Rant: PSA to builders, housewives, and general complaint

Not to mention all the "open concepts" we’re seeing

Good luck finding a house built in the last 20 years in CA without an "open concept".

I prefer actual rooms -- I like being enclosed within a discreet spaces. My idea of a living room is not simply furniture grouped on an area rug, like an island floating within a large, undifferentiated space. The "open space" concept actually results in less useable spaces, whether one is an audiophile or not. Walls are good!

Ask a contractor about feng sui -- how it feels to be in a given space and most will  laugh at you. As to why architects are so enamored of Open Plans, I have no idea. For better or for worse, it’s become the rule.

I only had to look a 5 homes before I found one without a fireplace.

The beauty of living in the frozen north.  A full basement is required and builders have started to make 9 foot ceilings a standard feature.  A good trade off for 5 months of winter. 🤣

Sounds like you are about to get a stiff neck.  

I’m a single man, so I pull a chair in the sweet spot and leave it until I have visitors. 

Life ain’t fair and the world is mean!