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Re: why we can't build houses like we used to. Even if we employ skilled artisans, we usually do so on 3000+ sq.ft monsters that are totally out of scale with the lots they sit on. There are decent new McMansions but they typically hit the property line on multiple sides and have awful landscaping. Throw in a double car garage and a double height entryway/spiral staircase and no amount of carvings will recapture the atmosphere of the older homes.
Bingo. It's the scale of new homes and the prominence of garages that's the problem. I've seen many Kingsway homes and have always been surprised at how small they seem in compared to newer homes, even the centre hall homes. The other thing you'll notice about the original Kingsway homes is that the single car garage will be tucked in at the back, requiring a long driveway. Newer homes would never waste all that land for a driveway. They would place the garage at the front.