Hello everyone, sorry to go so long without posting something. I caught covid in August and it's taken me months to start feeling relatively back to normal. I am still struggling with fatigue and some neurological problems, so thank you for your patience!
It is rare that the McMans...
2025-11-14 19:01:53 +0000 UTC View Posthi all — I’m still recovering from my post-Covid symptoms and aim to have a post up in the next week or so as I gradually return to work. (I will have more to say about this experience at another time.) meanwhile please enjoy this article I wrote a while back for Untapped Journal about McMans...
2025-11-03 19:17:47 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone. I came down with Covid a week and an half ago and am still pretty sick. Hopefully I will be well soon, but I’m sorry for being so late on things! Thank you for your patience (and if you have any Covid tips, let me know!)
See you soon
Kate
2025-09-06 00:09:45 +0000 UTC View PostHi folks, after some finagling, I seem to have gotten Crowdcast to work again. Hence we will return to our normal livestream format.
The livestreams this month will be:
$5 livestream Wednesday July 23rd at 7pm-8:30 pm Chicago time;
$10 livestream Monday July 28th from 7pm-8:30...
2025-07-18 15:52:39 +0000 UTC View PostThis article has been updated to replace 'PVC' with the building trade term LVT -- luxury vinyl tile.
Make no mistake: the gray fake-wood floor is an architectural illness of epidemic pro...
2025-07-02 21:58:46 +0000 UTC View PostSometimes a house is so ugly, disgust boomerangs back into a form of respect.
This is a rare phenomenon, one which should be treated seriously. I’ve been looking at ugly houses professionally for almost a decade now and I can say with confidence that there are only a handful of true goose...
2025-06-20 02:32:37 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
Here are the days and times for the McMansion Hell Livestreams.
The $5/mo livestream will take place April 27th from 9am-10am Central/10am to 11am Eastern. This is for our European friends who never get to make it to the streams!
The $10/mo livestream will take p...
2025-04-18 17:00:29 +0000 UTC View Post
If you, like me, were putzing around on social media last night, you perhaps saw this post in which data...
2025-04-17 17:05:40 +0000 UTC View Post
new (and extremely mean) mcmansion hell is up for your perusal in this trying time.
2025-04-07 18:21:00 +0000 UTC View Post
in case you're wondering what happened to me and where I've been. (The good news is that this is my comeback essay.)
2025-03-06 20:58:27 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy folks,
I'm still recovering from my head injury (I will know more when I see a doctor tomorrow) but I still wanted to spend a little bit of time with everyone considering how insane shit has gotten these days. I'll be around for an hour tonight to ask questions and look at houses and...
2025-02-05 19:39:14 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
As many of you already know from social media, I sustained a head injury last Monday and have been nursing a mild concussion since then. I thought I would be better by today, however I'm still unable to sustain even minor screen time without getting gigafried by the headache d...
2025-01-29 21:08:06 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy folks! The way of the world is really chaotic right now (and grim) and I wanted to show my appreciation for all of you and create a space where we can all do something fun and be together.
There will be an all-Patron stream on DISCORD 7pm CDT (8pm EST) - 9pm CDT where we will be roas...
2025-01-24 15:35:26 +0000 UTC View Post
an essay in two parts
2024-12-28 02:39:08 +0000 UTC View PostHi Everyone,
Just wanted to let you know that the livestream tonight will be hosted on Discord. Time and time again, there have been issues with Patrons logging into Crowdcast for the streams, and this time Crowdcast won't even allow me to log in through Patreon to create the stream to beg...
2024-12-22 18:50:16 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy everyone! To celebrate the end of the year, there will be an all-patron livestream on Sunday, December 22nd at 8pm Central time! There will be bingo and a Q&A, plus updates on my book writing and a sticker raffle!
The link will go up here on Patreon the day of the stream.
Fu...
2024-12-17 17:34:04 +0000 UTC View Post(Note: this post is free for a limited time - usually it would only be available to $3+ Patrons -- Happy Thanksgiving!)
Alas, we return to the long, long, long 19th century. What's strange about this house is that they didn't include any of the other bedrooms in the listing -- there is one ...
2024-11-30 14:32:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy folks, and happy thanksgiving! This house (which originally appeared on the McMansion Hell Livestream) is a doozy -- definitely not a stylistic choice you see often, even in Bergen County.
As for thanksgiving, I'm especially thankful for you, my patrons!!!! Enjoy the rest of your wee...
2024-11-30 02:37:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe link will go up shortly before the stream. There will be bingo!
2024-10-16 15:27:33 +0000 UTC View PostHere's one for the Wilco fans and mid-century modern lovers.
So, I've got condo fever again (with no down payment, of course) and have been checking the listings day and night with envy that would put me very deep in Dante's Inferno. Lo and behold, I discovered an absolutely brilli...
2024-10-09 19:50:04 +0000 UTC View PostHello Everyone,
The McMansion Hell $5/mo October Livestream will take place WEDNESDAY October 16th from 8pm Central to 10pm Central (Two hours this time!)
The $10/mo livestream will take place Thursday October 24 from 8pm-9:30 pm.
MCMANSION HELL BINGO WILL ALSO BE RETURNING!
... 2024-10-09 19:12:40 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy everyone! I wrote this short piece for a magazine in Austria, and since it's not going to be featured anywhere in English, I thought I'd post it here for your enjoyment.
In American...
2024-09-18 22:37:48 +0000 UTC View Post
If you've ever driven through Berwyn, Illinois, you've probably thought something like "damn, this would be the perfect place to shoot some cheesy fifties movie starring John Travolta after he got into Scientology. "
Berwyn is a suburb of Chicago that was on the historical Route 66. Like ma...
2024-09-01 14:41:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Even the photos are from 2007.
2024-09-01 03:12:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is the link to the livestream tonight. See you in a few!
Kate
2024-08-26 00:20:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Bring your houses!
2024-08-15 21:48:34 +0000 UTC View Post
it's literally named after me (ok maybe not literally)
2024-07-31 23:52:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the link to the livestream tonight at 8 Central. See you there!
2024-07-21 21:14:53 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy folks, due to storms that rolled through Chicago last night, our internet has been in and out all morning so I'm going to move this livestream to next Sunday. I wanted to keep it on the weekend to make up for the reschedule. They're sending a truck this afternoon so the problem will hopefu...
2024-07-14 16:39:52 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy folks! The livestream tonight will take place on the McMansion Hell Discord Server. (The other streams will be on Crowdcast as usual.) If you haven't joined yet, you can do so using this link! https://discord.gg/zms4sX5y 2024-07-11 18:27:29 +0000 UTC View Post