@notrichenough-- Are you kidding me about the Smith and Williams stuff not holding up??? The Booth House designed by them (and in your link) is a smoking hot example of a classic mid-century modern house, immortalized in Julius Shulman’s gorgeous photographs. They were part of the group that did the case studies houses, which again are smoking hot right now.
The San Diego house is definitely not their best work, but I like that house a lot. The Asian-styled mid-century modern stuff has not held up as well as the case studies houses, and of course, the house needs to be remodeled but it could be stunning – it has very good bones.
But it certainly can’t compete with sweeping ocean views, and a house in desperate need of remodeling isn’t really competition for a newly remodeled place. And it is priced way too high.
If the SF client is willing to come down to see the house on Liggett at that price, no competition. Your setting, decor, and square footage beat it by a mile. We cut across that street all the time and it’s just boring. No views and no possibilities of a view. Good luck!
One thought about the roof…it is possible to “work in” some of the other colored tiles randomly in your new roof…it’d give it a speckled appearance that might tie in better to the lower roof. Or along the roof lines (outlines/boarders/whatever they are called) in that same color as below.
@nottelling - “Are you kidding me about the Smith and Williams stuff not holding up??? The Booth House designed by them (and in your link) is a smoking hot example of a classic mid-century modern house”
If you say so.
I freely admit I know nothing about architecture, but I know what I like, and those designs look very dated to me. There’s a fair number of houses in my area that have a similar feel to them that were built at a similar time, and they all seemed to have impractical, inflexible layouts that were extremely difficult to renovate. The kitchen in the Liggett house is a perfect example - small, cramped, and because of the wall of glass right on the other side of the kitchen, very difficult to expand. Can you imagine more than one person trying to work in the kitchen?
Although in the 50’s I guess only the housewife ever stepped foot into the kitchen so maybe it was ok.
So maybe they are “classic”, but I am not fond of that style. Just my opinion.
Mid century design is extremely hot in San Diego right now. My guess is that buyers in $1.8mil range want a view no matter what architecture is for sale. And maybe the smart buyers noticed that same issue with opening up the kitchen.
P.S. buyer plane delayed so we have until 3:30 to get somewhat pretty
So you are showing it in its present state to these potential buyers? Assume you did not agree to any contracted onetime showing, and that your realtor will handle everything on your end.
We pulled up paper in dining room abd just a portion of kitchen but kept our protection down in hallways.
Walnut floors are all in. A miracle happened. Tomorrow is sanding, putty and final sanding. Then first coat of sealer
Living room, kitchen and dining room got really pretty and baseboards painted and done in those areas. Entryway got cleared out and we pulled paper up first time in 6 months. Miracle!! No damage to the original red tile floor. We scrubbed the fireplace and brick hearth. We cleaned up the exterior, gate and lights.
We still have to finish some landscaping in front and our pathway lights. For some reason the dumbwaiter pooped out and we need to troubleshoot it again
I finished painting the metal cabinet inserts and I love them. They are staying if only to make me happy:) I don’t have to clean them a year from now
The San Francisco buyer came through at 3:30. It was a lovely young woman and her in laws who live here. Husband grew up here and wants to move back. Father in law said the guy is really into cars and would want to put another garage on property.
Young woman took a ton of pictures of everything. Of course they all loved the views. The in laws are a friend of my retired carpenter mentor and he had told them about it.
No feedback yet but mother in law told me that it was obvious that I had done a quality job and the finishes were lovely. “You should see what the other new houses look like” she said. It’s obvious that their finishes are not good
I’m wondering if they even noticed the big roof debacle? Probably not on the first visit…eyes are drawn to the views as you come into the property
The buyer came through under my agent. They are represented by an agent from her office who has been working with them for months. The other agent was grasping at straws trying to get a one time listing to show it
My understanding is that the son has a c9collection of cars and is looking for a property that can handle his requirements. So the father was asking about adding a garage in back
So theoretically you could use removable ramps and fit a couple of small sports cars in the original garage, then two more in the new garage, then build another garage in the back yard…
This guy could have used the garage in the original Nipoma house!
Not cb’s issue to solve. Just keep making the house as perfect as you can. They’ll have to deal with their car issues – and research the possibility of an additional garage – on their own.
If the buyers were working with an agent in your agent’s office, how did that other agent find out about them and try to get the listing for this one time showing?
I’ve loaded some more photos as we got cleaned up. And, I installed one of the bin type handles so buyer could see. I’m sure it is in one of the pictures somewhere.
I am definitely going to stay out of any garage issues. The gentleman is not going to find a 6 car garage in this neighborhood. If he needs more than 3 cars stored in the garage he will need to come up with his own solution.
I hope I explain this correctly… the woman from San Francisco (or her local buying agent) contacted these agents who have a house listed on Liggett. These are the same agents (father and son) who sold me this project and I want to try to stay in their good graces. The San Francisco woman made an appointment to view the house on Liggett. These bozos get on their thinking cap and tell her all about an upcoming ‘under construction’ house that they know about and talk it up as if it is THEIR listing and they are the only ones in Point Loma who know anything about it.
Then they rush to the phone and call me and tell me that they have a big potential buyer but it is a ‘referral’ from a San Francisco agent (which I now find out is not true at all, but I believed it on Saturday morning) and they will need me to sign a one time listing agreement to cover the referral fee. Luckily, I had already signed a listing agreement with my agent so I couldn’t legally sign with them and I apologized and declined their offer. They were insisting on a listing agreement in order to bring THEIR Big Client from San Francisco to view the house and they would get both sides of the commission. I never heard boo from them as soon as I said I couldn’t sign a listing agreement. I wished them well showing THEIR client around Point Loma to find the perfect home.
Next day I get a call from my agent who is friends with an agent in her office who IS the agent representing the buyer from San Francisco and has been working with them for months to find a house in Point Loma. My agent and this agent brought the buyer through today.
