If you're building a 6,000 sq. ft. house I don't think you're too concerned about cost.

^^^^

Au contraire!

Jigs and jogs of no particular interest in the foundation and footing costs. But we did eliminate

the reverse veneer speced by the architect as doing so gave us another foot of basement height.

BTW, agonized just this morning whether or not to include a $75 lint trap in the basement laundry. Said "yes," but may still change my mind

Yikes! I just counted our inside/outside foundation corners and we have 51 of them! It is a large one story house and our hoa/arb rules said we shouldn't have large spans of flat facade/walls, so our architect followed the rules. Turns out that other new houses built at the same time barely followed the rules with minimal facade/wall changes and still got approved! But the house does look prettier from all sides! And yes, our roof is complex, but not that obvious since it is a hip roof ... unless you see an aerial view!

Thanks for sharing. Res2's article and chispa's HOA guidelines helped me recognize that with larger homes, a flat facade can look too plain to people based on today's preferred aesthetic. I started looking at various pictures of newer homes and realized that I prefer something in between. Not too plain, but also not too much in terms of the number of bump outs and jigs/jogs. As worthy shared, just because someone is building a larger house doesn't mean that cost doesn't matter. It all adds up.

Chispa, as I've looked at more houses, I've realized larger houses do need more exterior corners for aesthetics. Part of my wonder about the cost is whether it would be a wash in total cost to make an entire room 2-3 ft wider versus having a bump out just in the middle of the room.

Jogs are good if they help form identifiable, logical house massing elements. Since this is rarely the case in today's house fads, jogs have gotten a well deserved bad reputation.

I've realized larger houses do need more exterior corners for aesthetics.

Depends on style. Bauhaus style is dominating much of Toronto infill now.

worthy build (And my architect is upset that I opted for limestone sills, spoiling the simplicity....I think he's right, but I prefer to keep water outside.)

And within a one minute drive

@worthy, why do you think this style is popular in your area? Maximizing sq.ft of the house? People moving to the area who grew up with more modern designs? One person did it and everyone copied them ... latest trend?

I really dislike jig and jogs on home exteriors and interiors I have a 1957 MCM ranch I love the simplicity of both inside and out no jigs and jogs . BTW they really do increase construction costs and IMO for no reason in fact often they look silly and make furniture placement a real PITA

Huh? The jig and jogs on my house have nothing to do with furniture placement! It is mostly the massing of different rooms/spaces, so you wouldn't even know there was a jig or jog when inside the room!

Sometimes jigs and jogs are necessary. One side of my one-story house is 125 ft long. That would look awful as one continuous wall, so the architect brought certain rooms/spaces forward or backward to make it less monolithic. As with most things in life ... one size does not fit all!

@worthy, why do you think this style is popular in your area?

No one wants to be mistaken for owning a multi-million dollar McMansion, as that term is now applied willy nilly to any traditional design??