On: Bad Manors: The McMansion as Harbinger

[fossuser]

I doubt it’s the equivalent money, the stuff you’re talking about (hiring master craftsmen) probably costs 5x-10x what a large house built the way you’re describing does.

[MSFT_Edging → fossuser]

I'm talking "turn of the 20th century business man" size. You could cut down the average mcmansion size in half and have an overall nicer house with fine materials and it'd still be bigger than most homes built before 1990.

[peteradio → fossuser]

I think you'd be surprised. Maybe double and that's assuming same square footage.