A new custom-built home at the southeast corner of Lincoln Parkway and Middlesex Road is framed. The 5,200 sq.ft., four-bedroom stone and stucco residence is being constructed by Natale Builders for owner Devin Piscitelli.
Piscitelli purchased the half-acre lot at 186 Middlesex Road in December for $425,000. The parcel is one of four lots created from the grounds of the Miller Mansion, sold by Nichols School, split by developer Brad Randaccio, and resold.
substantial doesn't happen in new residential architecture... at least not here in the US. Hence why we need to save what substantial homes we have left. This is the epitome of the American Dream house...
Sbrof, I usually agree with most of your comments, but there are many homes being constructed in this country that have architectural merit. In fact, the June issue of Dwell Magazine features a fantastic modern home built in East Aurora. It's stunning.
Here's a link to the architect's website:
http://www.bdarchitects.com/projects/case-studies/east-aurora
This home in this BRO article hasn't been completed yet, so I'd be unwilling to pass judgement.
new (non subsidized) residential + more well-to-do people in the city = good thing. The house looks fine as long as they don’t build a whole block of them.
yeah its fine. looks like it should be in amherst though
Wow.
You buy a small chunk of land for $425k and THAT is what you come up with for your house? BOOOORRRRING.
Wow, stick construction, lame plywood panels, fake peaks that look like EVERY OTHER mass-built home in the last 20 years.
Rock on. I guess.
What is wrong with you people? These are pictures of an unfinished house and you are already complaining! Houses are framed with studs and plywood regardless of what type of exterior gets applied to it. Higher peaks can create a more open interior. Give them a chance to finish the landscaping. Landscaping is what makes the exterior of a home come alive.
I hope they put beige vinyl siding on the exterior with plastic shutters just to spite you wanna be architects.
The more random peaks you have on your frontage the better! ;)
I agree additional residential is nice and at least it is on par with Amherst/Clarence. Will it also mimic the brick frontage and plastic around the rest of the sides? Just poking some fun at modern house building. Putting all the "quality" stuff out front while you spend your life out back. ;)
As for the East Aurora house I'd of guess it was built in the 60's looking at the pictures.
MJ, no the East Aurora house is new.
I agree this house looks like a lot of mcmansions around Amherst, Pendelton, OP etc, but I'm not really that concerned. All the houses in this area are fairly diverse. Plus this person is building next to one of the sweetest pads in Buffalo, so they got an uphill climb. I'm sure the house will look great when it's done.
Dispute the style but you cannot dispute that Buffalo is 60% empty and there is absolutely no reason why Buffalo cannot support high end urban residential development in all areas (east, west, south and north)
A couple of points for those who do not like what is being built.
1- The homes in the area are pricing out at $500k to $750k. The owner is already $425k in the hole for the lot. I think he overpaid for the lot IMO.
2- The home being built probably will cost in the $200k to $300k price range to be built when all is said and done IMO. Putting this home on the high end of the area. Owning the most expensive home on the block is a no-no and rule #1 when it comes to Real Estate.
3- While the exterior is not what you find on older homes in the area, I am pretty sure the money is being spent on the interior. Which is out of sight from the property assessors. Which is rule #2 in WNY real estate.
4- Even if the owner wanted to build something that looked like the other homes in the area, are there enough craftsmen to actually do that kind of work. The home in EA is modern. The homes in this area are of stone and brick. Not exactly skills that are in huge demand in WNY when it comes to that level. Sure you can point out new brick homes but NOTHING close to the quality of what used to be built.
I think people should focus on the loss of the TRUE mansions being used for office space in the city.
When people are willing to pay for good craftsmanship, good craftsmen (or women) will magically appear. You know, the invisible hand of the market and all that. But you will not get Roycroft work on WalMart wages.
I haven't gotten a construction cost from Natale, but my guess is that this is easily a $500k house (plus lot). You can't build a 5200 sq.ft. house for $200k. $100/sq.ft. is low-end for new construction and I imagine the interior finishing will be top-notch.
@ Lorem Ipsum
I trust the numbers from WCP so this home will be around $1M when all is said and done. If what people are wanting in terms of size and exterior quality were to have been done, that would have doubled the cost IMO. Doing this in an area where homes are in the $700k range at the top would be just dumb.
Mayor Brown and his economic development team should have a ribbon cutting ceremony every time someone builds and occupies a house that has received no financial incentives from the city. I would be curious to know how many times a year that would happen. How many times in the last three and one half years? We should all be happy for the increased tax base.
Odd to spend that much on the lot just to put a standard catalogue house on it. Looks like "The Brompton" or some such nonsense. Hopefully the owners don't have arborpholia and a dense planting of deciduous trees will partially obsure the house.
Some of you architectural critics are not happy unless you are *****ing and complaining about some minor architectural details. This new house or mansion because it is big will be a major aesthetic improvement over the previously empty site. The house is under construction, give it a chance to evolve before making comments. It is something new and something different which we have not had in this city for quite sometime. Lighten up all of you.
It's a beautiful home if you like traditional. What would be nice is if Buffalo could have a neighborhood with cutting edge houses, something that many cities like Denver had a half century ago.
Are the critics of this project going to offer a public tour of the modern architectural homes that they live in? I would like to know where their neighborhood is hidden in this city.
Wow, that is really original. I have never seen the use of multiple dormers/roof lines except like maybe in every suburb in the country. And genuine stucco with stone veneer, that is really high end. To spend 400k on a lot and build something this generic doesn't make sense.
blah blah blah blah, you should spend your money this way, blah blah blah blah, you should design your house that way, blah blah blah blah
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This home doesn't appear to be worthy of that intersection. I was hoping for something more substantial.
Pegger - If you are seriously that concerned with the style of house at that corner, you should have bought the land and developed it yourself. If they were putting up a tin shed I'd understand the concern, but this is a very expensive home.
What could you have done better? Don't answer because I really don't care and neither does anyone else. Just complain about architecture for the sake of complaining like everyone else.