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evelinoz schrieb:

Why do so many houses in Germany look so dull? Gable roof, hip roof, flat roof, no corners, no edges, as long as they are square, it’s fine.

I wish that were true. Unfortunately, it is very common to try to "spice up" simple basic shapes in as many ways as possible – and also the

evelinoz schrieb:

Accordingly, the interior layout is almost identical to that of row houses. Obviously inspired by McMansion Hell, the Frisian gable is considered the highlight of the Tuscan Bauhaus-style substitute villa with floor-to-ceiling corner windows. The "property ladder" is, to put it mildly, unpopular in Germany – the delusion "you only build once" is still the prevailing mindset here, so all current (and ideally future) homeowner wishes must be crammed into a single house.

evelinoz schrieb:

Here is a general contractor from my hometown Webb Brown Neaves.

“Here” means you actually wanted to insert an image?

evelinoz schrieb:

Accordingly, the interior layout is almost identical to that of row houses.

The madness of individualism drives this strange phenomenon: despite the small number of housing needs types, it is believed that only a "custom design" can do justice to the task. Germans never love their uniformity alone, but always paired with its denial. Simplicity yes – but please not without the self-image of being highly unique. At the same time, the "best-selling model" is the Flair 113, which is in a way the EW 65 of the reunified Federal Republic of Germany. From an international perspective, we must be quite strange creatures.

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evelinoz schrieb:

Why do so many houses in Germany look so boring? Gable roof, hip roof, flat roof, no corners or edges, as long as they are square, it's considered good. Accordingly, the interior layouts are almost identical, like in terraced houses. Here is a general contractor from my area, Webb Brown Neaves. Around here, people want houses to look nice from the street. Kitchens are always located near the garden.

I live in Belgium. Apparently, people here don’t care if houses look nice. There’s something like a loosely enforced building code. Its first rule seems to be: build ugly, even if you could build nice. Here are a few amusing examples (can be found under: ugly Belgium houses).

@evelinoz, would you be happy if your neighbors built one of these charming little homes? They are definitely, uh, “individual” or “loosely arranged” (two adjectives that probably should always be highlighted in red, so you see the nonsense from afar).

The castle is really great; I would take it immediately if I had enough space for the wild garden around it! (However, the windows are terrible, why are there circles in them??!)

The castle is probably just a Potemkin facade; I suspect behind the battlements there is a sloping roof of a bungalow. But I like the terraced middle house with the grim face.

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Bertram100 schrieb:

I live in Belgium. Apparently, they don’t want houses to look attractive here. There is something like a loosely enforced building code. Its first rule seems to be: build ugly, even if it could be done nicely. Here are a few amusing examples (found under: ugly Belgium houses).

@evelinoz, would you be happy if your neighbors built one of these charming houses? They are definitely, uh, "unique" or "open-plan" (two adjectives that should probably always be highlighted in red to show how ridiculous they really are).

They all look like failed surgeries.

tumaa schrieb:

They all look like failed operations.

I thought that’s called "loosening up".