They often say "Bigger is always better" and while having a bigger home may be great for you, your neighbors may not share the same sentiments as you do. Reports claim that mansions being built right next to smaller homes pose bigger problems for the neighborhood.
According to Realtor.com, "mansionization" is slowly causing problems for neighborhoods across the U.S. This means that bigger houses are being built on areas that were originally meant for smaller homes, which poses problems for their next-door neighbors.
Such is the case with Janet Per Lee who owned a 1,000-square-foot home in Mountain View, CA since the 1950s. Per Lee recounted that her house used to sit on an area with fruit-bearing trees for the whole community to share.
Unfortunately, things changed when her location turned out to be a good one later on after the Google headquarters, which was a 10-minute drive away from her home, was established and grew ever since. Per Lee said that a mansion was being built right next to her, which will affect her house's view and its value as well.
Aside from mansions causing problems with the neighbors' homes, the publication reports that this also affects a community's interaction.
"People in big houses tend to lead non-communitarian, non-civic lives. These homes are the embodiment of their desire to turn their backs on the shared experience and common spaces of real city life. They are anti-city," said Greg Goldin, a curator at the A+D Architecture and Design Museum.
As previously reported on Realty Today, winning the lottery often increases the chances that your next-door neighbors will end up filing bankruptcy. This is because the next-door neighbors are trying to keep pace with the sudden increase in lifestyle following a win in the lottery. This shows that the entire community is affected once a new house builds something that isn't necessarily in tune with the other houses in the neighborhood.
