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| QUOTE (NurseRatchet @ 6/27/2020, 03:23 PM) I guess I don’t get the whole “living on a golf course” thing. The last thing I would want if I was in my backyard with my dog is a bunch of old farts with martinis swinging their stick at a small ball on a Saturday morning.
Prestige. Somewhere along the way, golf became synonymous with upper crust. Surrounding homes are priced higher. So if you live on a golf course it means you must be somebody who can afford things. Same way disgusting fish eggs became caviar. Price it higher. Rich people think its decadent and covet it.
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| QUOTE (KittyOfLeisure @ 6/26/2020, 07:32 PM) QUOTE (Whackadoodle @ 6/26/2020, 05:38 PM) Stately home. For me, that house would require a ton of updating. Would make for a great project for some rich person who has money to spend on remodeling because it needs work though to bring it into the 21st century. From the look of that decor, most of that house hasn't been touched since ever. The kitchen probably had a bit of an update a few decades ago. The wallpaper and paint choices are hideous. The bathrooms need severe work. I don't like the pool area- looks old, dark and uninviting. I've never been a fan of black/white checkered flooring. Some rooms look a tad cramped. I like traditional layouts but that home takes it seriously. I see a lot of walls just to put up another room or separate space. It could stand with having a wall or two knocked down to open it up a bit (never thought I would say that).
Me personally, I'd spend my $1.6 on something more modern. Actually it was owned by a fairly prominent interior designer who remodeled everything when he acquired it in the 2000s. IMHO updating the decor to modern styles would make it clash with the exterior. The only reason it was on the market in 2016 is that he was murdered. This isn't the type of home where they redo it every few years to match current trends. It's decorated to reflect a certain period. I must be an anachronism but even when I was in my 20s I liked style like this. Not every choice the designer made is 100% in alignment with mine but it's close and I can admire it nonetheless.
No one says redo it every couple of years but that house is in need of some spiffing up. It's dated now. Looks like the designer was trying too hard in some of those rooms to make it reek of a Federalist style.
I would be extremely surprised if whoever bought that house didn't making some changes. Not everyone wants to step back in time. But that is why I said, I wouldn't buy the house had I the money. I would need something more modern.
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| QUOTE (LateKate @ 6/26/2020, 06:48 PM) I hope we get to see pictures on Compass once it is renovated and on the market. I wonder how many moving vlogs we will get before we get a tour of the new house. Why does everything have to be a damn journey  I’m sure Don lived in the basement, but that mattress looked like it was thrown in there after he moved out of the office. She said it is a holding room. They are using that mattress in the master bedroom for staging. Which means she got new bedroom furniture. We caught a glimpse of the new headboard in one of her IG stories. Gosh, its like putting a jigsaw puzzle together.
If I had a YT channel following like hers, I would be filming every aspect of my move and providing daily updates. I would love to have people along for the ride giving me moral support and encouragement. I'd take everyone shopping with me picking out things for my new home. Live IG's showing various items while asking the crowd, "So what do you think about this to go in the living room". Another IG Live with people helping me arrange furniture. People would be tuning in for the fun of helping her decorate. She would feel less alone, since we know she has no friends to go shopping with.
But Hag is so morose she doesn't know how to have do anything with spontaneity and whimsy. She sucks all the joy out it, instead opting for a more staged, sterile performance so she can stick to script. She is dull. |
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| QUOTE (TWO!!! @ 6/26/2020, 06:31 PM) The garage was filled to the brim with more storage tubs n misc items.
Maybe they are renovating the basement utility area and the claundary. I doubt anyone wants a claundary other than Jen. Maybe a Jenion. Imagine touring a $1.6 mil home , you come upstairs to check out the master suite, n bam in the closet there is a washer n dryer in a closet with Vinyl flooring in a mismatched color. I don't think any millionaire will opt for a cheap Vinyl flooring.
I don't know if I am on board with the w/d being in the closet; it is odd, isn't it? But I certainly would rather have a w/d upstairs where the bedrooms are rather than all the way down in the basement. Flooring can easily be replaced.
There are many other things about that house I don't like, the w/d in the closet is my least concern. |
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| QUOTE (ElfaGoddess @ 6/26/2020, 05:48 PM) Her vibe in this makes me want to sob, and it has nothing to do with feeling any pity for her. 😆 Maybe I’m an EmpathLikeJen.
She makes it sound like a memorial video of someone who lived and died in the house.
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| QUOTE (KittyOfLeisure @ 6/26/2020, 03:06 PM) This is what $1.6 million will buy you in Grosse Pointe Farms, one of the best suburbs in Michigan. Personally, I think furnishings like this are timeless but YMMV. The most striking thing is that this is a true mansion, not a McMansion. All the buildings shown belong to the house, they're not neighbors. Sadly, no claundry :-P www.theglampad.com/2016/10/what-wi...n-michigan.html
Stately home. For me, that house would require a ton of updating. Would make for a great project for some rich person who has money to spend on remodeling because it needs work though to bring it into the 21st century. From the look of that decor, most of that house hasn't been touched since ever. The kitchen probably had a bit of an update a few decades ago. The wallpaper and paint choices are hideous. The bathrooms need severe work. I don't like the pool area- looks old, dark and uninviting. I've never been a fan of black/white checkered flooring. Some rooms look a tad cramped. I like traditional layouts but that home takes it seriously. I see a lot of walls just to put up another room or separate space. It could stand with having a wall or two knocked down to open it up a bit (never thought I would say that).
Me personally, I'd spend my $1.6 on something more modern.
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| QUOTE (ShitQuotePwincess @ 6/26/2020, 01:57 PM) QUOTE (husbandontherun @ 26/6/2020, 18:29) I always start giggling when I hear you Americans talk about how tiny a kitchen of one of those houses is. You should come to Europe one day...  Yup - washers in the kitchen, box rooms the same size as US walk in closets, showers over the toilet 🤭
I have noticed washers in the kitchen is basically a standard thing over there. I could see that in apartments but I am incredulous that homes there have them too. Not a chance that would fly here in the States. Can't say I have ever seen a single-family home for sale here without a full size washer and dryer. Who would buy it? Even condos have the large stacked ones at least.
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| QUOTE (ElfaGoddess @ 6/25/2020, 11:37 PM) I have a ridiculous amount of Zillow and Realtor tabs open on my phone for Illinois, and I’m even getting emails about price drops in the area. 😂
I need this to be resolved soon.
I feel like we all should write HH in our (EC 🤫) planners this week.
LOL! I have to tip my hat to all you house hunters. You guys have done a fantastic job searching. Kept us entertained with postings in a otherwise dull period of inactivity from Hags. |
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| QUOTE (_hela @ 6/25/2020, 10:55 PM) facebook.com/AllisonSilverRealty/videos/258498541934112/
the after pics in the video don't match with her kitchen
Good find!
Looks like they knocked out the family room wall and incorporated it somehow because I don't see that room anymore. |
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| QUOTE (ShiseidoCottonPad @ 6/25/2020, 10:42 PM) QUOTE (Whackadoodle @ 6/26/2020, 04:40 AM) Why in the world would they show the before pictures then? That's weird. I would love to see what the remodeled house looks like. It must be one heck of transformation. I think those pictures are from when it sold a few years ago. I thought it sounded up Jen's alley to buy before listed and then there would be no pictures for us to analyze. 
I love house transformations. I am dying to see what they did with that one because it needed so much work. That house puts my love of walls in question. Because damn, every room seems a tad claustrophobic.
I have come to somewhat appreciate open kitchens with adjoining family room as long as I also have a walled rec room of sorts to retire to in the evenings. Evenings I like to get cozy with no kitchen in sight. |
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| QUOTE (ShiseidoCottonPad @ 6/25/2020, 10:40 PM)
Thanks for that. Now I understand the layout.
I don't like the option with the owner's suite on the first floor at all. Right next to the kitchen and garage and laundry room. Yuck.. And having to walk through the kitchen to get to my bedroom. No way. |
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| QUOTE (ShiseidoCottonPad @ 6/25/2020, 10:29 PM) QUOTE (Whackadoodle @ 6/26/2020, 04:20 AM) Holy Smokes, and some of you thought Hag's interior was dated. Hers was like space age compared to that house. Not a chance would she move in to something that out-of-date. But, if you read the description, it has been totally updated. I think the prior owner flipped it. Property Overview - SOLD BEFORE PROCESSING. This stunning remodeled home has everything today's buyer is looking for. Gorgeous updated kitchen and baths, open modern floor plan, full finished basement and so much more. Set on a quiet cul-de-sac with an oversized private yard perfect for entertaining and play time. Nothing to do but unpack your bags and move right in.
Why in the world would they show the before pictures then? That's weird. I would love to see what the remodeled house looks like. It must be one heck of transformation. |
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| QUOTE (Gossipy @ 6/25/2020, 10:16 PM)
Cute house. I wish all listings would include floor plans. Sometimes it is difficult to get a sense of the layout without one.
I don't see her downsizing to three bedrooms unless it has a study. She will definitely have a craftice again. |
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| QUOTE (BackupBathBomb @ 6/25/2020, 10:06 PM)
Holy Smokes, and some of you thought Hag's interior was dated. Hers was like space age compared to that house. Not a chance would she move in to something that out-of-date. |
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| QUOTE (lena3 @ 6/23/2020, 11:12 PM) I’m behind and just caught up.
I don’t see the big deal behind Mother’s or Father’s Day. I usually cook my own dinner. One year, my husband wanted to take me somewhere nice to eat. Well, so did every other husband. Nope. We ended up at McDonald's because 1) I didn’t feel like cooking and 2) the kids could play and be out of my hair, and I could talk to Mr. lena3 without interruption. This year, my kids cooked for me. For Father’s Day, I cooked homemade Ramen. My husband lives Asian cuisine.
Now, back to Jen.
Ugh. The first thing I would do is get rid of those floors. UGLY is not a strong enough word to describe the. I think that if someone with style and good taste buys this place that it will look a lot better.
The dark floors make her dark house even gloomier. Without many windows to let in light, I would have never gone with such dark flooring. |
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