Historical caricature or integrating better into existing streetscape?

I’ve certainly been attempting to revert into more historic pre ww1 type housing style recently. Is this partly just self serving to appeal to on trend house shoppers, to make it easier to permit and raise less objections, or to integrate better into the existing character of the area? Or is it all of the above? Regardless of the process or decisions or motivations, what we get is outcomes. And we should all focus more on outcomes and less on the politics and negativity surrounding infill development. We can’t be getting into regulation of personal taste and we don’t need layers of design review red tape. Just more red brick.