Now this is how to build a unique house!!!!
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They fixed it by moving the sidewalk closer to the street on that side, and redoing the driveway with less grade.
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I can see how the first pic happened... Corner lot, tract home new division and the road wasn't in while the house was built. Then some low bid driveway crew were following the blue prints that didn't get updated after a change order. So the they figure it's a nice FU to the GC who had probably given them a hard time over some BS on other houses.
So they said screw it and built to the prints. And probably had a nice laugh while they did it.
The drives that are a 45 degree slope I've got no answer other then wtf?
So they said screw it and built to the prints. And probably had a nice laugh while they did it.
The drives that are a 45 degree slope I've got no answer other then wtf?
buckeyefarmer
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Saw same pic on facebook. I have seen builders models like that, larger parking on the side to handle visitors, when they sell it later they tear that out and build the front drive.
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EddieWalker
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I've seen model houses that didn't have the driveway poured and a parking area off to the side, but it was never concrete. The parking lots where always asphalt and it was pretty obvious that it was temporary. The concrete on the side of this house doesn't look big enough for a parking lot, but it does look like the perfect width for a driveway.
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Handloader109
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Nope, there were two very similar here in NWA I looked at a few years ago that were as sharp an angle as these. You could not get a car up the drive.
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Sorry, my bad, I meant the first picture.Nope, there were two very similar here in NWA I looked at a few years ago that were as sharp an angle as these. You could not get a car up the drive.Originally Posted by Xfaxman
Well the picture wasn't taken by you, so I think it is Photoshopped.
Corrected my post.
Also did an image search, and it is all over the internet: Google Images
WM75Guy
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Not an uncommon site in a new subdivision. In the background there is a lot of bare dirt pad sites where the vehicle is parked. A model home is used as the sales office. When the subdivision sells out they will put in the driveway. Notice the electric meter is on the wall next to the windows so I don't think it is a photoshopped picture. You wouldn't want that on the front of the house. They usually use the garage to display samples of the floor, cabinets, etc., hence the two windows in the garage to let in some light.
kc5dlo
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I have to admit I did not notice the driveway at first. What stuck out at me was the angle of the front of the house with the street. I tend to agree wit others that this might be a model home.
Fossil Farm
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The city building department approved the house build, but the city engineer did not approve the curb cut for the driveway. The engineer probably said "that street doesn't exist yet, so how can we give you a permit ??"
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And if it doesn't, they won't!
We had a building at work with a greenhouse on top. They poured all the floors flat and set the floor drains above grade. The contractor explained to me it wasn't specified in the plans.
I explained to him there were no instructions in the restrooms telling me to wipe my butt and flush either. I just knew to do it. I then suggested he find a new line of work.
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Way back when I grew up, there was a saying, "pictures don't lie".
Unfortunately that is no longer true.
Unfortunately that is no longer true.
PILOON
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I once did some renovation work on a house that had about as crazy a garage setup as in that photo.
First off it would have been impossible to get a car in and then when you opened the garage door there was a huge 'step' poured over the bedrock that the builder did not blast away due to cost.
As a result the garage floor looked like a giants staircase that even a ladder was needed to gain access to each level.
In our area there is generally little soil coverage over bedrock.
One house I worked on had to spend $75,000. on blasting before they could pour a foundation.
Then you have to haul away all that blasted rock to an approved land fill site.
First off it would have been impossible to get a car in and then when you opened the garage door there was a huge 'step' poured over the bedrock that the builder did not blast away due to cost.
As a result the garage floor looked like a giants staircase that even a ladder was needed to gain access to each level.
In our area there is generally little soil coverage over bedrock.
One house I worked on had to spend $75,000. on blasting before they could pour a foundation.
Then you have to haul away all that blasted rock to an approved land fill site.
MinnesotaEric
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Somebody just showed me this photo on Facebook. Aside from the paving contractor getting thing wrong, this house is a prime example of bad mixture of architectural themes making mud.
ishiboo
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It's either built like that on purpose as it's a model, or it was simply a mistake by the GC or someone switching up two sets of plans. The concrete guys did the concrete work, when the builders got there it was clear it was wrong, they weren't idiots but they figured we could either sit on our asses while waiting for this to be torn out and redone, or since the building pad is correct we can start building and let the concrete guys fix it later.
No big deal either way...
No big deal either way...
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This house was built like this on purpose for guys like me who have so many dirtbikes, chainsaws, engines, tractor hoods and dirtbike frames needing sandblasting, dirtbikes with clothes piled up on them, unused gymn equipment b/c of all the other prior mentioned items, welding machines, paint cans, gas cans, other cans, trimmers, half finished projects, half-assed projects, projects never to be completed, new projects taking precedence over prior mentioned projects......THAT THERE IS NO CHANCE A CAR IS EVER GOING IN THE ATTACHED GARAGE IN SAID PERSON'S LIFETIME. CASE CLOSED!
Goodnight everybody!
Goodnight everybody!
Dadnatron
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NOR IS THERE A CHANCE THAT THE HOUSE WILL EVER BE SOLD, WITHOUT A STEEP DISCOUNT.
I was thinking that somebody finally came up with a new angle (pun intended) on selling boxes in the 'burbs....
For the discerning home buyer who loves crawlin' at Moab, but doesn't have time to drive there every weekend.
Reminded me of the Jeep ad that used to run 5+ years back, where the guy drives over a steep rock embankment at the gated entrance to his estate......
Rgds, D.
