Something I recently realized during a train trip from Virginia to New York, was how inorganic the McMansions now in vogue in Northern Virginia are compared to the more organic older generations of houses. McMansions are built to the maximum limits of the lot's usable space both in footprint and in vertical space. The only room for futur…
Something I recently realized during a train trip from Virginia to New York, was how inorganic the McMansions now in vogue in Northern Virginia are compared to the more organic older generations of houses. McMansions are built to the maximum limits of the lot's usable space both in footprint and in vertical space. The only room for future renovations is to rework the interior. Older homes including my owned 1950 brick clad rambler are seen in many variations with added floors, pop outs in front, back or to the side, or more than one of these.
Something I recently realized during a train trip from Virginia to New York, was how inorganic the McMansions now in vogue in Northern Virginia are compared to the more organic older generations of houses. McMansions are built to the maximum limits of the lot's usable space both in footprint and in vertical space. The only room for future renovations is to rework the interior. Older homes including my owned 1950 brick clad rambler are seen in many variations with added floors, pop outs in front, back or to the side, or more than one of these.