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Post by melanell on Oct 5, 2022 17:33:37 GMT
Good eye! I think that is the laundry room stages as an office. Weird choice… My laundry room is my office. I'm in a 'southernized' mid-century modern house. I have a huge 11' x 17' laundry room right off my kitchen. It has skylights, one wall of huge windows, and three closets. It's one of my favorite rooms in my home. I have a roll-top desk, bookcase, and a large old oak library table from the library of the college I attended in there. That's where I tend to all of household business and run my Etsy shop. If that's a weird choice, I'll happily cop to being weird. Lol. I see a lot of laundry rooms doubling as other spaces---whether it be office space, craft or play space, exercise space. I think it's a great idea. If you have extra space in there, might as well use it, a nd I really love the idea of flex spaces in homes. It makes them more useful to you as an owner, and more likely to work for others when you look to sell.
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Post by melanell on Oct 5, 2022 17:39:16 GMT
It's a beautiful, tastefully decorated and furnished house. I'm sure it will show well and sell quickly. One question, though, is it common in California not to have a cooling system? That would have to be the first thing I would do - put in air conditioning! Not all old homes are well-suited for traditional central air conditioning systems. I've seen some try to put it in anyway, and it involved some very unsightly ductwork in the living areas of the home. You can go with mini-splits, but those can be quite unsightly on the exterior of your home in some cases, as well. Plus, old homes, specifically ones where the original layout and window arrangements still exist, can sometimes offer a surprising ability to keep cooler on their own in comparison to new homes which are built to have central air and therefore do not always take things like cross-breezes or plaster walls into consideration.
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Post by ~summer~ on Oct 5, 2022 17:47:18 GMT
Very rare for Berkeley homes to have AC - we have Karl the fog. I’ve never in my life lived in a house with AC. Other parts of CA? Definitely have air conditioning though!
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The Birdhouse Lady
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on Oct 5, 2022 18:25:33 GMT
I really love this house. Very light and airy. The kitchen is really tiny though.
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