Judging New Homes
02 July 2009 3:00 PM | By Prince Of Petworth in Architecture, Buildings
This one is located on 11th Street where the street curves a bit North of Logan Circle (anyone know the cross street?). I actually think the house looks pretty good though I’m not a big fan of the stone on the first level. But I think it blends in pretty well even though it’s a bit larger than the other homes. What do you think – thumbs up or down?
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02 July 2009 3:03 PM | CAHBF Said:
Ooh honey, a little slice of Manassas right here in DC!
02 July 2009 3:06 PM | OldHouseLover Said:
Gross.
02 July 2009 3:20 PM | SG Said:
Top two levels are pretty good actually. The first level is just awful. If you stuccoed over it, the damage could be undone somewhat easily.
02 July 2009 3:27 PM | not telling Said:
thumbs down.
02 July 2009 3:32 PM | Hiya Said:
Ha ha… CAHBF took the words right out of my mouth.
That place is hideous!
02 July 2009 3:42 PM | EdTheRed Said:
I think that’s actually 12th St., not 11th…right where 12th runs into Vermont Avenue, just below R St.
And yeah, the ground floor is just hideous. If formstone is the polyester of brick, what’s that crap, the rayon of formstone? And what’s with the ridiculous undersized asymmetrical ground floor window?
02 July 2009 3:44 PM | Angry Parakeet Said:
If they had used the stone only to accent the nice arched entrance, it would look good. The whole wall makes me think of that uber-expensive three-level HIGH retaining wall built recently on South Dakota heading to Rte. 50. with the ugly all-vinyl siding townhouses perched over the traffic. Who would have guessed that real stone could look so bad.
02 July 2009 3:48 PM | Skeletor Said:
CAHBF, you hit it. It looks like they cheaped out on the glue-on stone. At least they could have finished the bottom floor facade on the front.
Skeletor, MOTU
02 July 2009 3:52 PM | Sammy Said:
Woof. This is awful.
02 July 2009 4:02 PM | eric in ledroit Said:
this thing needs to be killed. it is simmered in weaksauce.
02 July 2009 4:05 PM | eric in ledroit Said:
i mean seriously there can’t possibly be an architect involved in “designing” that, can there? I would think even the worst architect in the city would come up with something better than that. Just copy a classic design for god’s sake!
02 July 2009 4:10 PM | Jim Said:
some sort of porch or outcropping on the first level might alleviate that mess a bit. the second two floors aren’t bad, except why the f**k not put some windows on that expanse of brick, for pete’s sake?
02 July 2009 4:35 PM | Anonymous Said:
So so so bad. Dear God.
02 July 2009 4:47 PM | Anonymous Said:
don’t know what you guys are talking about, i think it looks great. there should be moldings around the first floor window though
02 July 2009 4:57 PM | saf Said:
Awful. Just awful.
02 July 2009 5:43 PM | Mike W Said:
Look carefully and you see what looks like three meters inside the archway leading to the front door. It’s a 3-unit building. The heavy-duty balconies at the rear are a giveaway too.
Awwww-FUL. I agree that the ground floor is an affront. There is one tiny window on the front, and nothing on the side. Notice also that the thing seems to have gotten tagged, and repainted, already; note the different color paint over a limited area along that side wall.
Eeeeeeew.
Or should that be, Eeeeeeeek.
02 July 2009 6:10 PM | Naomi Said:
I like it – minus the first floor. The brick is ugly and it could use more windows.
02 July 2009 6:10 PM | Naomi Said:
I guess what I am trying to say is I have one thumb up and one down
02 July 2009 9:05 PM | Emmaleigh504 Said:
ugh. CAHBF said it better than I could.
02 July 2009 10:41 PM | EPF Said:
Ericinledroit – I’m liking your use of weaksauce. Although weaksauce is too weak for the crapitude of this monstrosity.
03 July 2009 11:55 AM | lab rat Said:
tasteless and vulgar; thumb’s down!