Ugly Canada 2 (Only architecture, planning and design faux pas)

[kool maudit]

That Welland house is trying to maintain the styling of a mid-century ranch with the lot presence of a Brooklyn brownstone.

[jonny24]

Originally Posted by Wigs

SHH, why wouldn't they just build a full 2 storey house instead of "this is where my tools and trucks are parked" dwelling unit

Is this a "moved back with 'Berta money" design?

Sometimes I do dream about just having a bachelor pad type "loft" on a mezzanine level in big shop/garage. ALL the room for hobbies. But apparently the wife needs things like "walls" and "no engine parts on the work bench kitchen table".

A guy near my parents did essentially this, built a big three car garage with an apartment above it. And then 5-10 years later built a big house attaching to it.

Originally only the part on the left was there:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@42.97349...8192?entry=ttu

[SignalHillHiker]

For some reason FB thinks this is what I want to see. Another real estate posting for a house in suburban St. John's. This time, the Town of Paradise. I think all the various "democratic people's republics" are the only bigger misnomer.



And to make it worse, that's not a cove. It's some lake, I forget the name. Paradise is at a high elevation - lots of snow, lots of trees and things that survive in St. John's won't make it there. And I guarantee there's maybe 3 inches of topsoil on top of rock there at most.

Also, Paradise is still in that backwoods phase where absolutely any development proposed is viewed as a beneficial windfall. Unlike in St. John's, there are no requirements for sidewalks or any sort of thing that will make repairing/replacing infrastructure easier in the future.

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by jonny24

A guy near my parents did essentially this, built a big three car garage with an apartment above it. And then 5-10 years later built a big house attaching to it.

Originally only the part on the left was there:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@42.97349...8192?entry=ttu

So now he has 6 garage doors
Is the one on the right for cars and one on the left for everything else?
Decent looking house minus so many garage doors. They must be wealthy

[jonny24]

Originally Posted by Wigs

So now he has 6 garage doors
Is the one on the right for cars and one on the left for everything else?
Decent looking house minus so many garage doors. They must be wealthy

Probably. I'd guess maybe a trades vehicle, probably quad/snowmobile/lawnmower, etc. Maybe an old classic car. I'll keep an eye out next time I go by.

Forgot about historic streetview, here's the "before"

https://www.google.ca/maps/@42.97351...6656?entry=ttu

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by kool maudit

That Welland house is trying to maintain the styling of a mid-century ranch with the lot presence of a Brooklyn brownstone.

I almost spat out my coffee when I read this and forgot to comment
Franco Ontarians don't have the same sense of style as Montréalers

Originally Posted by jonny24

Probably. I'd guess maybe a trades vehicle, probably quad/snowmobile/lawnmower, etc. Maybe an old classic car. I'll keep an eye out next time I go by.

Forgot about historic streetview, here's the "before"

https://www.google.ca/maps/@42.97351...6656?entry=ttu

so strange seeing it like that. I wonder if the Norfolk county rumour mill was "Did you hear they ran out of money? Look at that thing, a garage masquerading as a house"

[SignalHillHiker]

That strip of grass on the left cracks me up. These were probably tolerably nice enough before cars doubled in size and people opted for drivelawns.



EDIT:

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

That strip of grass on the left cracks me up. These were probably tolerably nice enough before cars doubled in size and people opted for drivelawns.

Watering and mowing? Why bother.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Wigs

So now he has 6 garage doors
Is the one on the right for cars and one on the left for everything else?
Decent looking house minus so many garage doors. They must be wealthy

Speaking of monster garage houses check this one from Okotoks:

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.7315...6656?entry=ttu

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

That strip of grass on the left cracks me up. These were probably tolerably nice enough before cars doubled in size and people opted for drivelawns.



EDIT:

Shades of NE Calgary. Except ours have faces.

Calgary Mansard Faced Wickermonstrosity's incursion into Clockzilla's realm didn't end well.

From their natural environment: https://www.google.com/maps/@51.0287...8192?entry=ttu

[Wigs]

The "made 'Berta money now I come home" is having awful effects on St. John's

Landscaping? pffft Truck parking, bud

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Speaking of monster garage houses check this one from Okotoks:

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.7315...6656?entry=ttu

lio says the upstairs is good for 12 bunk beds

[Innsertnamehere]

I find Alberta is awful for the "Garage houses".. I mean I feel like most Calgary / Edmonton suburban houses look like this..

https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.18197...8192?entry=ttu

Compared to a more "typical" ontario home where the garage doesn't dominate as much..

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.48775...8192?entry=ttu

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

I find Alberta is awful for the "Garage houses".. I mean I feel like most Calgary / Edmonton suburban houses look like this..

https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.18197...8192?entry=ttu

Compared to a more "typical" ontario home where the garage doesn't dominate as much..

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.48775...8192?entry=ttu

Dude, Ontario was "snout house" prominent garage central with everything built in the GTA in the 90s. These are from Ajax. I picked it because I recall the Toronto Star ads boasting of all the new subdivisions. Mattamy 35, 40 foot lots. Act now!

[harls]

^there is a lot of that crap in Ottawa too, especially Orleans.

[Wigs]

Where I live these represent a good portion of the single family, semi-detached, townhouse housing typologies one would see. The building boom eras skipped most of the 80s/90s vinyl box or 90s/00s "snout house" styles. A mix of good, bad, and ugly

1910s-1920s four square Ontario house (usually without Alberta style parking pad) On the left you can make out what appears to be a 1920s Craftsman style and on the right a slightly nicer 2.5 storey almost Victorian-esque home



1950s brick bungalow



1960s brick raised bungalow



1960s and 1970s sidesplit or backsplit



new raised bungalow



new "executive" raised bungalow



new semi-detached "bungaloft"



new Bungatownhouse


yet to be built

I'd call this one the Armadillo model


typical 2 storey 2,500-3,000sqft



And to differentiate yourself from middle class commoners
expensive Lakefront manse

[O-tacular]

https://www.facebook.com/582165364/p...40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

https://www.facebook.com/582165364/p...40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

omg you can actually see his weiner
what a Redneck arsehole

I love the caption

[megadude]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Speaking of monster garage houses check this one from Okotoks:

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.7315...6656?entry=ttu

Wtf is that? You should have tagged that with NSFW even though I’m not at work. I don’t care if that backed onto an alley, that is just… I don’t know what to say.

[Architype]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Speaking of monster garage houses check this one from Okotoks:

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.7315...6656?entry=ttu

This is a back alley isn't it? I wonder though if they get people bothering them for a quick oil change or repairs?
But I guess you can credit them for building urbanist friendly laneway housing.