Recent Fine Homebuilding magazine says the McMansions will be the future teardowns because no one will want them. Too big and expensive to maintain, heat etc.
Randy B -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rick Knoble Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 4:45 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] Tear Downs was Re: Tire Purchase From: "Curt > I've been seeing the throwaway mentality even during my house search. We looked at several >houses I was interested in that the realtors said "Oh you'd be better to just tear this down and build a >new one. This is EXCEEDINGLY common in the Chicagoland suburbs. An older home will be purchased on an average lot (1/4 -1/2 acre) for say, 400K or so. They auction off what they can of the house, tear down the rest and put up a McMansion that fills the lot. These things must be mortgaged to the hilt. ON suburb (Evanston I think) passed an ordinance to stop the practice because some of the architects of the community were students of Frank Lloyd Wright and these homes were slated for tear down . Rick Knoble '85 300 CD '87 190 DT _______________________________________
