“Removing stair banisters for a crisp look.
Like, your drunk friend Brooks is going to fall off the side and die one day.
There are building codes for a reason.”
“Open concept bathrooms.
My dad has a huge bathroom that’s open concept and has high ceilings.
It’s unnatural.”
u/mandy_skittles
3.
“Too many bathrooms.
Every house they’re building in my neighborhood is at least five-bed, five-bath.
Who wants to clean that many bathrooms?!
Having your kids share a bathroom teaches them to be considerate roommates when they grow up.”
u/CrossingGarter
5.
“Lack of storage space.
I just bought a new home and didnt realize how little space there was.
We have one storage closet upstairs.
u/A_Bit_Off_Kilter
7.
“No door between the main bedroom and main bathroom.
The last three houses Ive lived in have had this issue.
I like to be able to wrap up the door when I take a bath or shower.”
“Glass railings on stairs, or even decks.
They get dirty really easily, and they’re a big pain in the ass to install.”
u/richard-777
9.
“I’ve seen several homes with appliances integrated into the construction of the kitchen itself.
Not just in an alcove but actually built into the wall.
Sure, it’s convenient that there’s a cappuccino machine built into the wall.
But what happens when not if,when it needs maintenance?
Do I have to call a carpenter as well as a cappuccino machine repairman?
Do I have to consider if this is a load-bearingwall that contains my broken appliance?
I never understood this since you actually spend time in the backyard, not the front.”
u/MisterSolid
11.
“The ‘modern farmhouse.'”
“Floor-to-ceiling clear glass showers.
u/wazzel2u
13.
“Microwave ‘vent hoods.’
Who invented the microwave fan that sucks all the fumes up and blows them back out the top?”
“Kitchens that they cram into a narrow rectangle as an afterthought.
A lot of apartments and townhouses come with these.
They are so narrow that if you initiate the fridge door, nobody can walk past you.
A kitchen should be open, not walled on all sides, and shaped like a narrow rectangle.
It drives me crazy when I see these.”
u/Effective_James
15.
“Humongous kitchen islands.
It’s just too big to be convenient.”
It turns your first floor into a fishbowl that I would never be comfortable in.
u/blanketz___
17.
My family just recently remodeled their kitchen and got a fridge that was counter-depth.
“Most new sinks are absolutely terrible.
“Beating minimalism to death with a sledgehammer.
Everything is gray and white with practically zero color anywhere.”
u/notagoodusername183
20.
“It drives me crazy when people replace cabinetry with open shelves.
Don’t people understand dust?
Do bugs ring a bell?
Speaking of pets, how do you keep your cats from messing around with that setup?”
“No broom closets.
Where the hell do people put their mops and vacuum cleaners?
Or do the people who buy those McMansions just not do any of their own cleaning?”
u/CristabelYYC
22.
“I really dont like the fireplace design where you are intended to put your TV over it.
A TV is way too high when over the fireplace.”
“Garages that fit two medium-sized cars with about one inch to spare.”
u/kryppla
24.
“Painting over bricks.
It’s the new ‘putting carpet over nice hardwood floors.'”
u/deleted
26.
“No trim on doors and windows.
The drywall comes up to the door jamb, and it’s squared off.
It looks like a Greyhound bus station.”
“All white: white carpet, white furniture, and white shiplap.”
u/Defcheze
28.
I grew up in a 100-year-old house.
It had a nice bathtub with a sloping back so you could comfortably lounge in the bath.
“This might be an unpopular opinion, but I don’t need my home to be smart.
u/ptapobane
30.
The house is in the back.'”
u/groundsgonesour
32.
“Exposed ‘wood beams’ in houses that have typical white drywall ceilings and walls.
Its atrocious, and I think its going to look really dated in 20 years.”
u/Sarah-the-Great
34.
“Giant homes on tiny lots with two feet of grass around them.
There were two homes in my old neighborhood that were actually capable of hitting each other’s windows.”
u/Trabbledabble
36.
“Open floor plans where the main floor is just one big room.”
It looks very bad.”
u/FrightenedOfSpoons
38.And finally: “Those dumb, fake balconies.”
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