30 Homeowners Who Made All The Wrong Decisions When Designing Their Homes (New Pics)

We all know someone who has moremoneythan brains. Whether they live across the street from you or they’re a famous billionaire business owner, you know the type. And just like wealth can’t buy youintelligence, it also can’t buy youtaste.We took a trip to theMcMansion Hellsubreddit and gathered some of their most atrocious photos below. These houses might be spacious and four times as expensive as your currenthome, but that doesn’t mean that they’re stylish or cozy. Enjoy scrolling through this list that might provide you with a new appreciation for your own humble abode, and be sure to upvote the houses that you can’t believe someone paid for!This post may includeaffiliate links.

We took a trip to theMcMansion Hellsubreddit and gathered some of their most atrocious photos below. These houses might be spacious and four times as expensive as your currenthome, but that doesn’t mean that they’re stylish or cozy. Enjoy scrolling through this list that might provide you with a new appreciation for your own humble abode, and be sure to upvote the houses that you can’t believe someone paid for!

This post may includeaffiliate links.

Unique modern house with geometric design and large windows, challenging conventional taste in architecture.

TheMcMansion Hellsubreddit was created on July 15, 2017, and it has become a sensation since then. The group has amassed an impressive 254K members, and there are photos pouring in every day shaming the worst houses that people come across in their travels.

Suburban houses with similar designs, illustrating that money can’t buy taste.

Luxury kitchen with wooden cabinets and marble floor, proving money can’t buy taste.

We also asked Logan if he’s partial to any photos that he’s seen shared in the subreddit. “There’s so many horrific monstrosities that it’s impossible to pick a favorite for me,” he says. “There’s definitely favorites of mine from ourThursday design appreciationdays, like The Stahl House, and any Eichlers posted.“And thankfully, the moderator shared that the group has some lovely members. “It’s a nice sub with a chillcommunity, moderation duties are low-key.“But it hasn’t changed Logan’s opinion on these massive homes. “I have not become a McMansion fan, and would not choose to live in one, but you never know where life will take you.”

And thankfully, the moderator shared that the group has some lovely members. “It’s a nice sub with a chillcommunity, moderation duties are low-key.”

But it hasn’t changed Logan’s opinion on these massive homes. “I have not become a McMansion fan, and would not choose to live in one, but you never know where life will take you.”

Luxurious mansion with grand staircase and stone facade under a cloudy sky, exemplifying how money can’t buy taste.

Modern house design with white and black facade, showcasing that money can’t buy taste.

Unusual house with sharp, peaked roofs, showcasing that money can’t buy taste in architecture design.

We were also lucky enough to get in touch with the McMansion expert herself, Kate Wagner, who created theMcMansion Hellblog in 2016.“McMansion Hell started in 2016 as a side project for me while I was in graduate school studying architectural acoustics,” Kate shared. “The idea came to me because I wanted to not only createsocial commentaryaround wealth and material culture in America but also find a way to merge humor with educational intent and architectural criticism.”

We were also lucky enough to get in touch with the McMansion expert herself, Kate Wagner, who created theMcMansion Hellblog in 2016.

“McMansion Hell started in 2016 as a side project for me while I was in graduate school studying architectural acoustics,” Kate shared. “The idea came to me because I wanted to not only createsocial commentaryaround wealth and material culture in America but also find a way to merge humor with educational intent and architectural criticism.”

Modern white house on a corner lot with a unique facade, surrounded by fall foliage.

Modern house with mixed materials and asymmetrical design on a large green lawn, showcasing money can’t buy taste.

Large brick house with a backyard pool, showcasing that money can’t buy taste.

Large, lavish house with unusual architecture set against a rural landscape, illustrating that money can’t buy taste.

Large, ornate house with mismatched architectural styles, proving money can’t buy taste.

Luxurious house with pillars and circular driveway, showcasing that money can’t buy taste, featuring lion statues and a fountain.

So how does Kate feel about these monstrous homes? “I personally feel that the McMansion is an architectural artifact of rising wealth inequality in theUnited Statesacross the last five or so decades,” she shared. “The architecture of these houses and the choices made within represent not only questionable aesthetic taste but are testaments to a society in which a great many people suffer in order for very few of them to possess the wealth necessary to build such houses.”

Large white mansion with black roof, showcasing that money can’t buy taste, surrounded by a gravel driveway and trees.

Unusual house design with mismatched elements, showcasing that money can’t buy taste.

Luxury house with elaborate design, showcasing that money can’t buy taste, surrounded by greenery and trees.

But that doesn’t mean that these homes have no value. “As architecture, [these homes] are filled with fascinating statements of worth - architectural languages and ideas of wealth borrowed fromotherstyles, other times, and other places with varying degrees of success in terms of execution - and projections of that worth onto the builtenvironment,” Kate noted. “As objects, they have always fascinated me, and I have a soft spot for the elements of creativity and the ad hoc execution that goes into many of them. There is a certain whimsy to the McMansion, especially those from before the great recession.”

Two contrasting houses showcasing that money can’t buy taste, with lush landscapes and unique architecture.

Luxurious house with large columns and intricate landscaping, illustrating that money can’t buy you taste.

Luxury house with grand entrance and opulent design, showcasing how money can’t buy taste.

But Kate says she rarely sees any McMansions that she would be willing to live in. “I really enjoy urban life and cannot drive, so the McMansion lifestyle has very little appeal to me personally. It would be nice to have a walk-in closet, however.”

Unusual house design with mismatched architectural elements by a lake, reflecting that money can’t buy taste.

Large, unfinished mansion in a rural setting, showcasing poor architectural taste despite evident wealth.

Mansion with grand arches and overgrown garden, illustrating that money can’t buy taste.

Unusual house design with mismatched columns and dark siding, illustrating that money can’t buy taste.

Luxury house with irregular design showing that money can’t buy taste, featuring mismatched architecture and barren landscaping.

Extravagant mansion with turrets at sunset, illustrating that money can’t buy taste.

Huge homes can also create problems when they block neighbors' views, cast huge shadows, require an excessive amount of water and energy to run and have staff coming in and out at all hours. There might be gardeners in the yard every morning, cleaners coming through the home everyotherday and guests parking up and down the street while the homeowners are entertaining. These factors can all be significant nuisances for neighbors and even impact the resell value of all of the houses in acommunity.

House with mismatched architecture featuring a modern brick facade and an attached medieval-style stone tower.

A grand house with a mismatch of architectural styles, highlighting that money can’t buy taste.

Unusual house design with steep gabled roof and tall chimneys, illustrating that money can’t buy taste.

We hope you’re enjoying scrolling through these photos of terrible homes, pandas. These pics just go to show that a bigger or fancier house will not necessarily make you happier! Keep upvoting the ones that you think should be demolished, and then, if you’d like to check out another Bored Panda article featuring horrific homes, we’ve got you coveredright here!

Modern house with large glass windows, surrounded by trees, demonstrating that money can’t buy taste.