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The interiors look cool, but the outside shots make the addition look like cancer.

It was 3,500sqft before and he needed 900 more to make his family fit? Does he mean his entire extended family?

Nope, one teenager... and an indoor pool.

BARF, saw this just after the slideshow of the great under 600sqft loft w/ family of four.

The addition is not in the style of the house. There are ways to be modern, yet keep within the original design of the house. This combination of styles does not work for me. It doesn't flow nicely.

the proper way this is generally done is to put the addition on the back, and leave the street face alone... it is pretty much de rigeur in Europe at least, which is how they have managed to preserve the heritage character of their cities so much more than we have...

...I wouldn't mind so much if the front facade were actually a good design, but it is pretty hideous...

the first picture is actually from the back of the house! -lily

it's vulgar...
I bet his grandparents raised several children under the original foot print and here he is adding another 900 sq feet to the existing 3500 for a family of THREE, which will dwindle to 2 in a few years once the kid goes to college...

mea culpa, it *is* the back... it's still ugly though...

Back or not, it looks like bad 80's design to me! There is no transitional relationship with the existing home design. It just looks like some one pasted a block on the back of the house . . .