Just compared the same floor plan built in 2015 in Ballantyne versus one built last year, and the new one feels like a shoebox.

The 2015 version had a real entryway and a separate dining room, but the 2022 model cut both to make the great room bigger, which just feels like a cheap trick to list more square footage. Anyone else notice builders doing this now?

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faith_perez1mo ago

Honestly, I'm all for it. That "real entryway" was just wasted hall space you had to heat and cool. Who eats in a separate dining room anymore? The open plan means you can actually talk to people while you cook, and it makes the whole place feel brighter and way less cramped. Builders are just giving people what they actually use.

sethk431mo agoMost Upvoted

Wait, so @faith_perez, you're telling me the only thing we're losing is a place to awkwardly stand while waiting for someone to answer the door? What about when you burn the garlic and the whole house smells like dinner failure for three days straight?

paulc9324d ago

You said "builders are just giving people what they actually use" and that's exactly it... it's like how we don't have phone booths anymore or separate rooms for the radio. @sethk43's point about the garlic smell is valid though, I've burned dinner and regretted the open plan for about 48 hours straight. But honestly everything in our lives has gotten more casual and combined, from how we work to how we entertain. The formal dining room was basically just a museum for grandma's china that nobody touched anyway.