Anonymous wrote:I think its great. I envision a swanky single guy or perhaps gay couple who has pared their stuff down to almost zero.

Target that niche market and you would have a buyer.

In the end, you only need one buyer.

Live your life as you would like it. We all could be dead in five years, so who cares about resale value in five years as compared to enjoying those five years (or more if you dont decide to move)!

8:13 back. The problem with your position is ignoring the location consideration. If this were a condo in DuPont I'd agree with you, but for a SFH in NWDC you have to expect the majority of your buyers will be families with small children. Of course you can decide to do what you want and that's valid, but if you think there's a good chance you will move it makes sense to at least think of what the majority of your target market would like so that you can minimize the time needed to find that one buyer.

Agree with the posters who like the design / question the function for a primary family home.

Love the idea of cutting down on clutter and maybe something like this would force me to do it. But like a PP I would have to buy all new stuff to make it work (not an expense I'd want when buying a house). But more serious functionality concerns include:

-Dishwasher. Is that the box under the island? No DW is an absolute no go for me
-Where does trash/recycle/compost go?
-Only 2 burners on the induction plate. That's NOT enough for me
-We need more storage for items like crockpot, breadmaker, etc. Our family is gluten free so we need space to do that at home (i.e. we generally can't just buy bread, or at least not tasty bread)
-we need more food storage. Love the European model of stopping for fresh ingredients once a day on your way home, but that's not practical for me living here.

If you like modern/minimalist but want to maintain resale, I would go for modern cabinets without uppers. Someone else who needs more storage could easily see how to add more cabinet space, plus if you have a good layout a buyer with a different style could always swap out the cabinet doors for a different look.

Yikes!

I like it

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Anonymous wrote:OH, hell no.

said the poster w/o any taste . . .

If you think that picture posted by OP is "taste" then I don't want to know you.

My tastes tend to run more high-end and sophisticated.

I think its great. I envision a swanky single guy or perhaps gay couple who has pared their stuff down to almost zero.

Target that niche market and you would have a buyer.

In the end, you only need one buyer.

Live your life as you would like it. We all could be dead in five years, so who cares about resale value in five years as compared to enjoying those five years (or more if you dont decide to move)!

Anonymous wrote:OH, hell no.

said the poster w/o any taste . . .

OH, hell no.

Anonymous wrote:Horrid. Truly. Maybe OK for a mtn retreat, but totally unworkable for a real home with kids, backpacks, coffee mugs, clutter.

Isn't that the point of a kitchen like that? to eliminate/prevent clutter?

Europeans have no clutter. I was truly amazed at how lovely and clutter-free my pals' homes were. They pay top dollar for good quality items that last. But they purchase so few items. That's their mentality - very unlike our "Walmart" mentality here.

I like it, OP, but you're bound to find criticism from this crew b/c there's just not enough space to house all their stuff!

If you sell, it will be to a single person or a couple w/o kids who appreciate keeping things simple.

And for as simple as the look it, I'm sure you're paying top dollar for that design!

Horrid. Truly. Maybe OK for a mtn retreat, but totally unworkable for a real home with kids, backpacks, coffee mugs, clutter.

(PP here, I meant that a cheap makeshift kitchen is better than a kitchen that hasn't been updated--not referring to your modern kitchen!)

Not my taste, but it does look nice.

I think it would make more sense to do this if you take the kitchen with you when you move. Then either install a very cheap Ikea kitchen, or discount the house so the new owners can install what they like. Cheap and new is better than outdated and ugly to many people.

Terrible, this is something I would expect in a congested airplane or boat kitchen.

It also reminds me of a scene from Hostel the movie.

Love modern HATE that kitchen. I don't think of it as "modern" so much as modern farmhouse. Get an Italian designed kitchen if you really want modern.

B3 would make more sense.
But if you are nervous about cost, consider LEICHT, they do not have anything like the B2, but they have the modern Euro look for less.
FWIW, I would know it and like it, but I am a lover of modern and I have Leicht right now in my MODERN house.

BTW, B2 was designed for Europeans who would take it with them when they move.