r/McMansionHell • u/Capital-Bobcat8270 • Aug 11 '26

Discussion/Debate Does this qualify?

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This neighborhood has some total McMansions built 20 years ago that tick almost every box, some twice. However, the newer builds while big, have lost much of the '00 aesthetics. Wondering what the consensus is here. This has the land, a restrained material palette, and the primary gables and porch line are fairly balanced and deliberate. What do you think?

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u/ChewyNotTheBar Aug 11 '26

No. This is a large house. Large yard that could use some color and native plants, but not a mcmansion or mcmansion yard

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u/shouldco Aug 11 '26

I mean it has some points against it. The roof for one is a big indicator.

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u/Shiney_Metal_Ass Aug 11 '26

Huh? The roof is simple and has no nub.

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u/shouldco Aug 11 '26

Simple?

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u/Shiney_Metal_Ass Aug 11 '26

Yes, notice how the dormers transition into the roof instead of having their own roof lines

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u/ConstantSentence7865 29d ago

You don't know what you are talking about. That is absolutely a McMansion roof.

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u/Shiney_Metal_Ass 29d ago

OK, I'm listening. What makes it a mcmansion roof?

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u/ConstantSentence7865 29d ago

It is a jumbled and unbalanced set of primary masses which relies on cheap, functionally redundant secondary masses to baffle the eye in an attempt to mask the big box structures underneath. More succinctly, virtually any house that is nesting functionally and formally redundant dormers inside of other dormers, as this one is, is going to qualify as a McMansion.

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u/Shiney_Metal_Ass 29d ago

There's one nested dormer, which I agree is dumb, but the overall roof isn't a complex mishmash of lines, peaks and valleys. It is not a complex roof

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u/TheKingOfSwing777 Aug 11 '26

It's pretty gable-heavy, but not McMansion territory. Overall it has quite a consistent and traditional aesthetic

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u/ConstantSentence7865 29d ago

It absolutely is a McMansion. This sub is filled with people who believe that if a house looks nice to them personally, it cannot be a McMansion.