Author Topic: Why don't they build decent homes anymore? (Read 32883 times)

MB_722 · « **Reply #175 on:** December 26, 2010, 04:53:31 PM »

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MB_722 · « **Reply #176 on:** December 26, 2010, 11:51:43 PM »

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FREAKgeek · « **Reply #177 on:** December 27, 2010, 12:25:04 PM »

MB_722 · « **Reply #178 on:** December 27, 2010, 11:36:56 PM »

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MB_722 · « **Reply #179 on:** December 28, 2010, 11:01:48 PM »

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MB_722 · « **Reply #180 on:** December 29, 2010, 11:29:10 PM »

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MB_722 · « **Reply #181 on:** December 31, 2010, 12:14:54 AM »

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Roger Bacon · « **Reply #182 on:** August 18, 2011, 08:35:08 PM »

MB_722 · « **Reply #183 on:** August 18, 2011, 09:02:25 PM »

sweet bump far too lazy to look for this. I stopped looking at house designs. I'll try keeping this thread alive.

did the rpf account get banned?

Roger Bacon · « **Reply #184 on:** August 18, 2011, 11:42:10 PM »

Quote from: MB_722 on August 18, 2011, 09:02:25 PM

sweet bump far too lazy to look for this. I stopped looking at house designs. I'll try keeping this thread alive.

did the rpf account get banned?

I can't answer that question, but I hope you stick around! You're the second or third best poster on this site!

Roger Bacon · « **Reply #185 on:** August 18, 2011, 11:45:55 PM »

Roger Bacon · « **Reply #186 on:** February 08, 2012, 01:02:35 PM »

Roger Bacon · « **Reply #187 on:** February 08, 2012, 01:26:00 PM »

Nirvana · « **Reply #188 on:** February 10, 2012, 02:36:18 PM »

tbombz · « **Reply #189 on:** February 10, 2012, 05:27:19 PM »

Quote from: Deicide on May 18, 2009, 03:29:57 PM

They are objectively more aesthetic. Surely you must agree on that.

ah, the supremely confident deicude

sync pulse · « **Reply #190 on:** February 10, 2012, 07:34:01 PM »

Why don't they build decent homes anymore?
My answer is as follows

…Because the teeming masses of America came to the conclusion that educating American children about fine art and classical music was “Elitist”…So therefore the consumers coming on line now have no concept of what is refined and sublime…

Roger Bacon · « **Reply #191 on:** February 10, 2012, 07:43:08 PM »

Quote from: sync pulse on February 10, 2012, 07:34:01 PM

Why don't they build decent homes anymore?
My answer is as follows

…Because the teeming masses of America came to the conclusion that educating American children about fine art and classical music was “Elitist”…So therefore the consumers coming on line now have no concept of what is refined and sublime…

You are quickly becoming one of my favorite posters!!!

Fucking brilliant!

Montague · « **Reply #192 on:** February 12, 2012, 11:51:49 AM »

Quote from: Eyeball Chambers on September 16, 2009, 03:52:31 PM

We have a few houses in town designed by a relative of Frank Loyd Wright... Very neat homes, I was in one. The basement had a long narrow tunnel for all the utilities. It was weird/hard to explain.

That's Falling Water; built in the 1930's by Frank L. Wright for Edgar Kaufmann, president of Kaufmann's Department Store.

Quote from: Butterbean on September 16, 2009, 08:04:13 PM

Beautiful! But seems like the water would cause problems?

Yeah, the sound alone would make you have to piss all night.

sync pulse · « **Reply #193 on:** February 12, 2012, 03:12:03 PM »

A builder told me about Frank Lloyd Wright:

His rooves tended to be leakey
He used wood framing on his cantilevers when he should have used steel, so they would start to sag after a couple of years
You would pay Frank Lloyd Wright's fees while his underlings did most of the actual design work
He was a terrible boss

Montague · « **Reply #194 on:** February 12, 2012, 04:05:49 PM »

Quote from: sync pulse on February 12, 2012, 03:12:03 PM

A builder told me about Frank Lloyd Wright:

His rooves tended to be leakey
He used wood framing on his cantilevers when he should have used steel, so they would start to sag after a couple of years
You would pay Frank Lloyd Wright's fees while his underlings did most of the actual design work
He was a terrible boss

He was also allegedly a bit of a "charmer" when soliciting potential clients.
There's a story that Wright was at the Kaufmann's home (where they lived prior to FW) and was engaged in a discussion with Kaufmann's son. At one point, Wright deliberately mentioned to the son - loud enough for the father to hear - "This home is not worthy of your parents."

Supposedly, the Kaufmann's contracted him soon thereafter to survey some wooded property they owned on the outskirts of Pittsburgh, and design blueprints for what would become their new house built over top of the small waterfalls that coursed through the land.

Tapeworm · « **Reply #195 on:** February 13, 2012, 02:57:19 AM »

At the beginning, people just want the lowest bidder. Match the other guy's quote, use cheaper materials, etc. Price is everything. At the end of the job, all those trade practices which didn't mean much compared to the quote suddenly get so important.

Sure, we can fix up those clowns work for you. You want the quote?

Show me one of these awesome 'like they used to' houses that got built at a rock bottom price so that workingclass Joe had a place to hang his hat.

Roger Bacon · « **Reply #196 on:** February 13, 2012, 08:04:49 PM »

I fucking love that, thanks for the info!!!

Quote from: Montague on February 12, 2012, 11:51:49 AM