Anyone see this CCDC house today?

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain to me why these folding glass walls are popping up on the east coat? I love them in California and the UK, but they make no sense here in our mid-Atlantic swamp. The mosquitoes!

They don't make sense but in this case was likely trying to bring some light into what looks like a naturally dark space. Still looks dark though.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain to me why these folding glass walls are popping up on the east coat? I love them in California and the UK, but they make no sense here in our mid-Atlantic swamp. The mosquitoes!

I think they're still great to have the four months of the year you can use them. And more glass is more glass.

What four months??? It's either winter, pollen, or malaria season here.

I have severe allergies but take lots of medicine so windows are wide open. It's worth it in the beautiful springs we have here. Fall can be quite nice as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain to me why these folding glass walls are popping up on the east coat? I love them in California and the UK, but they make no sense here in our mid-Atlantic swamp. The mosquitoes!

I think they're still great to have the four months of the year you can use them. And more glass is more glass.

What four months??? It's either winter, pollen, or malaria season here.

I have severe allergies but take lots of medicine so windows are wide open. It's worth it in the beautiful springs we have here. Fall can be quite nice as well.

But you have screens, right?

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Anonymous wrote:Whenever you see Dilan Homes and Kimberly Cestari, stay away as that’s the duo from hell. Greedy and Greedier joined forces.

Second time I heard Kimberly Cestari dragged here. Why is she bad? Don’t know her but want to beware.

I've lived in the neighborhood for over 10 years now, and I also don't understand the hate. She's super successful and I have found, as someone who tracks real estate for a hobby, that she prices very competitively and not in a greedy way. Kudos for her.

I also live in the neighborhood. She has a certain manner to her that comes off as aggressive but she seems very hardworking and honest.

We had a great experience with her as our real estate agent (buying and selling). She knows the market, and she’s clear and direct in her advice. I’d work with her again in a heartbeat—but hope not to as we love our house and never want to move again.

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Anonymous wrote:Whenever you see Dilan Homes and Kimberly Cestari, stay away as that’s the duo from hell. Greedy and Greedier joined forces.

Second time I heard Kimberly Cestari dragged here. Why is she bad? Don’t know her but want to beware.

I've lived in the neighborhood for over 10 years now, and I also don't understand the hate. She's super successful and I have found, as someone who tracks real estate for a hobby, that she prices very competitively and not in a greedy way. Kudos for her.

I also live in the neighborhood. She has a certain manner to her that comes off as aggressive but she seems very hardworking and honest.

We had a great experience with her as our real estate agent (buying and selling). She knows the market, and she’s clear and direct in her advice. I’d work with her again in a heartbeat—but hope not to as we love our house and never want to move again.

Cestari was the sellers' agent on the house we live in. Her clients left the house a mess and she wasn't very nice about that when we raised the point. They also took some very expensive window treatments that were supposed to convey, per the contract. We were all set to raise a stink at closing but she wrote us a personal check to cover the cost of getting new window treatments.

So I'm of two minds about her. I get the feeling that she told her clients to both not bother cleaning and to just take the window treatments and hope we wouldn't notice at the walk-through. But she at least made the latter situation right.

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Anonymous wrote:I like many of the bathroom design finishes.

There are two things that would drive me insane:
1) The dishwasher is not right next to the sink - what?!
2) The mudroom coat hangers are right in the middle of the living room - what?!

Major design flaw not having the dishwasher next to the sink. They're so far apart.

Who wants to see coats and junk hanging out?

I don't know how else they could have done it with the space they had, but I agree that it's a big issue at that price point. In this market it might not matter though.

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Anonymous wrote:Whenever you see Dilan Homes and Kimberly Cestari, stay away as that’s the duo from hell. Greedy and Greedier joined forces.

Second time I heard Kimberly Cestari dragged here. Why is she bad? Don’t know her but want to beware.

I've lived in the neighborhood for over 10 years now, and I also don't understand the hate. She's super successful and I have found, as someone who tracks real estate for a hobby, that she prices very competitively and not in a greedy way. Kudos for her.

I also live in the neighborhood. She has a certain manner to her that comes off as aggressive but she seems very hardworking and honest.

We had a great experience with her as our real estate agent (buying and selling). She knows the market, and she’s clear and direct in her advice. I’d work with her again in a heartbeat—but hope not to as we love our house and never want to move again.

Cestari was the sellers' agent on the house we live in. Her clients left the house a mess and she wasn't very nice about that when we raised the point. They also took some very expensive window treatments that were supposed to convey, per the contract. We were all set to raise a stink at closing but she wrote us a personal check to cover the cost of getting new window treatments.

So I'm of two minds about her. I get the feeling that she told her clients to both not bother cleaning and to just take the window treatments and hope we wouldn't notice at the walk-through. But she at least made the latter situation right.

NP without a dog in this fight, I have no idea who this lady is, but no agent is going to tell their clients to do something that's a breach of contract. More likely is the clients were pigs who took the window treatments, she didn't know about either until you raised it, and then clients refused to make it right so she did. Sounds like a decent agent to me.

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I’ve only seen the lady at open houses, but she definitely strikes me as a stickler and a neat freak, which is what you want in an agent.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain to me why these folding glass walls are popping up on the east coat? I love them in California and the UK, but they make no sense here in our mid-Atlantic swamp. The mosquitoes!

I think they're still great to have the four months of the year you can use them. And more glass is more glass.

What four months??? It's either winter, pollen, or malaria season here.

I have severe allergies but take lots of medicine so windows are wide open. It's worth it in the beautiful springs we have here. Fall can be quite nice as well.

This PP is right, these window walls only make sense here if they open onto a screen porch, in which case they are fantastic. You can’t have a screen that big, practically. If you need screens for an opening that wide you need regular French doors.

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I just can’t get past $1.5 for that small and retro fitted house.

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Will go for 1.75m - 1.8m

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Why are all the door frames touching the ceiling!? Is it really tall doors or really low ceilings? I can’t tell. But yea really bad layout on the first floor... so much is wasted and the back area is completely wasted space. Also don’t like walking straight into the living room from the front door. I just hate all the Pinterest-y trends going on in this house.... yuck.

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Herringbone floors does not match that house.

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Wow that’s a lot of herringbone

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$1.5M and there's only a single room on the first floor. Still hate those floors, make me dizzy, and look like they belong in a hotel lobby.