[quote=CA renter] Yep, that’s an awesome house.

Wish we had more houses down here like that to choose from instead of one tacky, two-story, McStucco box after another.

Lord, please, please, please make these big developers/builders die off and allow people to buy their own lots and build their own custom homes again! Amen.[/quote]

CAR, wish I had your faith, but I fear that if most of the citizenry started to design their own houses, it would be worse than what most of the big developers are doing.

They’d have to start a new magazine: “Architectural InDIGESTion” (yeah, I know…that’s really bad. But it’s late in the day here in the east).

Call me a snob. But trust me on this one. If you want to get an idea of what happens when people have a construction loan, a yen to be a “designer”, and a little time on their hands, click on the link: http://homesoftherich.net/2009/06/inside-teresa-giudices-new-jersey-mansion.html

*Don’t miss the video house tour halfway down the page. See something you just gotta have? Link to the catalog for the October 3 bankruptcy auction:

http://www.ajwillnerauctions.com/index.cfm?AuctionID=559&fuseaction=home.auctionDetails