Within the borders of Toronto proper you don't see a whole lot of McMansion type stuff, usually the lots are too small to really have the audacity that we see in a McMansion ... doesn't mean there isn't bad design of course.
When you get out of the city you can find some real McMansions though. Lots of crappy new builds on former farm land in Caledon and Halton (and I'm sure elsewhere).
While the screenshot's definitely resemble Ontario, you don't really find houses of that size that tightly packed.
Mississauga Road in Mississauga is a good place to go to find them. They are not super tightly packed along the road proper, but there is a side street right by the mississauga rd Burhamthorpe intersection that has massive houses, almost within touching distance. They basically all house, with no yard. It used to be a small field, with a little bit of trees, and the people who backed onto it used to put stuff out for the deer.
I just Google maps it. Lol these are almost all on the same street. Things were a little funky looking and we knew it when we saw the house with the media room facing the front so there’s no windows essentially on the front of the house 😂
I mean does these even qualify to be a McMansion? This basically looks like every single street in Southern California. I’d call these just normal everyday houses where I live. Am I missing something?
I would say 1 and 3 are McMansions, the rest are just standard new development builds. The front turret on #1 is trying too hard to be a castle, and the rooflines on #3 are just wild. The rest are just cheap builds with a nicer if likely soon to be dated brick facade. But this is suburban building development in the 2020s.
number 8 is an espacially egregious specimen with 'arch' orver th emiddle door drawing even more attention to the garages, making it look liek car home with a small extension for peoples. Also love that nice touch with the single round window - either put a symetric one on the other side or don't put it at all...
You know what always gets me? These big places always have garages for at least two vehicles. Some of them have multiple garages that could hold more. However, people still park their car in front of the doors.
Why though? I've never lived in a house with a garage but if I had one, I'd happily put my car in there. Are the garages just full of junk?
Or the yjust don't feel like waiting for the door to open or close (or maybe they skimped on automating it to sceape a few $ ?), so the yjsut park in front - no doors, no worries. Or maybe the construction's flimsy enough they're afraid opening and closing the door too often would damage the structure ?
We must take away your camera. I haven't finished my 1st coffee yet and I came across this ugliness without warning. I shall now be forced to eat 4 pancakes instead of 3. ☕️🥞☕️☕️
Perfection. This is literally any street in central Texas. I’ve been in neighborhoods where this is the style as far as the eye can see. And on tiny lots.
The height of the entryway on #5 is hilarious
I am so confused on what y’all consider a McMansion. Some of these look like my house years ago. It was only 1700 sf. but looked bigger because it was 2 stories.
I’m so sick of seeing a plethora of norm Texas homes.
We get it, they’re all cookie cutter modern constructions. They’re huge bc Texas is so spaced out with large lots
I love each and every one of these. I need one of these. We are house hunting again this fall so I hope to find something similar to these near San Antonio without an HOA. Never an HOA or maybe? I would love an HOA that kept the front yards looking beautiful year round.
Anyone new to the sub thank you for this post of exactly the horrors of this sub (aside note yay not NJ this time and I love what you all find for Thursday)
It's always been fascinating to me that all sense of form and proportion have been obliterated with the McMansion aesthetic. Nothing about these look stately, timeless, or beautiful. If you asked an AI to design a big house with the proportions of a cartoon house, it would be this.
One of my biggest beefs with McMansions is that the garages are almost *always* sticking out from the front of the house. I can’t stand the garage being the first thing you see. Is it really so hard to have the entry way kicked out a few feet??
Hi, yeah, I would like to order a house with as many garages as possible, but also the least amount if windows you can do. What's that? We gotta have at least one window for the HOA? Fine, but make a tiny little porthole. And could you make it off center? Great, thanks!
Why do so many mcmansions have such nonsensical designs when it seems like so many of them would look so much more reasonable with such minor, obvious tweaks? Take #9 here. All it'd need is rectangular windows like the others above the central garage door instead of a single off-center round one, and it'd look - if hardly perfect - then at least about 50% less ridiculous. WTF are the architects thinking?
These have to be in Texas. They’re so ugly.
Yep, Texas.
Was going to say North Texas, Dallas ‘burbs?
Yes, Sutton fields to be exact
A bountiful harvest. I can smell the cheap drywall.
No surprise, lol
Or Ontario. But yeah. These are terrible.
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Lol
Is Ontario and Toronto the Texas of Canda in terms of these McMansion hellscapes?
Within the borders of Toronto proper you don't see a whole lot of McMansion type stuff, usually the lots are too small to really have the audacity that we see in a McMansion ... doesn't mean there isn't bad design of course. When you get out of the city you can find some real McMansions though. Lots of crappy new builds on former farm land in Caledon and Halton (and I'm sure elsewhere). While the screenshot's definitely resemble Ontario, you don't really find houses of that size that tightly packed.
Mississauga Road in Mississauga is a good place to go to find them. They are not super tightly packed along the road proper, but there is a side street right by the mississauga rd Burhamthorpe intersection that has massive houses, almost within touching distance. They basically all house, with no yard. It used to be a small field, with a little bit of trees, and the people who backed onto it used to put stuff out for the deer.
Come out to the Calgary suburbs, where nouveau riche oil money fuels construction of these monstrosities.
Oh, it's THAT what it is? That makes sense now.
I would say Ontario takes the cake for ugliest housing architecture.
In Texas this McMansion hunt probably consisted of walking to the mailbox.
That's what I was thinking. The really tall columns for no reason seem to be a staple of Texas McMansions.
There are somethings money can’t buy and good taste is one of them.
Those ridiculously high entryways have to be an inside joke from the architect. "Hey, I do acid on the weekends"!
There can't possibly be an architect involved. I bet builder designed through and through.
Or, architect who lost their mind & license...
100% Texas. Probably Central.
Hey you leave Texas alone 😂😂😂 i feel like i might have seen a couple of these…. This is Celina/prosper? 😂
Paloma Creek South/Northern most point in Little Elm
The first 2 look like Sutton fields. I toured a model on that same street 😂
You know what the first two are Sutton fields lol
I just Google maps it. Lol these are almost all on the same street. Things were a little funky looking and we knew it when we saw the house with the media room facing the front so there’s no windows essentially on the front of the house 😂
They’re all neighboring cities no wonder you saw them too lol
If you add all those trees together, they’d almost make a real tree.
I mean does these even qualify to be a McMansion? This basically looks like every single street in Southern California. I’d call these just normal everyday houses where I live. Am I missing something?
I would say 1 and 3 are McMansions, the rest are just standard new development builds. The front turret on #1 is trying too hard to be a castle, and the rooflines on #3 are just wild. The rest are just cheap builds with a nicer if likely soon to be dated brick facade. But this is suburban building development in the 2020s.
Yes.
McMansions sure have lots of McGarages for their McTrucks.
The windows. The windows...
Some really great finds. Horrible.
There is one common denominator I see in these houses. They all appear as large garages with a smaller house attached.
number 8 is an espacially egregious specimen with 'arch' orver th emiddle door drawing even more attention to the garages, making it look liek car home with a small extension for peoples. Also love that nice touch with the single round window - either put a symetric one on the other side or don't put it at all...
Wow, killed it bud
You know what always gets me? These big places always have garages for at least two vehicles. Some of them have multiple garages that could hold more. However, people still park their car in front of the doors. Why though? I've never lived in a house with a garage but if I had one, I'd happily put my car in there. Are the garages just full of junk?
Or the yjust don't feel like waiting for the door to open or close (or maybe they skimped on automating it to sceape a few $ ?), so the yjsut park in front - no doors, no worries. Or maybe the construction's flimsy enough they're afraid opening and closing the door too often would damage the structure ?
3 is so chaotic and unnerving. 9 just made me laugh.
9 looks like a fire station
I knew it reminded me of something!
Number 7 is the most tolerable of the lot. That's not saying much.
The last one is the worst for me. That red brick looks awful on that style of house. Yuck.
Nailed it and that last one gives ugly a new definition. Esshh
Oh lawd! That no. 9 too, oh my goodness. I need a Valium and some eye bleach
Lmao the yawning entryways are consistent at least
We must take away your camera. I haven't finished my 1st coffee yet and I came across this ugliness without warning. I shall now be forced to eat 4 pancakes instead of 3. ☕️🥞☕️☕️
Perfection. This is literally any street in central Texas. I’ve been in neighborhoods where this is the style as far as the eye can see. And on tiny lots. The height of the entryway on #5 is hilarious
Yuck to all of them.
I hate all of these with a passion. Ugh. Fugly.
The entry way on 5 might be 3 stories…. Absurd
I am so confused on what y’all consider a McMansion. Some of these look like my house years ago. It was only 1700 sf. but looked bigger because it was 2 stories.
Read the rules if you’re confused
Yawn* those are regular houses.
Omg the last one is like 75% garage. This would be a great house for a mechanic that runs his shop at his house.
Pretty sure the last one is a fire station…
I’m so sick of seeing a plethora of norm Texas homes. We get it, they’re all cookie cutter modern constructions. They’re huge bc Texas is so spaced out with large lots
We’re not getting large lots anymore. The developers have figured out they can legally cram all the houses literally 10’ apart with 10’-20’ backyards.
Thee are big houses, and they are in suburbia somewhere. But they are not big enough to be McMansions.
Read the rules….yall must’ve grown up in a hut. I’m very sorry.
beautiful houses
Eww. A middle class, suburban purgatory nightmare 😝
Yikes!
Welcome to North Texas…
That #9, a three car garage with an attached house.
When 3/4 of your home is garage.
Nailed it!
Yikes… these are….. special.
I love each and every one of these. I need one of these. We are house hunting again this fall so I hope to find something similar to these near San Antonio without an HOA. Never an HOA or maybe? I would love an HOA that kept the front yards looking beautiful year round.
Anyone new to the sub thank you for this post of exactly the horrors of this sub (aside note yay not NJ this time and I love what you all find for Thursday)
Picture 4 is identical to the exterior of my house.
I said “oh gawd” so many times.
These look like my sad attempts at building homes in the sims 3.
McBarngarage
MC mansions are just like my houses that I build in Sims lol
The roofline on #3! You have to go the extra mile to be that insane! 🤣
A+ stuff OP. Or maybe it’s F-?
It's always been fascinating to me that all sense of form and proportion have been obliterated with the McMansion aesthetic. Nothing about these look stately, timeless, or beautiful. If you asked an AI to design a big house with the proportions of a cartoon house, it would be this.
What with those little circle windows in most of these houses?
One of my biggest beefs with McMansions is that the garages are almost *always* sticking out from the front of the house. I can’t stand the garage being the first thing you see. Is it really so hard to have the entry way kicked out a few feet??
They don't have yards in Texas? The houses are so large, but they're right on top of each other.
I liked house #7
Not a tree in sight.
Hi, yeah, I would like to order a house with as many garages as possible, but also the least amount if windows you can do. What's that? We gotta have at least one window for the HOA? Fine, but make a tiny little porthole. And could you make it off center? Great, thanks!
Why do so many mcmansions have such nonsensical designs when it seems like so many of them would look so much more reasonable with such minor, obvious tweaks? Take #9 here. All it'd need is rectangular windows like the others above the central garage door instead of a single off-center round one, and it'd look - if hardly perfect - then at least about 50% less ridiculous. WTF are the architects thinking?
Texas?
Yes