i'll admit that i'm particular about the way things look. maybe that's why i'm surprised by the ridiculous condo developer decisions i've seen during our housing search ... but i kind of don't think so ...

some of my favorites so far:

• chopping up modern-looking loft-style condos into a rat warren of tiny rooms ... and then adding colonial finishings

• believing that you're going to get $1.2M for a third-floor walkup with mediocre appliances, a bunch of itsy-bitsy rooms, and no view

• building the unit such that there's a giant streetlight right outside the floor-to-ceiling living room window ... and bizarrely featuring a closeup of a small, unremarkable microwave in the listing photos

• designing a living room that it would be impossible to situate regular-sized furniture in ... and then putting the kitchen under the stairs

• doing a poor job of covering for recent water damage in several units

• see above on the water damage ... and also creating a "private" roof terrace surrounded on three sides by a wooden fence, with the open side directly facing - and right next to - the public roof deck - i know i love spending $900k to feel like a zoo animal!

• claiming that a platform raised up three feet from the floor of the main condo is a "loft"

• advertising "soaring 9-foot ceilings" (this one's so common, I can't really call any specific location out for it)