I won't list any names as I don't care to embarrass companies, but man some of OKC's home builders look like their designers must be 70 year old women. The color choices, the types of materials used... I can't believe so many new houses are being built that look like they are stuck in the 1990s. I don't understand why it is the way it is here... just turn on HGTV on practically any night and you can see what new homes look like elsewhere around the country, and so much of what is going on here is not that. Even in the really expensive neighborhoods in parts of Edmond they are sort of locked into a very stereotypical design... it's almost like you graduate into a certain price class and you move from 'ranch' to 'French cottage style with a faux Tuscan kitchen' and that's the height of society here. I just don't get it. OKC home builders need to step up their game.

There is one company here that makes really cool homes that look like they were actually built in the 21st Century, for people who are not octogenarians, and we'll probably end up getting one of his next go around. It's just surprising to me that a city of this size and there is really only about one guy who seems to be keeping up with the times. I hate to be 'that guy' that comes on a board and rants, but I honestly just hope that our home builders start seeing more comments like this one and as a result give us more of what the rest of the country already has. Please OKC home builders, challenge yourselves.