Done with D.C. and heading to SoCal. Thoughts on this place?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a 4000 sq ft place in Beverly Hills PO in that price range on 3/4 acre that might suit your needs - http://www.hiltonhyland.com/listings/9321-cherokee-lane-beverly-hills-ca-90210

This is a much less interesting space.

OP, I'm also originally from LA and generally wouldn't wish to go back, but for the Venice house, I'd totally do it!

See if you can keep all the furnishing minus that peeing man. Seriously, if you live with a man you already know they exist mainly to pursue their own needs and make messes. Why the big reminder poster? Unless maybe you could spray paint a big X or line over it? Or paint in the "miss" stain at the base of the toilet, or use it as some kind of cautionary tail about putting the seat down, please! Dunno... peeing men mean something totally different to me (given my experiences with husband, father, brother, and houseguests) than they must to at least two gay men out there (artist and purchaser). To me, they mean simmering resentment and another mess to clean up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a 4000 sq ft place in Beverly Hills PO in that price range on 3/4 acre that might suit your needs - http://www.hiltonhyland.com/listings/9321-cherokee-lane-beverly-hills-ca-90210

This is a much less interesting space.

OP, I'm also originally from LA and generally wouldn't wish to go back, but for the Venice house, I'd totally do it!

See if you can keep all the furnishing minus that peeing man. Seriously, if you live with a man you already know they exist mainly to pursue their own needs and make messes. Why the big reminder poster? Unless maybe you could spray paint a big X or line over it? Or paint in the "miss" stain at the base of the toilet, or use it as some kind of cautionary tail about putting the seat down, please! Dunno... peeing men mean something totally different to me (given my experiences with husband, father, brother, and houseguests) than they must to at least two gay men out there (artist and purchaser). To me, they mean simmering resentment and another mess to clean up.

PP, what do you think of this house?

http://www.521entrada.com/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a 4000 sq ft place in Beverly Hills PO in that price range on 3/4 acre that might suit your needs - http://www.hiltonhyland.com/listings/9321-cherokee-lane-beverly-hills-ca-90210

This is a much less interesting space.

OP, I'm also originally from LA and generally wouldn't wish to go back, but for the Venice house, I'd totally do it!

See if you can keep all the furnishing minus that peeing man. Seriously, if you live with a man you already know they exist mainly to pursue their own needs and make messes. Why the big reminder poster? Unless maybe you could spray paint a big X or line over it? Or paint in the "miss" stain at the base of the toilet, or use it as some kind of cautionary tail about putting the seat down, please! Dunno... peeing men mean something totally different to me (given my experiences with husband, father, brother, and houseguests) than they must to at least two gay men out there (artist and purchaser). To me, they mean simmering resentment and another mess to clean up.

PP, what do you think of this house?

http://www.521entrada.com/

Mixed impressions, actually. It's beautiful, but it doesn't excite such wistful feelings for me.

One reason is that the spaces themselves are a lot less open, airy, and "clean". When was this place built, originally? There's a lot that reminds me of the 1960s-1980s architecture I was happy to leave behind, though I've come to sort of appreciate it on its own terms-- just wouldn't choose it for myself. A lot of the closed-off and dark look remains, I think.

Then there are renovations that have introduced a (for me) confusing traditional decorative element in parts of the house. Those rooms are beautiful, too, but I'm a little uncomfortable with the contrast. As a whole, I can't quite decide whether it's pleasingly eclectic or just a mishmash. And I often do like contrasting traditional with modern... just not in one of the many pokey (large or small) brown houses in SoCal.

If I were looking to move to something with traditional architectural elements in Santa Monica, I'd want a 1920s Mediterranean Revival house. I'd probably choose a little one tucked away on a residential street a few blocks from a commercial strip.

But there's just such a lovely clean and light-filled mood to the Venice house, and I have many fond memories of hanging out on or near the Boardwalk growing up.