ᐅ House Photos Discussion Corner – Share Your Home Pictures!

Hangman schrieb:

Are you familiar with this from Turkey? It’s hard to explain, but the investor went bankrupt, and this New Neuschwanstein domino city remains half-finished and empty.
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I find these apartment buildings more attractive than many constructions I see here in Germany.

ypg schrieb:

Interesting, I hadn’t known this before!

FAZ writes, among other things: “On Friedrichstraße in Berlin, the architects wanted to revive the shapes of the old city but didn’t dare to build what truly made those houses beautiful—the projections and recesses that give a house depth, caryatids, bay windows, volutes, rustication, cold marble, heavy velvet, strikingly boiling Gothic elements, the opulently over-decorated façades from the Gründerzeit period...”

If not even the architects dare to try it, we shouldn’t expect too much from the average homebuilder. ;-)

What still puzzles me is this: Even my grandparents, who were economically poor, lived in a house with real wood shutters, genuine divided-light windows, a conservatory, etc. This was in just a “railway workers’ settlement.” Why was it possible to include all of this in such simple residential areas for anyone, while in our building project we can’t afford real wood shutters or authentic divided windows?

Araknis schrieb:

Greatly expressed and so accurate! 😀

Unfortunately not by me 😀 (plus one word)

Pinkiponk schrieb:

What still confuses me is the following: Even my grandparents, who were economically poor, lived in a house with real wooden shutters, true divided-light windows, a conservatory, etc. This was in a “mere” railway workers’ settlement. Why was it possible to realize all of this in the simplest residential areas for everyone, but in our building project we can’t even afford real wooden shutters or true divided-light windows?

I often ask myself a similar question… especially when I see such beautiful buildings like old train stations, schools, apartment buildings, churches, waterworks, factories, bridges… I always wonder why nowadays buildings are only built plain and functional. I then hear people say, “Nobody can afford that today.” But how was it possible back then?

Pinkiponk schrieb:

Even my grandparents, who were economically poor, lived in a house

Steffi33 schrieb:

How was that possible back then??

With stove heating, using wood or coal, a single power outlet in the room, thin simple walls, drafty single-glazed windows, and a stone hot water bottle in bed under the bedcover in the freezing cold bedroom.

ypg schrieb:

With stove heating, wood or coal, a power outlet in the room, thin single walls, drafty single glazing, and a stone hot water bottle in bed under the duvet in the freezing cold bedroom.

Without
home office, walk-in closet, kids’ bathroom, KNX smart home system, kitchen island, large-format tiles, ... 🙂

Schimi1791 schrieb:

Without
home office, walk-in closet, kids’ bathroom, KNX ... 🙂

…lots of personal labor, paid overtime, the local community club, without a landscaping contractor…