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Showing posts with label Cool Houses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cool Houses. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Foreclosure auction of Nicolas Cage's mansion is a flop - latimes.com

"Frat house bordello???"  Extreme though it is, here's the best example I've ever seen of why it's so important to depersonalize a home before listing it for sale!

Foreclosure auction of Nicolas Cage's mansion is a flop - latimes.com 

As much as we love living with decor that reflects our own tastes, homebuyers are looking for something to make their own.  They simply aren't interested in adopting our tastes and lifestyle! - David

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Thursday, April 8, 2010

Upscale Treehouses - WSJ.com

Think your home has everything?  Not without one of these upscale treehouses! And if you live in the Tree Section of Manhattan Beach, you really must get one. - David

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Just for Fun: The World’s 18 Strangest Homes

Just for fun, here's a pretty good collection of The World’s 18 Strangest Homes.  It was assembled by Popular Mechanics magazine. - David

Friday, March 5, 2010

Groucho's Place

Not all properties lost value between 2007 and 2010! The 6000+ square foot Trousdale Estates home originally built for Groucho Marx was purchased in 2007 for $4.675 million but listed for sale last August at $12.9 million! That being a little rich, it was eventually reduced to $9.85 million and sold early in February for

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Real Estate Photo Gallery - House of the Day Pictures

The Wall Street Journal maintains a photo gallery of unique homes in its "House of the Day Pictures" section.  These are technically high-end home ads from around the U.S. and  beyond, but can be pretty fun to browse. -
David

Monday, February 8, 2010

Tours of Interesting Homes from LATimes.com

The LA Times online maintains a series of online tours of interesting homes that is updated based in part on how interesting people find them (based on click-thrus).  Some very interesting digs indeed! - David