The Crow

I can quite understand why people want a new house - we rented one for 5 months and was easy to maintain and keep clean - but I just didn't like it and I didn't like living on an estate. It just felt sterile and too well planned (which is probably a good thing for most!).

TBH it will take us years to get our house up to gether - there's always something better to do. Still there's really nothing wrong with it now as we've already got rid of the retro bathrooms

nickyjohnt

Exactly what some people want

scotlandtooz

After living in a really old place for the last 4 years I can really see why people would move into one of these new build places.

My bedroom door handle fell off last night, and we only just managed to not end up trapped in our bedroom, shouting out the window for help.

Something like this happens about once a month at least.

Although, no doubt, we will end up in the same type of place in Oz, for the 'character'.

ASHO

Why people on this site cant just answer the bloody question no one was asking what they like or dislike just what it meant, jesus!!!!!!!!!

Uuuh Patsy

Well were I am leaving in Dublin, the houses are identical and on maybe half the land and twice the price, so the McMansion sounds like heaven to me. You guys just don't realise how lucky you have it

Vash the Stampede

Madness, sheer madness. I would rather chew off my own leg than live in that sort of "neighbourhood".

It's ridiculous that a country our size, with such a small population, has already resorted to high density housing on such a scale. Land releases should be larger, and so should the blocks. The government can afford to do this, and should.

We have plenty of space, so let's use it!

Suburbia's fine, I've got no problems with anyone living in suburbia. Hell, my own house in Adelaide is smack in the heart of suburbia (I wish it was in the hills, but that just wasn't practical). The 'burbs still have a lot of gracious old properties, if you know where to look.

So the point is, you can live in suburbia without buying a McMansion.

Vash the Stampede

Of course, it's all relative to one's own experience. I was raised in a rural district (Rosevears; Tamar Valley) on three quarters of an acre, so a 500sqm block is simply unacceptable to me.

But here in the UK, most of my neighbours live in terrace houses or those scruffy little semis that seem to infest this country like a vile disease. I'll bet they'd kill their own children for the chance to live in a McMansion.

Perhaps some already have...

The Crow

That's why a couple of us posted photos - best way to describe.

MartinLuther

I wonder how many people would prefer to live in a McMansion vs a terraced house and vice versa (if that was all you could choose from)?

Is it worth a poll?

MartinLuther

It could be Dandenong though

I can see the grass. After living in Vic for a few years you get to recognise brown grass. Obviously no good for the footy oval but if people planted a few more natives and a lot less grass then it would look a lot greener. Look at the Dandenongs and it's much more native bush than grass.

The Crow

But that makes life more exciting

MartinLuther

I can't help but notice that you didn't answer the question

jond

Might not of known the answer

spsspence

Perhaps some people don't want big gardens as well, maybe they just want a bit to sit out on and have a barbie and a beer in the evening, that kind of a thing. My garden is over 160' long and whilst that isn't massive it's a hell of a lot of work to keep nice if you have a few trees & shrubs etc.

Horses for courses.

Spencer.

asprilla

You're right...at the end of the day, the reason that these houses are being built in this manner is that a demand exists for them. Most people nowadays would choose a big living area with minimal garden as opposed to a smaller living area with a bigger patch of grass out the back.

Of course, if you live on a really big block of land, you don't have this trade off. Whether your living area is big or small, you still have a bit of grass and a few plants and trees to enjoy !!

A "mansion" in the classic sense is a large, well built, luxurious house, built on extensive well kept land, and owned by rich folk. You might find servants quarters within the grounds.

A "Mcmansion" is a large house, not necessarily well built, without luxury fittings, on cheap land, and owned by regular folks with regular income. You might find a kids trampoline and a swimming pool out the back.

Over in Australia, many of the people who talk about "mcmansions" are the same ones who go around saying "I/they live on acreage".... it can be a tad materialistic over here ...