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[quote=Anonymous]I can tell you this house was substantially remodeled, both interior AND exterior, in the late 80s-early 90s. And extremely well done. The original exterior looked nothing like what you see today and I do not mean this in a bad way as the remodel was extremely high quality and well done. But we are not looking at a lovely maintained historic colonial from 1910 even if the original house is hidden somewhere inside the remodel.

In looking at the pictures carefully, a standard central hall from 1910-1920s was added to one side with a family room, where the big bay is, and an entirely new roofline added with a prominent attic gable and the slightly curving front bay, wrapping the original central hall colonial with a 1990s twist of the craftsman shingles (predating the craftsman craze that started a decade later).

The architect was talented, the builders excellent, and all in all, excellent job.

As for the interior, the only thing I don't like is the staircase but it'd be easy to replace the railings with something more traditional. I do like the kitchen, I can see why people claim it's dated but it's refreshing after all these shaker and quasi shaker and now euro modern kitchens of the past 15 years that are, frankly, boring and excessive. This kitchen, despite being 30 years old, seems fresh and new to me by comparison. [/quote]

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