bkshopr said:
Now let me see, when your guests visit you they have to analyze first where the entry is. Is it to the left or right? Oops I just walked to the left and blocked by your trash cans and got barked at by your dog in his dog run. I then walked to the right side yard which is only 5' wide. The walkway is only 3 foot wide flanked by a 12" wide planters on both sides wiith mostly dead plants due to the lack of light and not having enough surface area to absorb water. As I walked through the tightness of this 5' sideyard compressive space I scraped the beautiful present I brought you next to that stucco wall. I then arrive at your 6' wide double door. I thought to myself your door width is wider than the outdoor passage that I struggled through earlier. The purpose of the double door is prestige but walking through a 5' sideyard was too unpleasant to comprehend the gracious double door entry estates.
If you can't follow the beautifully landscaped walkway to the side entrance... you have more problems than my design.
I understand it's not the greatest but you do know these type of homes are all over Irvine. I realize you're hyperboling for impact but even the newer Woodbury houses (Villa Rosa Plan 2) have a side entrance that does not scrape that present you have for me.
I was just merely demonstrating how one could fit a 3-car wide garage into present lot sizes without giving up too much interior space. It's not like what they are building nowadays are architecural marvels so I don't think a 3rd front facing rollup garage door is going to deface the stucco box look too much.
After a nice evening leaving through the gracious double door I was faced with a 8' tall wall at my sight (3 foot retaining plus 5 foot wall at Quail Hills hillside conditions) that separate you and your neighbor's pad 3' higher. In Tuscany the view outside of the double door is a gracious courtyard and a view vista beyond that.
Hey... that wall has a fountain on it... and Quail Hill is NOT Tuscany.
A good rule of thumb in design. Good design is when a home sits on the site graciously and harmoniously. Double doors and a 3 garage solution cramped on a lot is ostentatious. A smaller cottage is much dignified on the same size lot. I am sorry for my ranting because this actually happened often in new communities and Irvine is not immune.
Of course... but you just contradicted your previous post where space is a premium so nowadays a builder won't put a smaller cottage on the same size lot.
Hehe... I know you love to play the "Guess the profile of the IHBer" game... which is why I've purposely been mixing up the styles and content of my posts.
However you missed... you have 2 more tries. I was even at IR's book signing... if that's even a helpful clue.
And 4-car garage is even better... they have those in Vegas... like the Ultimate Fighter house <drool!>.
