Wow! That is horrible! And I guess it proves that money can't buy good taste.
The other picture of that messy room really showed how far the clutter extended.
But other than that awful, awful kitchen, my personal favorite is the tiny, narrow hallway with the mirrored closets on each side... "It'll make the hallway look bigger!"
well....there was the lovely seventies glass entryway followed by antiques and chandaliers then clutter and then...that kitchen. Someone get a paintbrush, cabinet refinish guy or something. That kitchen looked like 1974 petrified right there.
I am also with jaagrrl on the dirt path. Least they could do is walk to each side to make it all dirty! LOL
Just goes to show that money doesn't buy you good taste. Or a vacuum cleaner. Or closet organizers. Or storage containers. Or cleaning products. Or ...
i love sf (i'm with jen, i'd go back in a heartbeat), but i can't imagine any realtor would be insane enough to price THAT at $1M, with all the updating/cleaning/blowing up that would need to happen to get me to move in to that place.
October 28, 2008 at 1:51 PM
Anonymous said...
But look at the ammenities you get for $1,000,000.
That steel handle screwed into the wall to help pull yourself off the toilet is a stroke of genius!
I am so glad I do not live out there. $1M for THAT? It looks like 1982 blew up in the living room. I could buy that place for a cool $32,000 here in Memphis, no question about it. :)
And it's in the Richmond Dist., the foggiest, depressing part of SF. Believe it or not, it's almost a steal, SF is where a 2br condo will cost you 1.3 million. This is why at 39 y.o. I still rent here.
October 28, 2008 at 6:57 PM
Anonymous said...
Seriously, I was looking at that and thinking, $1 million isn't that bad. I mean, you're going to have to gut it and start over, but you're not going to feel guilty about doing it.
Besides, look at the Zillow estimate -- it's saying $1.2 million. For the $200k you save on buying it, you could do an amazing renovation.
Honestly, I'd live there in a second if I could. And honestly, I'd even live in the house the way it is, if it meant I was back in San Francisco.
The Richmond's a lot sunnier than Sunset. And for 2500 square feet spitting distance from the park? I'm another ex-San Franciscan who'd take this in a heartbeat. If I could find the other 99,999,999 million nickels in my sofa.
You know, if I spent 48 hours cleaning, my house ~might~ achieve the level of cleanliness achieved in the first shot (cluttered, yes, filthy, no). But with a million bucks on the line, I think I'd find a hundred bucks or so for a one-time rent-a-maid blitz. Call it my idea of a sound business investments.
October 29, 2008 at 2:59 PM
Anonymous said...
So glad there are people who are willing to live in places like San Francisco, where you could not pay me to live. So glad there are wonderful places where housing is still reasonable that are clearly a mystery to people who love places like San Francisco, Portland, New York....! I'll take poduck-ville and a nice new 4000sf. house on 4 acres for less than half a million any day.
"I won't clean up for a penny under $1,000,000"
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For a million dollars I don't want a house where they painted the ceilings in glossy paint. Yuch.
October 28, 2008 at 8:54 AM
who knew a million dollar home could be so unappealing. i love the mint green carpeted stairs with the dirt track down the middle. ugh.
October 28, 2008 at 8:57 AM
Oh, I don't know. Personally I think the exposed fluorescent lighting tubes on the kitchen ceiling are worth a million bucks.
October 28, 2008 at 9:05 AM
Wow! That is horrible! And I guess it proves that money can't buy good taste.
The other picture of that messy room really showed how far the clutter extended.
But other than that awful, awful kitchen, my personal favorite is the tiny, narrow hallway with the mirrored closets on each side... "It'll make the hallway look bigger!"
October 28, 2008 at 9:15 AM
that room looks like they spent another mill on the crap to fill it up!
October 28, 2008 at 9:28 AM
The dirt runner down the stairs also caught my eye. Why on earth didn't the shoot the staircase from below? Or, better yet, not at all?
October 28, 2008 at 9:49 AM
I left S.F. 6 months ago. If I had a million, I would pay it in a second to go back! This place is totally worth it!
October 28, 2008 at 9:51 AM
I like the dirt track runner on the stairs.
It's much more convenient to get through the house if you don't have to take your work boots off first.
October 28, 2008 at 10:16 AM
no wonder this house is so expensive - it's actually a perfectly preserved time capsule from the 1980's!
October 28, 2008 at 10:49 AM
Why oh why is this house priced at one million dollars????
October 28, 2008 at 11:14 AM
well....there was the lovely seventies glass entryway followed by antiques and chandaliers then clutter and then...that kitchen. Someone get a paintbrush, cabinet refinish guy or something. That kitchen looked like 1974 petrified right there.
I am also with jaagrrl on the dirt path. Least they could do is walk to each side to make it all dirty! LOL
October 28, 2008 at 11:15 AM
Just goes to show that money doesn't buy you good taste. Or a vacuum cleaner. Or closet organizers. Or storage containers. Or cleaning products. Or ...
October 28, 2008 at 11:21 AM
wait! They did clean the bathroom - see the gloves hanging up on the towel rack on picture 16?
October 28, 2008 at 1:42 PM
i love sf (i'm with jen, i'd go back in a heartbeat), but i can't imagine any realtor would be insane enough to price THAT at $1M, with all the updating/cleaning/blowing up that would need to happen to get me to move in to that place.
October 28, 2008 at 1:51 PM
But look at the ammenities you get for $1,000,000.
That steel handle screwed into the wall to help pull yourself off the toilet is a stroke of genius!
October 28, 2008 at 2:00 PM
I am so glad I do not live out there. $1M for THAT? It looks like 1982 blew up in the living room. I could buy that place for a cool $32,000 here in Memphis, no question about it. :)
October 28, 2008 at 2:04 PM
Oh my ...
Can you spell T.A.C.K.Y?
-Chris
October 28, 2008 at 3:39 PM
I love it!
October 28, 2008 at 6:33 PM
And it's in the Richmond Dist., the foggiest, depressing part of SF. Believe it or not, it's almost a steal, SF is where a 2br condo will cost you 1.3 million. This is why at 39 y.o. I still rent here.
October 28, 2008 at 6:57 PM
Seriously, I was looking at that and thinking, $1 million isn't that bad. I mean, you're going to have to gut it and start over, but you're not going to feel guilty about doing it.
Besides, look at the Zillow estimate -- it's saying $1.2 million. For the $200k you save on buying it, you could do an amazing renovation.
Honestly, I'd live there in a second if I could. And honestly, I'd even live in the house the way it is, if it meant I was back in San Francisco.
October 29, 2008 at 7:30 AM
The Richmond's a lot sunnier than Sunset. And for 2500 square feet spitting distance from the park? I'm another ex-San Franciscan who'd take this in a heartbeat. If I could find the other 99,999,999 million nickels in my sofa.
October 29, 2008 at 12:08 PM
If anyone is looking to buy that house for... $1 million... then I would be happy to clean it up for only $200k.
October 29, 2008 at 12:51 PM
You know, if I spent 48 hours cleaning, my house ~might~ achieve the level of cleanliness achieved in the first shot (cluttered, yes, filthy, no). But with a million bucks on the line, I think I'd find a hundred bucks or so for a one-time rent-a-maid blitz. Call it my idea of a sound business investments.
October 29, 2008 at 2:59 PM
So glad there are people who are willing to live in places like San Francisco, where you could not pay me to live. So glad there are wonderful places where housing is still reasonable that are clearly a mystery to people who love places like San Francisco, Portland, New York....!
I'll take poduck-ville and a nice new 4000sf. house on 4 acres for less than half a million any day.
October 29, 2008 at 3:54 PM
What a dump.
October 29, 2008 at 5:15 PM
I'm stunned,,,lol. My goodness gracious, I think I even noticed a bed in the living room,,lol
October 31, 2008 at 11:27 AM