jmacmillan
Active Member
It's easier to clean the outside windows than a French balcony's.
Balconies are a selling feature. Most buyers want a balcony therefore it's easier to sell units with them. Plus, balconies are considered an amenity area and counted towards the total amount that must be provided.
I wonder why... it's only brick and concrete. Why do we suck so much now?
Balconies do not count towards municipality mandated outdoor amenity space.
Right. The point of amenity space is to have space that everyone in the building can use, outside the apartments. Balconies don't qualify.
I'd say there's more to it than that. There are a lot of fine details that would take money to create...money developers don't want to spend. Materials of that quality would cost more too.
Well, what allowed the developers of that time to spend money on such fine details and material in abundance that prevents their modern counterparts from doing so today?