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Originally Posted by whitev70r
^ what my biggest 'complaint' about him is this. Those people who review the product or gadgets actually open it and use it. People who review cars drive them as part of the review. This guy just sits at his computer and goes through real estate videos and critiques it. If a guy put up a series of car reviews based on manufacturer promotional videos, how much weight would you give it? Or, if someone gives one of those reviews on the latest iphone or Pixel without ever touching the phone and only by video of the product only? Everyone knows that when checking out a house, a walk through, taking the time to see it live makes a world of difference. You see the flow, the 'oh' moments, the feel .. more spacious/less spacious, etc. Pictures or videos of a place just doesn't do it justice.
Everyone knows that architects choose beauty over functionality and want to leave their stamp on a >$30M mansion. Of course it's going to be quirky in one way or another.
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The thing I like about this guy is that he gives you his opinion on a design element and then explains why he has that opinion, so it's up to you if you feel like his criticism is valid or not. A lot of the things he points out is just his design theory, he's not reviewing an abstract painting.
It's like the whole thing about having warm tones in a whistler house like that, I feel like that's a pretty valid point. Or his comment on the yard and if it's worth it to do it that way, or even that sauna steam room that is just there and doesn't tie into anything. I feel like a lot of what he's critiquing seems like it's rooted in some sort of design theory, making it more of an objective criticism versus a subjective thing.