Hi, I am ugly.

While we have seen some really beautiful homes with character, personality, and fine details........ what sometimes really catches my eye is the really bad. Some of the houses we walk into, we immediately want to walk out of them. This is usually the case because of smells. Houses and structures need to have better ventilation for rooms with water sources (bathroom, laundry, kitchen). This is not something to save money. Properly specified and sized equipment and materials can be the difference between selling your project or gutting it (due to mold and mildew issues). Time to talk about, 'hi I am ugly.'

Now, let's focus on this ugly facade. Keep in mind, the facade is the most important aspect of the design because it creates a first impression. In this facade, we see elements from the mission style with its clay tile roof and curves and arches, but this is a stretch. They house has a simple, but very large gabled roof that First off I absolute hate seeing the garage on houses before you see the front door. This house truly lacks any area of focus. While it has lots of little details they are not adding value. As an example let's look at the extra roof and accent around the window to the left of the front door. It breaks up the grouping of windows but doesn't do much else.

Another thing you can't see is there is a lower band of itty bitty blue tile that line the base of 3/4 of this house. It is the kind of tile that you might put in a pool. And to make this even better this house is nearly surrounded by concrete. I only hope that concrete is sloped otherwise it must turn into a pool which might work with that blue tile on the house.

This house got me thinking. Not hiring a professional is like agreeing to wear a potato sack around rather than taking the time to buy clothes and have them tailored if needed to fit you.