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TiltonBB 01-30-2022 11:33 AM
Condo Appearance
 
I looked again at the website and the pictures of the construction. The more I look the less I like the appearance. I filled out their inquiry form just to email them an opinion about the modern look. I don't think it will help them from a sales perspective.

Given the city's objection to the original canopy design and installation at Cumberland Farms I am surprised they will accept the current design for the condos.

Here is the website:

https://www.lookoutnh.com/

John Mercier 01-30-2022 01:43 PM
Modern design for the lake is currently in.
Large black/black windows with no grilles.

WinnisquamZ 01-30-2022 03:23 PM
The Lincoln Log generation is moving on. Next up, the Lego generation


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tis 01-30-2022 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by John Mercier (Post 366737)
Modern design for the lake is currently in.
Large black/black windows with no grilles.
It is and I don't like it. It's so plain. Black, no grills and no roundups. NO STYLE.

Obviously my opinion.

John Mercier 01-30-2022 08:08 PM
Round top and eyebrow are impossible to do in fiberglass.
So windows with that configuration that are not vinyl (the only round top that can actually be flashed well) are out about 140 manufacturing days plus delivery time.
There are five manufacturing days to a week, and those do not include holidays.

Descant 01-30-2022 09:05 PM
Manufacturing time has nothing to do with fugly. Can't imagine, no balconies.

John Mercier 01-30-2022 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Descant (Post 366753)
Manufacturing time has nothing to do with fugly. Can't imagine, no balconies.
If you want to get them before next year it does. Construction loans cost a fortune in interest.

BroadHopper 01-31-2022 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by John Mercier (Post 366757)
If you want to get them before next year it does. Construction loans cost a fortune in interest.
A big reason why manufactured homes are attractive. Many manufacturers are experiencing big demands right now. Yet there are misconceptions that manufactured homes cannot come with styles and features only stick-built can offer. Also misconception that stick-builts offer better quality. It's the opposite, unfortunately.

John Mercier 01-31-2022 07:30 PM
Not the whole building... my comment was on windows only.
Other than vinyl, arched windows have aluminum cladding... between the shortage of that and of pigments for colorants, window manufacturing lead times are bordering on the seven to eight months timeline.

Developments being built for immediate sale do not have time on their side.

sky's 02-01-2022 09:21 AM
omg those are ugly. contemporary crap that will have many leaks and keep there local carpenters busy in a few years

joey2665 02-01-2022 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by sky's (Post 366805)
omg those are ugly. contemporary crap that will have many leaks and keep there local carpenters busy in a few years
What does style have to do with quality of construction…… nothing. Don’t like the style is an opinion which we are all entitled to but how can you criticize quality when you do not even know the builder or their reputation.


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Descant 02-01-2022 01:00 PM
Flat roofs
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by joey2665 (Post 366811)
What does style have to do with quality of construction…… nothing. Don’t like the style is an opinion which we are all entitled to but how can you criticize quality when you do not even know the builder or their reputation.
I think Sky's right. Many small flat roof sections is not a good plan regardless of who the builder is. This isn't like a school or a factory flat roof, all in one plane that can be drained and maintained.

LongBay 02-01-2022 08:24 PM
Take your flatlander architecture elsewhere
 
I agree with Sky. They are ugly. If you were to take a survey I bet most would agree who live in this area. These developers should go and take a look at the recent developments built up the hill or over in Jackson NH rather than Miami Beach for design inspiration.

joey2665 02-01-2022 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by LongBay (Post 366831)
I agree with Sky. They are ugly. If you were to take a survey I bet most would agree who live in this area. These developers should go and take a look at the recent developments built up the hill or over in Jackson NH rather than Miami Beach for design inspiration.
I do not like the style either. However, this is just a rendering not necessarily the final design. Design still needs to be submitted and approved by the city of Laconia.


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TheTimeTraveler 02-01-2022 09:04 PM
Flat roofs in New England make no sense at all. Not from a design standpoint or functionality.

garysanfran 02-01-2022 09:06 PM
Garage doors...
 
I only see three partial garage doors on the right. No others?

John Mercier 02-01-2022 10:01 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by LongBay (Post 366831)
I agree with Sky. They are ugly. If you were to take a survey I bet most would agree who live in this area. These developers should go and take a look at the recent developments built up the hill or over in Jackson NH rather than Miami Beach for design inspiration.
I think they want to be different.

Being just another municipality on the lake... and the one that many consider the underdog, has Laconia looking for new inspiration - and Miami Beach may be it.

Loub52 02-01-2022 10:05 PM
I’m trying to envision what that development might look like running down Meredith Bay or from Spindle Point toward the Weirs Channel. It doesn’t make me smile. Thought something in the same vein as the Mount Washington resort on that property would make sense.

Winilyme 02-02-2022 12:03 AM
The entire green (well used to be) hillside bounded by Soleil Mountain and Scenic Roads and now extending SE all the way to this Tower Road/Route 3 parcel is being overrun by development.

In three years I predict this whole area will be blanketed by homes and Meredith Bay (all two or three miles of it) will, for all appearances, look nothing like the nature-infused websites that tout these new developments. If anything, maybe the flat roofs of the 'Lookout Town Homes' will be less noticeable from the water than the towering rooflines of the mini-mansions on 1/2 acre lots that increasingly line the western side of Meredith Bay.

Once all this land is consumed, developers will move on to fill whatever other green gaps remain around the lake.

John Mercier 02-02-2022 07:51 PM
Already being filled.
Even the lesser known lakes and ponds are seeing accelerated development.

WinnisquamZ 02-02-2022 08:04 PM
As many have said before me “they are not making any more land”. Get it when you can


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map 02-07-2022 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by fatlazyless (Post 366157)
It looks that the Laconia-DPW was been removing the snow from the lengthy, long, sidewalks that surround this hilltop location. Endicott St which is the Daniel Webster Highway or Route 3 and Lakeside Avenue both have wide, new, sidewalks when combined with steep Tower Street, no sidewalk and very little car traffic, make about a 1/2 to 3/4 mile loop walk. Maybe it's one mile length, not too sure? Anyway, it appears the sidewalks are now getting snow removal, there, for maybe the first time?

Is not a bad place to take a long walk on a cold wintry day and soak up that NH-January sunshine plus parking your car in a Lakeside Ave parking space is free in the winter. ..... ...... is time to go visit the Weirs and do a walk or a run around that there Tower St loop, thanks to the Laconia-DPW for doing their no-longer snow covered sidewalks. ..... :banana:
I have an email into the Dept of Public Works asking why the sidewalks on Hilliard and in front of Freedom Mortgage and Weirs Beach Village ( across from Cumbies) are never cleared of snow.

fatlazyless 02-08-2022 09:21 AM
Nault's Power Equipment, Windham NH has a new $9500 Honda tracked snowblower, 36" wide, 540-lbs, capable to throw the snow 62' is what it says. This is the largest Honda snowblower and the operator walks along behind it just like most all snowblowers. At the price of $9500 and 540-lb weight it is probably intended for a town dpw.

A new Troy-Bilt 24" snowblower cost $850 and weighs 185-lbs.

Once all these new condos, www.lookoutnh.com, at the Weirs overlooking the lake start paying property taxes maybe Laconia will consider to purchase the $849 Troy-Bilt and find a retired volunteer to keep their Weirs' sidewalks good for winter walking?

Hey ...... at some price like $20,000 or something, here's a Ventrac ..... www.ventrac.com/products/tractors/ssv ..... that is more to their liking .... Ventrac dealer in Center Conway, NH


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