45 Baffling Designs Of Faux-Luxury Homes From “McMansion Hell”

Got a thing for big, confusing houses with a sprinkle of “what were they thinking?” Then “McMansion Hell” is your jam.

If you’re unfamiliar with what a McMansion is, picture those huge houses in American suburbs that look like they borrowed bits and pieces from every architectural style in the book. Instead of looking swanky, they end up looking… well, kinda weird. It’s like they’re trying to be fancy but miss the mark, resulting in some of humankind’s most shocking home design fails.

And, get this – there’s an entire group where folks snap and share pics of the wildest McMansion-y McMansions they’ve spotted. So, if you want a good laugh or to marvel at the wild world of suburban design, dive into “McMansion Hell” and see for yourself.

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1. “This May Be The Worst I’ve Ever Seen”

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2. “‘Slightly’ Over Designed House, Wildwood, Nj, Can This Be Mcmansion?”

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3. “Is This House Pregnant?”

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4. “My First Attempt At This”

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5. “The Air Control Tower Is A Major Selling Point”

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6. “Has 10 Bedrooms And Costs $1 Mil, Somehow Still Manages To Look Like A Mobile Home”

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7. “Garage Mahal”

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8. “Houses Like This Always Bugged Me And I Never Could Figure Out Why Until I Saw This”

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9. “Went Mcmansion Hunting On Zillow Because I Couldn’t Fall Asleep And Found This In Texas”

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10. “The Most Literal Example Of A Mcmansion I’ve Ever Seen – 1,122 Sq Ft”

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11. “Mansion Needs A Chiropractor”

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12. “Check Out This Monstrosity”

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13. “I Shake My Head Every Single Time I Pass This Bad Boy”

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14. “You Ever See One Of Those Ramada Inns? Yeah, Make It Look Like That”

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15. “I Pass By This House Daily. It’s So Gaudy It Makes Me Gag”

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16. “Meanwhile In Germany”

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17. “Love How They Put Windows On Everything But The Bump Out”

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18. “I Think This Qualifies!”

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19. “Someone Is Building This. On Purpose”

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20. “Indian Ridge Failed Mcmansion Development Near Branson Missouri. Always Drove By This Pitiful Sight During Summers”

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21. “10/10 Attempt To Make The Ugliest House Imaginable”

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22. “I Told The Developers To Go F**k Themselves”

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23. “Texas Never Disappoints”

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24. “Loganville Georgia. Spec Built, 19,000 Sf. Initially Listed By Builder For $2.6m, Foreclosed & Sold For $374,900”

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25. “When You Defeat All The Other Mcmansions, Then You Have To Fight The End Boss”

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26. “Does Anyone Else Absolutely Loathe The Duggar Estate?”

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27. “What Possible Reason? I Just Don’t Understand And I Have So Many Questions…”

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28. “To Me, My X-Men”

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29. “Spotted On My Instagram Page By A Roofing Company Showing Off Their Work”

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30. “Abandoned $200 Million Mcmansion Hellscape In Turkey”

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31. “Russian Mafia ‘Palaces’ In Rublyovka, Outside Moscow”

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32. “The Absolute Atrocity I Pass On The Bus On My Way To Work Every Day”

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33. “When You Forget To Include The Fridge In The New Floorplan”

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34. “The Saddest Castle In Florida”

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35. “Dormers? Yeah I Have Those”

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36. “Ohio McMansion With Replica Oval Office”

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37. “When Pizza Hut Is Life”

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38. “Finally Found One ! 5.7 Million In Nj. It’s So Bad”

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39. “Why”

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40. “Lovely Backside Of A House, Found In A Nearby Suburb… Could It Be Any Less Inspiring?”

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41. “Found While Aimlessly Browsing Home Listings In Kansas City. 19000 sq ft!”

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42. “This”

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43. “Lovely Sprawling Hellscape Being Built By A Couple Of Kardashians”

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44. “I’d Like A Garage With A Side Of House Please”

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45. “This House Upsets Me Deeply”

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Stefanie

Stefanie Mustian

Stefanie is an architect with 15+ years of working both independently as well as on teams of some of the top Architectural Firms in the country located in Atlanta, Washington D.C. and New York. She currently runs BoardBatten.com a coastal architecture and design service in Port Aransas, Texas. She is also the wife of the dude who runs Pleated-Jeans.