are built from the inside out, for open space regardless of how it affects curb appeal.

  • @Aggie4life77
    @Aggie4life77 10 місяців тому +2

    Buddy, in Texas we have grass. You’re thinking of Vegas and large swaths of Arizona which are dessert!

    • @dr.markevers8331
      @dr.markevers8331 10 місяців тому +1

      Right! Lush, beautiful lawn…unless there is a big drought. Even this past summer most of my yard made it. Gig’em!

  • @tylermount5980
    @tylermount5980 10 місяців тому

    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 😂

  • @inter_1097
    @inter_1097 10 місяців тому

    I assumed a McMansion meant it was owned by Vince McMahon haha

  • @mjwillard1286
    @mjwillard1286 10 місяців тому

    With the 1st one, I bet the back is all windows. I hope so

  • @nhennessy6434
    @nhennessy6434 2 дні тому

    Money doesn't buy good taste. In all fairness, if you toured some Gilded Age mansions, you would find most of them every bit as excessive and grotesque, if not more so.

  • @carlariggs525
    @carlariggs525 10 місяців тому

    if you want to see a truly ugly mansion, just look up the Jackie (Queen of Versailles) Siegal mansion in Florida.

  • @jamesdellaneve9005
    @jamesdellaneve9005 10 місяців тому

    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.

  • @jamesdonley5131
    @jamesdonley5131 10 місяців тому

    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!

  • @goldie862
    @goldie862 15 днів тому

    9:03 utterly soulless

  • @johnjenkins5854
    @johnjenkins5854 2 місяці тому

    How come you can’t say, interior?

  • @beasaroseco5840
    @beasaroseco5840 10 місяців тому

    I like the white pillar one.

  • @tudorjason
    @tudorjason 10 місяців тому

    Most of the mcmansions in my area don't look like these atrocities.

  • @Scaryfishh
    @Scaryfishh 18 днів тому

    Arter travelling many many countries I’m convinced USA have the ugliest houses in general, not just McMansions.

  • @X139T
    @X139T 10 місяців тому

    Yo 4:51 is outrageous lmaoo

  • @iliveindetroit1
    @iliveindetroit1 6 місяців тому

    i love this

  • @hrunjua
    @hrunjua 15 днів тому

    Why these houses look like some AI generated pictures. It literally "Generate picture of mcmansions that cost 10 millions dollars"

  • @koolkeiths
    @koolkeiths 10 місяців тому

    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

  • @Spamsmoothie1701
    @Spamsmoothie1701 10 місяців тому

    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.

  • @daviddansereau1793
    @daviddansereau1793 10 місяців тому

    You made a good one...

  • @kyle.sterritt
    @kyle.sterritt 10 місяців тому

    Finally my question has been answered

  • @jimjimgl3
    @jimjimgl3 10 місяців тому

    0:55 thru 2:01 is the same property.

  • @unapologeticallytish9372
    @unapologeticallytish9372 10 місяців тому

    I would buy this house if I could afford it.. I think it's unique

  • @mattm9496
    @mattm9496 10 місяців тому

    You hate outdoor pools

  • @nogames8982
    @nogames8982 10 місяців тому

    Those are some really ugly houses. Just shows that some people have a lot more money than sense.