Is your house "normal"?
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Teresa · 07-24-2006, 07:17 PM

We had an architect, but he was horrid! We have lots of odd angles, and the house is actually "smooshed" from where the architect designed it for a wider lot, and then we went to this lot, he just took this big hacienda style house and pushed the 2 side wings together, and they kind of swallowed up the middle part. My dad says it looks like an old High School gymnasium. That's the old house that we still own.
The new house - pretty normal other than the fact that the washer and dryer are in the front hall (behind folding doors, but there they are - I guess I should be happy they're not in the basement)

luvnwdwgal · 07-24-2006, 07:54 PM

Our house is definitely weird. The "newer" 2-story addition was built in 1857. The original 1-story is believed to be a Sears & Roebuck kithouse. We don't know how old this section is. My DH bought the house in 1979 for $10,000. That tells you what kind of condition it was in. Everything was gutted with all the interor walls being torn out so that now the entire downstairs with the exception of the backroom and bathroom is basically one giant room. The upstairs has just 2 bedrooms. The house was raised and a basement was poured under the 2-story part. It had all new electrical, plumbing, and windows. we really should have just torn the thing down and started from scratch cause it's been a nightmare remodeling when nothing is square. We pretty much figure we're stuck with this house for life cause I don't think anybody else would buy it even with everything that's been done to it. It's been in constant renovation for 25 years and we're still not done! Oh well, at least it's paid for!

Minnie Lor · 07-24-2006, 08:30 PM

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Mine is pretty normal. I live in a suburban neighborhood of Phoenix, and all of the houses are different but the same. Nothing crazy or wacky. I actually like my house a lot better than others I have been in in this neighborhood, because it has a very open floorplan.

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Same with me but in Missouri

Mickeysgal · 07-24-2006, 08:35 PM

I guess you would say our house is "normal" from the outside. Just your basic ranch. I call it our 'doll house'! (We moved in two years ago.) Compared to the other houses around it it's quite small. The inside is a different story! We're not quite sure what the builders were thinking - the entry way inside by the front door has no light, so the coat closet is DARK, there's no door bell at the back door, instead it's at the door off the deck. We're been working on re-doing a little bit here and there and are always finding something a little odd with the way they built it.

iamgrumpy · 07-24-2006, 08:51 PM

Right now NO [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502no_prv.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] we have ladder's 2/3 of the siding up 1/19th of the windows wrapped. 1/2 a porch and a lot of building going on.

Before all this Never! The house originally was built in 1835 and then added on to and its half one style and half another!

krisk11 · 07-24-2006, 09:08 PM

We live in your standard twin.

dejavu · 07-24-2006, 11:09 PM

Our house is 4 years old and is a newish (to me anyway) style. From the outside it looks normal, brick front, two story, 3 car garage, but when you open the front door the "Great Hall" as we call it, goes from the front door to the back sliding door. The center hall is about 8 feet wide, is two stories high and has arches at the top where the side pillars go up. It's kind of neat. I love the openness of the floor plan. Lr, Dr, kitchen along the right, mudroom, office, family room along the left. Upstairs our bedroom is one whole side of the house and is ridiculously large. We are never in there and wish we could give half of it to the kids. There are 4 bedrooms along the left side, the 4th one being an open loft right now. The only problem is that it echoes a lot. When someone is talking you can't tell if they are upstairs or downstairs!

Joanne929 · 07-25-2006, 12:41 AM

We've got a "normal" (boring) 6 room ranch - 3 bedrooms along the back of the house, living room and kitchen in the front, bathroom behind the kitchen and a family room we added on about 5 years ago.

ripkensnana · 07-25-2006, 09:32 AM

Our house is about 100 years old, and during the late 50's/early 60's, the interior was remodeled in order to convert the upstairs into a "mother-in-law's" apartment. Apparently at that time, all the (I assume) beautiful woodwork was removed from the downstairs, and half the front porch was enclosed to make it part of the living room. I'm sure that the front porch was once open, and was the width of the house, but when half of it was made part of the living room, the other half was enclosed and screened in.
Also at some point, a garage was added to the house, and an addition was built onto the kitchen. Plus, what I assume was once a pantry is now a bathroom (really, really dinky!). The basement is divided into 3 longish rooms, which span the width of the house....It's by far the largest house in the neighborhood, and definitely the oldest. Oh, and there's a deck in the back that wasn't part of the original house, either! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

patsoxgal · 07-25-2006, 10:49 AM

My house was built in the 50's. It is a small ranch that the builder didn't think ( or care) when he build it. We have to have a new front door put in. Could this be easy NO we can not find one to fit. All the door opennings in the house are small.(inside and outside doors) [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]So it has to be ordered special and cost more. We have been waiting for the door to came in for three weeks.. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

Cheriemek · 07-26-2006, 06:40 PM

The house is very normal for this area. Built in 1979, it is 2880 square feet. Normal den, living room, family room, kitchen, dining room, half bath, laundry room (very good size!) on the first floor. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths and a loft (a room off our bedroom that looks over the family room) on second floor. And a basement! My sister-in-law lives in The Woodlands, Texas and no one has a basement. Where do they store all of their stuff??

GoofyMom · 07-26-2006, 07:08 PM

Ours is pretty normal. Just yer basic 1970's bungalow.

elbug10 · 07-26-2006, 07:15 PM

All the houses in my neighborhood were built in the early 1950's and are ranch style on a cement slab, no basement, which makes installing any plumbing, wiring, ductwork, etc. interesting. The kitchen was originally galley-style, like a long hallway including the stove, sink, refrigerator washer and dryer all in a row next to each other. The rest of the original house included a living room, two small bedrooms a bathroom and a back porch. In the late 1970's a 12x12 living room with 17 ft. Cathedral ceilings was added onto the back, and the old living room became the dining room. They also added on a two car garage with laundry/utility room and expanded the attic to include a third bedroom, which is my room. About 10 years ago we added a half bath upstairs as well. Oh, but the lot is weird here, my street curves and our lot is pie shaped, with the back being wider than the front. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

So, I guess nothing about this house is "normal"! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]