Anonymous
Post 04/27/2024 18:35     Subject: House Porn - which would you rather have?
Anonymous wrote:Here’s a story about the first one. They sound fun.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/paradise-on-the-potomac-every-inch-of-couples-estate-built-for-living-lavishly/2015/04/29/94099928-ce46-11e4-8a46-b1dc9be5a8ff_story.html


Didn't even need to read the article to know the owners of #1 were Italian, lol.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2024 14:39     Subject: House Porn - which would you rather have?
2 for sure. 1 has some cool parts but there is so, so much I would have to redo.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2024 14:30     Subject: House Porn - which would you rather have?
I like the #2 but I’m not wealthy enough for either and if I were maybe the size of the first wouldn’t affect me in a way where I worry about managing it.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2024 14:27     Subject: House Porn - which would you rather have?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
1. Too much decor for a house. I have a castle in France. I know.

2. More period-looking, but a bit dark, and too expensive for what it is. DC isn't worth these prices.


What does your castle in France have to do with these DC houses? How tiresome.


I have seen a mention of a French castle/chateau a few times here. I think that PP may have an allergy that gets triggered if he/she/they doesn't mention it every few weeks.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2024 14:17     Subject: House Porn - which would you rather have?
Second one! I would never ever want a house as big as the first one!
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2024 14:17     Subject: House Porn - which would you rather have?
Where are you seeing that the last renovation of house #2 was 1998? That has come up a few times and is incorrect, the current owners did extensive renovations.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2024 14:13     Subject: House Porn - which would you rather have?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:23,000 sf?? No thank you. What a waste of resources. Even if l was loaded, the effort put in by other people maintaining my house would bother me.

2nd one is also too big but not disturbingly so.



Interesting. When I looked at number one all I thought about was all the people who would constantly be in and around the house for upkeep and maintenance. Never a day without people around, horrible.


The second home isn't far behind. Last renovation was done in 1998 so we're talking 26 years old at best.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 21:42     Subject: House Porn - which would you rather have?
No question- #2
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 20:56     Subject: House Porn - which would you rather have?
Anonymous wrote:#2 from the outside looks like it could be in the English countryside. I have a thing against being confronted by a staircase upon walking in the front door, and even though this one is slightly off to the side, I still I hate that.

Putting that issue aside, with a bit of redecorating I could make this work for my family.

#1 stretches too far to the sides - I'd prefer it went up, rather than out. Why yes, I AM fat-shaming that house.


Agree 💯on the staircase.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 20:53     Subject: House Porn - which would you rather have?
The outsides of both houses are vastly superior to the insides. I like the carriage house garage thing on #1. That leaves about 20K sq.ft. to hate. #2 is very ordinary. Who in their right mind would pay that kind of money for it?
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 20:04     Subject: House Porn - which would you rather have?
Anonymous wrote:
1. Too much decor for a house. I have a castle in France. I know.

2. More period-looking, but a bit dark, and too expensive for what it is. DC isn't worth these prices.


What does your castle in France have to do with these DC houses? How tiresome.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 20:04     Subject: House Porn - which would you rather have?
#2 from the outside looks like it could be in the English countryside. I have a thing against being confronted by a staircase upon walking in the front door, and even though this one is slightly off to the side, I still I hate that.

Putting that issue aside, with a bit of redecorating I could make this work for my family.

#1 stretches too far to the sides - I'd prefer it went up, rather than out. Why yes, I AM fat-shaming that house.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 19:59     Subject: House Porn - which would you rather have?
I can't get past the fact that the garage doors on #1 open onto grass... (you can even see tire tracks through the grass in one picture)
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 19:54     Subject: House Porn - which would you rather have?
They both need updating. The second one was last renovated in 1998.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 19:01     Subject: House Porn - which would you rather have?

1. Too much decor for a house. I have a castle in France. I know.

2. More period-looking, but a bit dark, and too expensive for what it is. DC isn't worth these prices.