Hello everyone,
I have often wondered what typical “building mistakes” from the 2010s and 2020s will be seen as in a few decades. Would you like to speculate together?
I mean, in the 1970s, it was considered stylish and modern to cover bathroom walls with brown tiles all the way to the ceiling and combine them with sunny yellow sanitary ceramics. Back then, no one could have imagined that this would one day be regarded as unattractive.
Will vinyl flooring and laundry connections on the first floor be seen as typical but now outdated features of our time? Floor-to-ceiling windows? “Smokey eyes” (dark window tinting)? Which elements will make the next generation shake their heads and wonder about our questionable taste?
I have often wondered what typical “building mistakes” from the 2010s and 2020s will be seen as in a few decades. Would you like to speculate together?
I mean, in the 1970s, it was considered stylish and modern to cover bathroom walls with brown tiles all the way to the ceiling and combine them with sunny yellow sanitary ceramics. Back then, no one could have imagined that this would one day be regarded as unattractive.
Will vinyl flooring and laundry connections on the first floor be seen as typical but now outdated features of our time? Floor-to-ceiling windows? “Smokey eyes” (dark window tinting)? Which elements will make the next generation shake their heads and wonder about our questionable taste?
B
boxandroof15 Nov 2019 09:54It’s good that there are different opinions about the technologies following the punch card system. These gimmicks are only a problem if the house can no longer function adequately without the specific technology used.
Here is the next, and in my view, biggest issue:
Valuable land on the property wasted on parking spaces, driveways, carports, or garages.
For us, a full 120m² (1,292 sq ft) that could have been a south-facing garden. Otherwise, of course, we take almost everything mentioned here so far.
Here is the next, and in my view, biggest issue:
Valuable land on the property wasted on parking spaces, driveways, carports, or garages.
For us, a full 120m² (1,292 sq ft) that could have been a south-facing garden. Otherwise, of course, we take almost everything mentioned here so far.
boxandroof schrieb:
It’s good that there are different opinions on the technologies following the punch card era. These gimmicks are only problematic if the house no longer functions properly without the specific technology used.
Here is the next and, in my opinion, biggest mistake:
Valuable space on the property wasted on parking spaces, driveways, carports, or garages.
For us, a whole 120m² (1290 sq ft) that could have been a south-facing garden. In all other respects, of course, we take nearly everything listed here so far. It’s also a matter of perspective. We have 2 parking spaces in the carport and 3 in front of it. Currently, 2 cars. Now you have to consider the kids will each have a car plus girlfriends or boyfriends.
Personally, I don’t see the point of having 120m² (1290 sq ft) more garden to maintain. You see, this is also a matter of opinion. Like everything else here as well.
What, in my opinion, can be noted is that any permanently installed technology that can’t be replaced will be junk in 20 years. Take ISDN outlets with their specific cabling as an example. Someone here recently asked if those were ISDN sockets in their existing house. Today, they are useless.
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boxandroof15 Nov 2019 10:10Zaba12 schrieb:
It’s also a matter of perspective. We have 2 parking spaces in the carport and 3 in front of the carport. Currently, 2 cars. Now you have to consider that the children will each have a car, plus girlfriends or boyfriends. In my future, cars will come via app, and I won’t need all of this anymore. Or at least my children won’t.
Zaba12 schrieb:
Personally, I don’t see the point of maintaining an extra 120 sqm (1,292 sq ft) of garden. You can still pave it, build a pool, or put a bigger house on the property. Or keep chickens.
J
j.bautsch15 Nov 2019 10:38Zaba12 schrieb:
Now you have to consider that the kids will each have a car.I think I did something wrong... I'm 28 and never got a car from my parents or had a parking space there XD I need to ask again what went wrong XD
My husband didn't either.
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