<p>Ah, one of the few places in CA I could see living in. That kitchen could use improving but otherwise, nice.</p>
<p>I have not visited this one (in the same general area), but I would love a peak: <a href=“http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/999-S-San-Rafael-Ave-Pasadena-CA-91105/111916395_zpid/”>Real Estate & Homes For Sale - 18577 Homes For Sale | Zillow; </p>
<p>Another “original”. The idea of living in an architecturally significant house intrigues me. Now if I could only come up with the extra 5 million.</p>
<p>But the windows did have tiny grids, wis75. </p>
<p>D Stark after you get that broker’s license will you find me a flat (ideally not top floor) in the Cole Valley or Inner Richmond for 1.5 million or less? I could possibly go higher if I bought the building and became a landlord as well. </p>
<p>Way too big for empty nesters or even a family of four. And- those divided pane windows, why on earth would one want to obstruct the view with lines??? Also would need to get rid of all of the pedestal sinks for some with counter space and storage space. Could work with different rugs and furniture. But I think I’ll stay in my nondrought Florida upper middle class location. Our library system works well so I don’t need theirs (which I hope is good).</p>
<p>The Frank Lloyd Wright place is an amazing deal. Plenty of non-architecturally significant places with smaller parcels in that area at similar prices. The maintenance costs might be ridiculously high, though. And you can never truly own a work of art like that – you are, at best, a caretaker. </p>
<p>Anxiousmom1, we discussed this years didn’t we? 
Love those areas. </p>
<p>Quite possibly D Stark…I’ve been angling to get out of the burbs and back into the City for some time…With no more tuition payments it now seems more doable.</p>
<p>Nice and we did. :)</p>
<p>I hope you find your place. </p>
<p>I think a house with more bedrooms and bathrooms than I can count on my 10 fingers is too big. You’d need maps/directories scattered through such a big house like at the shopping mall with ‘you are here’ dots. </p>
<p>I play this game all of time, with my imaginary lottery winnings 
. Here is my choice for today : </p>
<p><a href=“2400 Meetinghouse / Route 149 Way, West Barnstable, MA 02668 | realtor.com®”>2400 Meetinghouse / Route 149 Way, West Barnstable, MA 02668 | realtor.com®… </p>
<p>And then on weekends ---- a little mid-mod cottage in PS <a href=“Leeds Howard House Designed by Donald Wexler in P.S. - Curbed LA”>http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/05/leeds_howard_house_designed_by_donald_wexler_in_palm_springs.php</a></p>
<p>What a hoot! musicamusica, I was in that Frank Lloyd Wright house back in 2005/6. I was dating a professor of landscape architecture, and when we were in the neighborhood to see the Gamble house, we went to go check out the Millard house, which was then empty and in disrepair.</p>
<p>In the garden, we encountered another architecture groupie, an LA County building inspector on his day off. The three of us found an open window that led to the balcony above the living room and snuck in (entering, but not breaking…I’m hoping the statute of limitations has run on this). Then we went down into the living room and looked back up at the balcony, and the architect and building inspector both gasped – the balcony supports were some period equivalent of glued-together particleboard. We had to find another way out of the house because they both agreed that it was unsafe even to set one foot back on that balcony.</p>
<p>I’m assuming they’ve fixed that kind of problem. But Frank Lloyd Wright houses are not known for their durability.</p>
<p>I haven’t been in the Leeds Howard House, but I did read a few Sidney Sheldon books back when. ;)</p>
<p>Yes, Hanna, structural engineers are NOT impressed with FLW’s engineering acumen! Of course, if WE were responsible for architectural design, all of our buildings would be cubes! There’s a reason you need a structural engineer AND an architect for building projects!</p>
<p>I’ll take just about any craftsman on this website, but here’s a nice example:
<a href=“real estate listings”>http://hookedonhouses.net/2013/04/29/a-blue-and-white-colonial-style-craftsman-in-seattle/</a></p>
<p>This of course would be my main house and there there would still be my cottage by the beach. :)</p>
<p>My structural engr BIL said that FLW’s Falling Water should be called Falling Apart.
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<p>Included in my daydreams of owning a significant property would be the infinite resources to fix and restore said property. Besides, during the construction I would be at my PS Wexler or my pied a terre in Paris: </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.christiesrealestate.com/eng/sales/detail/170-l-14-f1406021828700003/apartment-paris-left-bank-notre-dame-saint-germain-des-pres-paris-pa-75006”>http://www.christiesrealestate.com/eng/sales/detail/170-l-14-f1406021828700003/apartment-paris-left-bank-notre-dame-saint-germain-des-pres-paris-pa-75006</a></p>
<p>Abasket, I know someone with a home similar to that Mount Baker craftsman. Lovely view out the back. Windows old enough they’re thicker at the bottom than they are at the top.</p>
<p>DeborahT, I could post dozens more in that area that I have fallen in love with! It’s my style!!! </p>