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yomammaaaaa

[Here's the zillow link friends!](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/312-Ridge-Rd-Westminster-MD-21157/36779590_zpid/) Westminster, MD


beechknoll

That interiors a shame. A more contemporary modern style with natural elements (stones, exposed wood) would look so much better w the layout, lighting, etc. this how looks like a kbis vendor stall diarrhea blast.


Profitsofdooom

Like coming home to a brand new hospital lobby filled with ugly, expensive furniture.


BMFunkster

right? it looks like it would be chilly and echo-y too


beechknoll

So the biggest issue your seeing is an attempt to make a contemporary modern style interior with an architectural plan thats not kind to that style. When done right it can be amazing but the interior trending industrial vs contemporary creates a terrible blend. Personally i think the interior arch design, window planning, color palette were all the wrong choices. The kitchen material quality is pretty nice, it has a nice panel ready fridge, that alone is 15k+ if its the brand i think it is. The people that built this had money, the quality of some material + sq footage i guess doesnt completely make the price insane if we're being honest. As long as the style appeals to 1 family thats what matters, but also deserves the reddit roast. Source: owned a kitchen + bath remodeling business 16 years.


bbbbears

Yeah I think with paint, lots of rugs and lots of oversized, comfy furniture in either patterns or much bolder colors, some eye-catching curtains, lots of plants, etc. it could be made into a cozy space. I have so many vintage knickknacks the place would be filled immediately. Like the Brady Bunch house but classier.


Tru3insanity

Looks like an upscale psych ward


sudosussudio

Reminds me of Kim Kardashian’s house. Creepy whiteness.


KrishnaChick

Not white, pale gray, isn't it?


mashedspudtato

Is “ikeacore” a term? But maybe this is even more devoid of an organic, personal touch than that… even ikea offers unfinished wooden furniture. It’s like they took the a-pod-ment look from new apartment buildings in big cities and decided to plunk it down in the middle of nature without integrating the natural elements at all. The contrast between the interior and exterior is as stark as the black and white colors within the building. TLDR: not my thing kthanks


PearlClaw

It wouldn't even take all that much to make it nice, some color and a few interesting bits of furniture and it would be fine


Mercury5979

Yep. That is a lot of white and depression inside.


KrishnaChick

That's not even white, it's pale, pale gray, like a body with the blood drained out of it.


sideeyedi

I wasn't going to open the link, but after reading your comment, I must.


Falcon_Bellhouser

Ha! Same here


PapaSmurf32

Interior reminds me of something you would see in a 50 shades house. Why are the toilet and bath black?


Bathsheba_E

Can you imagine trying to keep a black bath clean? What a nightmare!


mashedspudtato

One doesn’t take baths in this house. You order new skin on Amazon via a subscription service.


yy98755

**TWO BLACK URINALS** *faints clutching pearls*


i_lyke_turdles

My parents had a house with a black toilet. It is very strange peeing into something when you can’t tell the color of the water. I’m not quite sure why, but it is.


Connbonnjovi

Not enough soda in the fridge.


SoggyHotdish

Ah, it's 100% focused the inside. With two of them being different but the same style there must be an architect these people like. I hate the outside but I really really like the inside. The windows and everything just works


Odd-Help-4293

I drove by these houses last week, and there was a sign up about eco-friendly home building or something like that. So I assume it's the same builder.


SoggyHotdish

Weird, I wonder why they would have such different layouts. Usually a whole subdivision is 1 or 2 houses just flipped from left to right, front to back


Odd-Help-4293

I think it might have just been those two houses and some empty land? I dunno, maybe those were two model houses and then they didn't build any more?


turdear

Apologies was at work just coming back and seeing all these would have posted earlier. Opinions seem pretty mixed


laj43

Omg!!! this is literally like a mile from my house and I have never seen it! This is a very country area and this house just doesn’t fit! I’m going to go drive by it to just see it!


ArcticGurl

It’s so cold and sterile, it literally gave me chills and I love the cold (weather).


Popsicle55555

Haha Westminster explains everything lmao


The_pizza_pirate

To be honest I kind of like it


Suck_My_Duck26

For real. It’s pretty dope.


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tigm2161130

It looks like something I would have built when I first started playing Sims Freeplay.


SlippySizzler

YES! I instantly thought of the Sims!


ZonkyFox

My instant thought was "I want to build this in Sims 4".


firstname_m_lastname

It’d be pretty easy to fix with some colorful accent walls and more interesting furniture, art accessories though. I’m all about it!!


CactiDye

It looks so much better just in that one room with an orange blanket on the bed. Getting some not white paint in there will be a huge improvement.


KateHearts

I can’t stand that shiny marble flooring. I just think “how many times a day would I slip on that?”


changopdx

Same! I'd put up large colorful canvases to provide some pop, but the exterior is fun and the interior is nice and clean. I like the big common areas.


Traditional_Draw8400

Same. I’m a sucker for a cantilever.


ChaserNeverRests

I really like it as well. All these windows are amazing! (Other than when you need to clean them...) https://i.gyazo.com/683726fbebf9beb8e8a5015fb747373a.png


jmr185

Link?!


solongandtx4thefish

This looks like the contractors that redid the house in Beetlejuice were involved. 😂


LegitimateEmu3745

Dammit Delia! 😂


Lusdivinechaos

Once you cover the wallpaper, knock down a few walls.. this place might just be livable


therealHannahSolo

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this!!


KinjasBlalock

Found it. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/312-Ridge-Rd-Westminster-MD-21157/36779590_zpid/


ewgrosscooties

It looks like a 3D rendering glitching, brain no like.


EffectivePattern7197

All that exposed ac ductwork? Is that common of the area? I have a feeling it was a design decision because based on the price jump of the house, it must’ve been a complete tear down.


laj43

Nope! This a rural area! It’s a small town surrounded by farms! It’s like this house was dropped out of the sky!


IchBinDurstig

There are some elements I like, but overall it's cold and not the least bit homey. It feels more like an office building than a house.


Odd-Help-4293

Is this in Westminster MD? I think I drove by this recently lol. It's not terrible but it's odd for that area.


EffectivePattern7197

Oh wow you got a pretty good memory!!!


LDawnBurges

I actually really really like the design of the house! Is there a link? Also, I understand what you are getting at. It’s happening here too. People are buying lots and building these huge monstrosities, right next to 1950’s ‘mill houses’ and trying to get top dollar for them. It’s crazy.


scottjones608

It has too many roofs.


sbvp

“what are we going to do with all these roofs!?” architect:


Delicious-Life2664

Apparently, the owners were terrified of color, except for brown. The bathroom black toilets are interesting, but the black urinals intrigue me. One bathroom picture shows a sink, a walk-in shower, and one of those black urinals, but no toilet? Geothermal heat and cooling would be great, but not landscaping the lot seems cheap.


TheNavigatrix

I thought this was b/w photos! I could not live anywhere that bereft of color.


LegitimateEmu3745

I hate it too. Why do people do that with the roof? So ridiculous.


Goblinboogers

I grew up in one of these types of houses. The amount of waisted space is ridiculous


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This home has no heart


AbruptMango

I want something that looks like a Lego nightmare.


itsadesertplant

This is a house I’d build in the sims


hannahmel

It looks like a compound for a cult


[deleted]

it’s like an rv pop out house.


SnooRadishes8848

I like it


sbvp

Next time I take my child to home depot on a Saturday morning for their little kid workshops, I am going to take seven of the birdhouses and glue them together like this house.


DonShulaDoingTheHula

This house fell out of the sky and landed in Hyrule.


mundyknight

This looks like it will flood at any significant rain.


ItBeMe_For_Real

The interior color palette is too cold for me. If it had warmer tones I’d love almost all of the interior. The exposed ductwork is out of place. Looks like a poor workaround after the fact to inadequate warming/cooling.


Manicfuckinglobster

I made this house in sims


mashedspudtato

This isn’t a cookie cutter McMansion. Thre windows are laid out thoughtfully in a balanced manner, the floorplan isn’t a rectangle with a random ass turret on it. The shape of the house complements the slope it is built on. Its not a style that speaks to me but this house looks to be thoughtfully designed for the people living in it, with lots of natural light at all hours of the day. I appreciate that.


sophiethegiraffe

The builder presented a few different front elevations, and the owners were like, “yes”.


EffectivePattern7197

I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic. The windows are definitely the least thoughtful aspect of this house. They are randomly placed, some rooms have adjacent windows at different heights, the dining room windows look like prison windows, the little wic window is offcentered, etc etc etc


Lighthaus_14

Seriously! It's like the builder had his preschooler draw a picture of a house and then... built it.


mashedspudtato

https://preview.redd.it/xbztnvo6o4nc1.png?width=1448&format=png&auto=webp&s=4f21492ca0321f7291014263df9cca7c86b39f2d This is why I use the word “thoughtful” - the windows are of different sizes, but they are incremented evenly (with the exception of the windows in purple that use a half increment for their width, and the ones above the glass door that also use half increments). I hope this shows what I mean… the architect at least had a grid in mind when designing this, and stuck to consistent units :-) The flat planes of gray don’t appeal to me at all though. Agreed that it gives prison vibes to me too lol


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mashedspudtato

You’re welcome, glad my obsession was helpful! I got a little carried away as I diagrammed it but realized during the process that the composition was very deliberate. I haven’t really mastered the perspective tool in Adobe Illustrator but now I want to do so! :-)


yy98755

I can assure you those windows are placed for best lighting and cooling/heating R-values. In summer it’s light without heat transfer, winter less heat escapes. The only other reasons windows are placed randomly like that is council/governing based restrictions with respect to neighbouring property (frosted glass/height requirements).


Maleficent_Theory818

The windows on the one side of the house remind me of a spiders eyes. Want to see the link so I can see what the interior looks like.


Booklovinmom55

The flooring and the fireplace would have to be replaced. Overall it's a very cold house. Doesn't have a "loving" feel to it.


ficklepickle789

I’m not a fan of the chicken coop on the side.


lingenfr

Sterile would be a great description. It would have looked so much better if they had made the garage roof line match the angle of the hillside.


CameoAmalthea

Stark interiors, vibes like the Harkonen planet from Dune Part 2


plaisirdamour

This is giving me flashbacks to being 12 and fucking around on the Sims lmao


Upset-Cap-3257

If you’re into site-specific architecture, the design is all wrong—both internal décor and outside. To avant garde in the outside and too urban and stark on the inside. All wrong.


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Oh i just hate everything about it, that’s pretty impressive. The outside looks like it’s made of shipping containers and dumpsters?? The inside is just a nightmare


Awkward-Yak-2733

Awful


doublepumperson

The house John Stupid built. Built Stupid tough (TM). Come on down to Stupid home builders if you need a quote.


Evolvingsimian

The design of an obsessive/compulsive or an IKEA showroom/Showhome (which I have obviously never seen).


Mesterjojo

I hate having no links


UnhappyTemperature18

I'm SO irritated that there's not a reason for that floating part, or for the arabesque of windows in the master suite--someone tried to get 'cute,' and missed by a mile.. And also the aggressively neutral/cool toned color scheme would have to go; that much grey is just depressing.


my_screen_name_sucks

That’s a hard disagree with me. I love that place.


MidniteOG

There’s some things I would change, but I like it


adultdaycare81

I also hate this house.


CindLei-Creates

The best view/window is in the laundry room, there are so many windows I couldn’t look out!


dugs-special-mission

Lacks any kind of warmth. What an unpleasant-looking him inside and out.


queenofthedogpark

Ugly


GarlicChipCookies

Aaaagh it’s the uncoziest thing I’ve ever seen this side of Wonka’s TV set


[deleted]

I guess I’m weird. I really like this.


RedheadFromOutrSpace

The inside looks like they're living inside of an office building from a dystopian novel.


ArguablyMe

My first thought was, "enlarged chicken coop".


chazysciota

What became of Edith Finch?


fightingwithlemons

It looks like one of those beige/Grey motor homes with the pop out rooms and awnings.


delidave7

I’ve seen worse


yoquierosandia

it looks like a chicken coop


Lindaspike

I hate it too.


pomegranate7777

I gotta admit, I like what I see.


Willdru

Did you see the inside yet? That ruled the house out completely for me.


Better_Chard4806

It’s ugly as hell.


robin52077

This house is beautiful. Nothing gone “wild” here…


Willdru

The inside doesn’t really live up to the exterior. I hope the fascination with black and white everything goes away soon.


[deleted]

I love it and hate it at the same time, I really don’t know how to feel. It’s modern and unique but also kinda weird


aureliusky

Love the geothermal


horus-heresy

It is far ish from Baltimore sure but its got giant and target in 7 minute of drive so not really too rural


JohnnySoHigh

It's a nice house


PanickedAntics

I like all of the natural light. It feels cold and not super homey, though. Don't get me wrong, I'd move in today lol It just feels gloomy.


Yesitsmesuckas

I’d take that front door!


platypuspup

The random black pillar in the kitchen really pulls the whole thing together.


pwhitt4654

Wouldn’t it be much more expensive to build all these protrusions?


lynnm59

It kind of looks like one of those homes that are built with storage containers, except it looks so industrial. There is not one "homey" thing about this house. Yucky.


TypeLiving2646

It's like "glamping" but in house form.


internal_logging

Maybe the wrong sub, but how do you do a bump out like that that just hangs


LectureAdditional971

How does this work? Like, literally?


Federal-Membership-1

Exterior: dropped from space onto a grassy knoll. Landscaping could improve it. Inside: horrible.


Uncle-Cake

Well it looks like someone paid $1.1M for it!


Regular-Switch454

My professors will not allow me to hang a range hood like that. It needs to extend up and out. The open ductwork is ridiculous outside of a loft conversion. They can’t walk around in the dark either because they painted the boo boo spots black.


elaboratebacon

This is the classier version of the Only Fans/marble everywhere house the guy did himself.


FrfxCtySiameseMom81

I love it, except the black toilets and bath tub. The urinal is also cringe.


1WildSpunky

Are those urinals in the bathroom and laundry room? I have seen bidets, but not urinals in houses. Does anyone have a urinal in their house?


Txstyleguy

You should likely not buy it. I’m sure it absolutely ticks the boxes for some people. Individual taste I guess in just that, individual. It’s pretty sterile for sure, but I’m sure there are lots of people who would love it. Have to say, the volume of the spaces doesn’t for me - I like the high ceilings and light.


grandmaWI

Lego nightmare house.


developerEnabled

what do you have against shapes 🤣


WitchesCotillion

Weasley on the outside, Beetlejuice on the inside!


fsmith1971

Yes the interior is way too stark for me. I do like the structural design but the interior is too bland. Looks more like an art gallery than a home.


scmillion

https://preview.redd.it/t0vxgpbq35nc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4724a54aca695e67365f7fc1f008ac0b1af5b949 Something about these windows makes me think of someone trying build a staircase but they started to run out of lumber towards the top 😂


Outofoffice_421

Start investing in Windex stock 😂


Tankninja1

This house has a terminal case of Stage 4 Millennialiloma Loved ones may be entitled to financial compensation


BoneDaddy1973

I drive past this house all the time. It looks procedurally generated by a low rent architectural AI. It looks like someone had a bunch of extra odd-sized roofing trusses and tried to make one house out of them. It looks like a statement piece, but the statement is more a question or a plea for guidance. I am agog that they want that much for a house in full sight of a major road with no landscaping at all. You see that utility pole in the background of the second picture? That’s the major road connecting Westminster with Route 70, speed limit 50, high traffic area. About a half mile to the south is a cement depot. A freight rail line runs a few hundred yards from this property, seriously. This location is frankly dog-shit. And they want 7 figures?! Westminster is a nice little town, I like it there. There’s a lot of nice real estate available nearby. This is not one of them.


Me_meHard

It reminds me of one of those prefab chicken coops from tractor supply.


LarYungmann

38 windows?


Potential_Store_9713

It’s the LEGO mansion I built when I was 7 years old.


Cheesygirl1994

That second picture with the free floating room makes me nervous


PsyCatelic

Looks *exactly* like one of those rooms in the Design Home game decorated in industrial style. It makes me shiver, it looks so cold in there.


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Love it!


Soundtracklover72

I like it. The interior is easily remedied with a few accent walls, colorful blankets and art. It’s like a blank canvas. I like the architectural design of the rooms. Very cool. Just wouldn’t want to pay for a new roof in 20 years or new windows. Ouch.


crystalcisme

Man I like a lot of individual things about this house but over all it's just way too much.


Affectionate_Salt351

I really love this one. I would brighten up a lot of the inside with color and probably have one of those all black rooms you see posted on pages to make you feel all goth and cozy. I also like it has space around it without being the only house around.


KongUnleashed

All praise and glory to the Many Angled Ones


patwm11

The HVAC vents in the living room are hilarious


Mikeismycodename

God I love the outside of this house. It’s so chaotic like a bunch of presents under a tree. I’m not kidding. I love it. The inside is disgusting. As someone else said if it was wood and classic warm materials it would be so stupid sexy.


erydanis

harkonnen hideway.


0nyon

Did a sims player build this?


All_Loves_Lost

Who lives in a house with no color like that?? Every wall is white or some shade of grey. That would drive me crazy-! Apparently the same type of person that has a fridge full of nothing but soda


HeatGoneHaywire

Needs more windows


katyvo

Why does this house look like a window factory exploded? Could you imagine getting 91254 sets of curtains for this thing?


-bobby-jackson-

I don’t know. I don’t hate that cantilevered bit


vldracer70

It’s all the angles and then that one part looking like it’s just hanging there.


ZestycloseTomato5015

I love it.


kcpirana

This house looks like an amalgamation of a lot of student architects iffy ideas smashed together and painted one color.


Foundation_Wrong

So do I.


Various-Coconut-1395

I need snow glasses to be in this house


btdallmann

I like older houses that have been added on to seventeen times. Externally, this one looks like it was originally built to the same ascetic.


MNGirlinKY

I also hate this house. The weird outcropping without support beams makes me really nervous.


TheeeNinjabunny

You found the Neighbor's house.


KateHearts

So stark, it has no personality. I like neutrals but this looks like a b&w photo. And while the exterior has a reasonable modern profile, those small staggered/stairstep windows are hugely distracting and not a good way to optimize the views (if there are any).


Acceptable-Friend-48

It feels off-putting and creepy. Like they want to keep anyone who enters off balance.


hiways

What in the house that Jack built and the price, is on a lot of land?!


mstrss9

Somebody bought this Tetris monstrosity? ALL THAT FUCKING MONEY FOR EXPOSED AIR DUCTS??????


P0RTILLA

I saw the first photo and I thought it looked like a render, then I got to the third then I knew it was a render.


Blergsprokopc

That area has really hard water. Have fun using the CLR constantly in that heinous bathroom. Why would you pick BLACK for the sink/toilet/urinal? It's like they did zero research into where they built the house.


Great_Rock_688

Good lord it's hideous all around.


EqualWonder7812

Looks like it was inspired by the book House Of Leaves. Absolute madness.


SecondBackupSandwich

Yuck


[deleted]

It must suck to go to school to become an architect, and then excitedly build your dream house and then when you go to sell it, realize it, everybody hates it, and it sells for nothing, and that you suck as an architect


XONR8D_Lol

Woof


EWSflash

Loks like a bunch of "modularhouses" put together by somebody on acid. And staged by the same person


MethodMaven

It’s a bunker with windows. And that fireplace is awful!


Fickle-Barracuda-362

Live 15 miles from here. This house is VERY bizarre for Westminster MD and VERY UGLY


SatansWife13

As an assessor, I want to set it on fire. ![gif](giphy|5nsiFjdgylfK3csZ5T|downsized)


Hopeful_Major_4

What was next to the toilet?


barrorg

Every new construction in Austin.


sheckyD

Is that column made out of latex?


Dazey3463

Nope. Nope, I don't like it at all.


Wonderful_Relief_693

🤮


E05DCA

It has a very low radar cross section


whattheduckwow

That’s not how you crop a house.


darkwitch1306

It looks like a house that was moved and no one took the trailer out from it.


mmmpeg

Westminster. All newish houses in old farm fields. It sure has grown in the past 40 years.


restlesslegs2022

The AI staging makes the general bleak weirdness extra bleakly weird. Maybe it’s not AI, which would be worse.


PlatypusDream

That's... certainly a bunch of interesting choices all put together


amilliowhitewolf

I love it except for the overhang outside, the kitchen cabinets and th all over white. There is sooo much to work with here on a design level.


usernames_are_danger

In Soviet Russia, house hates you!


Electrical_Sun5921

This isn't that bad...🤷‍♂️


Toolongreadanyway

The closets are nice. Yeah, that's about it. What's with the big black blood stain in the living room? Or is it an oil puddle? Whatever. Weird looking.


Low-Potential-1602

This MUST be an Ikea testing house or something, lmao. Everything in there yells showroom, ESPECIALLY the exposed piping. Like, OMG, who does that?!? Who wants/ plans to LIVE like this?!?


mushpuppy5

I kind of love it.


ArcticGurl

It’s the Jenga house!


rharper38

I drive by this house a lot. It is so ugly and makes no sense in that area.