You could do a 4-wide parking area instead though. Instead of having to have people move their cars just for someone to leave. That wouldn’t help with RVs though.
I can only speak for the Southern US but, developers want to build front-loaded units in subdivisions because they are more profitable. A rear-loaded garage costs a shit ton more in materials and labor, not to mention getting into impervious surface maximums vs lot size etc. I work in permitting/zoning, it’s always money, always. Heads up, y’all, don’t buy a D.R. Horton house if you can possibly avoid it, the more you know✨️
It’s weird how the setback is so large that the houses are further away from the ones across the street than the ones on their back
Yes, the tiny backyard compared to the big front yard doesn’t make sense to me
Curb appeal. ?
Need space to park all those ridiculous cars
You could do a 4-wide parking area instead though. Instead of having to have people move their cars just for someone to leave. That wouldn’t help with RVs though.
But where would you put all that grass that needs mowing in the front yard?
In the backyard.
I can only speak for the Southern US but, developers want to build front-loaded units in subdivisions because they are more profitable. A rear-loaded garage costs a shit ton more in materials and labor, not to mention getting into impervious surface maximums vs lot size etc. I work in permitting/zoning, it’s always money, always. Heads up, y’all, don’t buy a D.R. Horton house if you can possibly avoid it, the more you know✨️
I don’t get what you mean by front-loaded. Wouldn’t there be less impervious surface if the house was closer to the street/ driveway shorter?
If you play/hang out in the front area as a sort of almost communal space, it could make sense.
Except you’ll get shot if you step on someone else’s property.
Makes sense, since anything else would be communism