Can y'all do me a favor? School survey about houses

[sniper97]

The craftsman house looks nothing like the craftman homes in my mkt. Did the survey, bi-level...few stairs, more bang for the buck. Like ranches, the ranch picture was ugly. Maybe make all the homes eqyally attractive.

[Magmoormaster]

The craftsman house is an actual craftsman house, not the watered down junk that’s currently being peddled as craftsman.

I tried my best to find a good example of a ranch house. There weren’t a lot of great options on google.

[dukie]

Magmoormaster try searching "rancher" you will get some different results

[MrBarraclough]

That's a vinyl siding box with the vaguest of vaguely craftsman-ish style cues ever.

[Magmoormaster]

I appreciate the responses and the feedback so far!! Really makes my day.

[Rainmaker]

Done as well.

Also, this was a great length for a survey, pictures were good, very easy and pleasant to complete.

[Magmoormaster]

Thanks!! I really tried making it long enough to get real information and short enough to not be annoying. Happy to hear I found a good balance.

[Jellyghost]

Done. Please share the results!
I am surprised that you didn't include a Craftsman house. We are blessed to live in an Arts and Crafts home.

[Magmoormaster]

Craftsman is just a watered down Arts and Crafts, I felt it would be too similar to include.

I will definitely share the results!! They've been fascinating so far!!

[FredMnkyDad10]

Done

[Magmoormaster]

Thanks man!!

[Chuck E Ducky]

Done. My favorite is definitely the modern farm house. I love the big wrap around porch’s and large open floor plans. They don’t look awkward when attached to large garages. Good garage is a make it or break it for me.

One that wasn’t represented that I really love are A frame homes. I love that classic cabin in the woods feel. Log cabins are beautiful but I would never want to own one. (Maintenance nightmare)

[Jonnydread]

Same dude. I LOVE the A-frames you see up in the Whites, but they're a big pain in the ass.

[moonweasel]

And done, hopefully my non American tastes don't mess with it too much.

[Magmoormaster]

Not at all, international opinions are some of the most interesting!!

[glaman5266]

Done.

It was super hard for me to not factor in practicality, maintenance, etc., lol. But I did the best I could. I like Tudors for the aesthetic but would go with a Ranch over any of those for practicality. Heck, cut that Ranch in half & I'd have the perfect house.

[Magmoormaster]

Totally understand. It's hard to compare when houses are different sizes.

[Diesel imp]

done for you bro

but the schooling question
some of us took 2 yrs of college, called an associate degree, not everyone has the money or time to go farther than that


BTW, good luck with your schooling, my son started pursuing architecture at UB, after 1 year he switched to civil engineering and was happy with his choice

[Magmoormaster]

yeeeeeah, sorry bout that. My brother informed me of that error almost immediately but I didn't have time to change it. Kinda feels like the cat's out of the bag now. I also realized that I didn't have an option for people who don't work.

[BLachance75]

I went with Queen Anne. Its not something that I see around me. Even if the rooms were small I’d still take it.

[Magmoormaster]

Queen Anne is definitely one of my favorites!! The responses have been very polarizing on that one, which I understand. My fiance hates em.

[Grendel]

Done as well. If you end up doing a follow on survey to get more insight on consumer preference in house styles you might want to make the survey less binary and allow ranking preferences. As and example my absolute favorite house style (if executed correctly and updated) is Mid-Century Modern but a very close second is "Farmhouse" two wildly different styles. So most peoples tastes are not based around least or most but more of a sliding scale. Right now I love my house (if not the land) and it is a modern interruption of an Arts & Craft and that I guess ranks in the middle for me the the actual layout and that modern interruption made it a fit (plus I had to compromise with my wife). If I had to make the decision on my own it would have been a Low Country Style House (variation of Farm House) we were looking at but that would have been because it was also 9 secluded acres as much or more then the house.

[Magmoormaster]

That's what the individual ranking is for. I'm able to see that, even though more people have chosen contemporary as their least favorite than most favorite, there are more strongly like votes than stronly dislike votes.

I had never heard of low country style before. To me, it looks like a crossbreed between an arts and crafts bungalow and a farmhouse. It's a great example of a regional style that doesn't really exist anywhere else. It's pretty cool.

[Grendel]

Low Country styles are made wide with large wrap around porches and some type of venting in the roof [sometimes dormers sometimes just vents]. The idea is to shade the house and allow natural circulation to keep it cool during the summer. They tend to be very open to allow air flow with tall ceilings. I fell in love with them for their practicality as well as a nice curb appeal. The low country style preceded Arts & Craft by a 100 years or more. These were a lot of times the summer homes for people who lived on the coast the rest of the year.

[Jonnydread]

I love quirky houses, big fan of the arts and crafts style. We bought an 1840s New England Colonial a few years back and while the exterior styling isn't anything special the usable space and open floor plan is great.

I'll get my better half to do the survey tonight.

[Magmoormaster]

Arts and Crafts is far and away the most positively rated so far. It's kinda shocking.

[Bow]

Knocked it out.

Being honest, my favorite types of homes are probably larger (4-6) container homes, followed by cabins, and then quirky homes like a witch's hut or hobbit hole.

[Magmoormaster]

Container homes are really cool, but unfortunately they end up being more hassle than they're worth. And they almost never actually save money.

Being a huge minimalist, I love the idea. And if I were to build a house I'd probably do something similar at least in concept, but I'd still end up wood framing it.

[flyweightnate]

Done!
The ranch photo doesn't do a great job of showing the hip roof that's characteristic, because of the trees, but the other ones were, IMO, good representative samples.

Looking at that prairie house, I was overcome by a sense of disappointment - I love the style, but literally could not imagine living in it. Which is likely why I'm still in a very functional, but very simple, ranch.

A complete aside, but is there some sort of spectrum of related architectural styles, from arts and crafts to Craftsman to prairie to ranch to MCM to contemporary? I wind up looking for weird things, like how many styles share similar interior trim options or whether prairie glazing looks weird on an MCM house.

[Magmoormaster]

Done!
The ranch photo doesn't do a great job of showing the hip roof that's characteristic, because of the trees, but the other ones were, IMO, good representative samples.

Ranch houses can be either a hip roof or have open gables on the side. Most of the ranch houses in my neck of the woods have the latter, though most of the examples on google are hips.

Looking at that prairie house, I was overcome by a sense of disappointment - I love the style, but literally could not imagine living in it. Which is likely why I'm still in a very functional, but very simple, ranch.

In fairness, the prairie house I chose (Darwin D Martin house by Frank Lloyd Wright) is nearly 15,000 square feet. I probably should have picked one that was closer in size to the other houses.

A complete aside, but is there some sort of spectrum of related architectural styles, from arts and crafts to Craftsman to prairie to ranch to MCM to contemporary? I wind up looking for weird things, like how many styles share similar interior trim options or whether prairie glazing looks weird on an MCM house.

If I'm understanding what you're asking, yes there is. Most of these styles evolved into each other, so there is some level of blending that happens. The Arts and Crafts movement happened alongside the Prairie movement, and had the exact same goals; handcrafted, natural materials, connect with nature. A literal rebuke of the mass-manufactured Victorian era. As such, elements are very similar and will blend together. The Prairie movement, and in particular the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, evolved into Mid Century Modern, or what he called the Usonian House. The ranch house is basically a stripped down, mass-manufactured Usonian. So you'll have elements blending there as well. Similarly, what we call craftsman now is just a watered down version of the original arts and crafts. At this point, they only have a passing resemblence, but you'll see the similarities if you look close enough. And the "contemporary" style, or at least the version of contemporary I highlighted in the survey, is a more elaborate Mid Century Modern.

Hope that answered the question?

[flyweightnate]

Definitely confirmed my hunch on the evolution...

If you want to make some cash on the side, half of Dallas is trying to turn their ranches into... something else? at any given time. A well- written primer on how to use contemporary styles carefully to replace the miles of clamshell moulding and pine cabinets would be useful.