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Post by librarylady on May 9, 2023 22:23:13 GMT
OMG--are the floors the worst feature, or the ceiling?
ETA: We’ve never said this before but here’s a perfect historic mid-century modern, known as the “Flying Nun House” that’s “built in the shape of a football with a soaring roof” in Bellevue, NE that is listed for only $695,000?  4 bd, 5 ba. 3,476 sq ft. .63 acres. Bonus: A lot of the furniture will be available for sale via estate sale as well. |
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Post by roundtwo on May 9, 2023 22:28:20 GMT
are the floors the worst feature, or the ceiling? The ceilings look like they are about to fall in!! |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on May 9, 2023 23:37:55 GMT
Well, the floors would be easier to fix...
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Post by snyder on May 9, 2023 23:41:16 GMT
Yeah, that house looks like it should be demolished. With those ceilings like that, there surely is mold in the walls.
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Post by hmp on May 9, 2023 23:41:29 GMT
Wow! What a gem! So rare to find a home virtually pristine to its construction era. I hope it goes to buyers who will appreciate it & have the money to restore it.
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Post by AussieMeg on May 9, 2023 23:46:29 GMT
I follow some MCM pages on Facebook, and that house has shown up on my FB feed a couple of times this week. I LOVE it! 😍 Yeah, that house looks like it should be demolished. Nooooooo! If anything, it should have a heritage overlay on it so that it can never be demolished.  |
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Post by refugeepea on May 10, 2023 0:32:34 GMT
We’ve never said this before but here’s a perfect historic mid-century modern, known as the “Flying Nun House” that’s “built in the shape of a football with a soaring roof” in Bellevue, NE that is listed for only $695,000? 4 bd, 5 ba. 3,476 sq ft. .63 acres. Bonus: A lot of the furniture will be available for sale via estate sale as well. It was built in 1971.  |
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Post by refugeepea on May 10, 2023 0:33:59 GMT
I follow some MCM pages on Facebook, and that house has shown up on my FB feed a couple of times this week. I LOVE it! 😍 Yeah, that house looks like it should be demolished. Nooooooo! If anything, it should have a heritage overlay on it so that it can never be demolished.  I love unique homes like that, but DAMN! It screams 70's. It would be amazing to give it a mid century look. |
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Post by edie3 on May 10, 2023 1:35:17 GMT
Is there carpet on the ceilings?
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Post by don on May 10, 2023 2:08:42 GMT
Looks like you could have a pool up there.
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Post by stittsygirl on May 10, 2023 2:14:29 GMT
I have a hard enough time keeping my floor carpets vacuumed. I don’t want to have to vacuum my ceiling as well 😜.
I don’t even want to imagine how all that old carpeting smells, especially in the kitchen 😬.
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Post by gillyp on May 10, 2023 9:14:39 GMT
I really like it! It needs redecoration inside but I think it's a great looking house for anyone looking for something unique.
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Post by SweetieBsMom on May 10, 2023 11:27:43 GMT
Yeah, that house looks like it should be demolished. With those ceilings like that, there surely is mold in the walls. I agree with this. Also, is that in an area that get snow? I could never have a flat roof somewhere that gets snow, it's bad enough to shovel my driveway, I don't want to have to shovel my roof too. |
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Post by gar on May 10, 2023 12:02:34 GMT
The little brown curtain frill/pelmet thingys in the sitting room |
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Post by snyder on May 10, 2023 12:45:31 GMT
Yeah, that house looks like it should be demolished. With those ceilings like that, there surely is mold in the walls. I agree with this. Also, is that in an area that get snow? I could never have a flat roof somewhere that gets snow, it's bad enough to shovel my driveway, I don't want to have to shovel my roof too. I thought the same thing about snow and even if it didn't, still not a whole lot of slope for any moisture to run off, thus the ceiling issues. |
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on May 10, 2023 12:52:03 GMT
While I can appreciate the pure style of the house, it veers too far into oddities for me. I think the outside is just butt ugly. All the neighbors have beautiful green lawns while it's as if the grass has run screaming from this one. And to gar's comment about, "The little brown curtain frill/pelmet thingys in the sitting room" -- they look like the windows are sporting those densely fringed eyelashes that some are wearing these days. Lol. |
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Post by luckyjune on May 10, 2023 14:02:07 GMT
There is a much smaller house down the street from me with that same roof configuration. We've always called it a butterfly roof. I always thought it was an interesting choice for WA (and directly on the beach) where we get so much rain. Whoever built this house also put in a basement garage (again, on a beach!) so whenever we have a king tide, their basement floods. What a pain.
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Post by lisacharlotte on May 10, 2023 14:53:50 GMT
Yeah, that house looks like it should be demolished. With those ceilings like that, there surely is mold in the walls. I agree with this. Also, is that in an area that get snow? I could never have a flat roof somewhere that gets snow, it's bad enough to shovel my driveway, I don't want to have to shovel my roof too. Not a ton of snow, but the occasional big snow. |
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Post by auntkelly on May 10, 2023 18:10:21 GMT
I wonder why anyone thought a house w/ a roof that slopes downward towards the center of the house was a good idea?
The roof would be a nonstarter for me, but I also don't think the flow of the house is very good. It looks like there is a beautiful view in every direction, yet they threw the breakfast table in a corner w/ no windows.
I'm guessing someone will buy the house for the value of the lot. The view of the river is gorgeous!
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Post by librarylady on May 10, 2023 18:13:32 GMT
The little brown curtain frill/pelmet thingys in the sitting room What photo? I can't find what you are talking about. |
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Post by gar on May 10, 2023 18:23:26 GMT
The little brown curtain frill/pelmet thingys in the sitting room  What photo? I can't find what you are talking about. Pics 3, 4, 16, 17,18,19 and 20 |
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Post by Zee on May 10, 2023 19:27:56 GMT
For me there's actually a lot to love here. I love time capsule houses. The ceiling is weird and some of the carpet squares are lifting, which obviously should be removed, but I love the fireplace. While the kitchen isn't my style I could learn to love it. It looks like straight out of a Sandra Dee movie.
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Post by Bridget in MD on May 10, 2023 19:33:22 GMT
Is there carpet on the ceilings? I was JUST going to ask that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That house is GROOVY, man LOL |
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Post by librarylady on May 10, 2023 21:07:08 GMT
What photo? I can't find what you are talking about. Pics 3, 4, 16, 17,18,19 and 20 I should have asked google what a pelmet was. In my world those are known as valences.  |
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Post by 950nancy on May 10, 2023 21:28:43 GMT
Well, you'll have a great roof to sit on when that river floods.
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Post by gar on May 10, 2023 22:00:57 GMT
Pics 3, 4, 16, 17,18,19 and 20 I should have asked google what a pelmet was. In my world those are known as valences. I put curtain/frill for just that reason 😊 |
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Post by gillyp on May 10, 2023 22:40:25 GMT
Pics 3, 4, 16, 17,18,19 and 20 I should have asked google what a pelmet was. In my world those are known as valences. I don’t know about other Brits but I call the curtain rail frill a pelmet and a valance is the frill that goes round a bed base. I might be brave and say there is at least one of those two things in my house right now. |
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4 bd, 5 ba. 3,476 sq ft. .63 acres. Bonus: A lot of the furniture will be available for sale via estate sale as well.
