cool homes

[glademaster]

Different strokes for different folks. If you gave me that house I wouldn't move back to the RFV.

[Bobby Stainless]

I posted it more or less for the price. I think that might be the cheapest ski in/out there.

Kinda 70s modern.

[glademaster]

Fair enough. At face value it does seem like a decent buy for the area, and I could get into the style. Nothing personal, I just disliked the greater area.

[stompinlines]

Jon Olsson seems to be doing well in Marbella.

https://youtu.be/5es-4KUQlto


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[Shredhead]

Ski in/out for 4.25 at Snowmass.

Personally, I wouldn’t want to be ski in/out at Snowmass.

Shady side of the mountain and your not on the free shuttle, which you still pay for with your taxes and the real estate transfer tax.

Every night you go out for dinner/cocktails, you’ll be in a car.

[iceman]

Jon Olsson seems to be doing well in Marbella.

https://youtu.be/5es-4KUQlto

Whatever that guy does for money he's obviously good at it.

[stompinlines]

Douche Bags
Clothing line



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[Mazderati]

[Sirshredalot]

Douche Bags
Clothing line



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Ski sponsors pay a lot more in Yurp
Also: wealthy parents

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like the bridge house ^^^

this may be too gimmicky, but still kinda cool...

[Name Redacted]

[Dantheman]

like the bridge house ^^^

this may be too gimmicky, but still kinda cool...

Yeah, bridge house is rad. Definitely gimmicky, but certainly better than a pocket door.

[hutash]

I love the multi levels. although make sure you are not wearing slippery socks in that house..

Multilevel homes are all well and fine until your skiers knees catch up with you.

I have always lived in a single store house, and always want to live in a multistory house, but now that I have a chance to build one, I realize I am too old (or will be soon enough) to not want to deal with stairs.

We meet with our architect tomorrow to actually start the design process for our replacement home. I doubt it will be cool enough to post here, but we are excited.

[reckless toboggan]

Two words:

Elevator.

[shroom]

Every night you go out for dinner/cocktails, you’ll be in a car.

you and i evaluate RE similarly.

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[iceman]

Multilevel homes are all well and fine until your skiers knees catch up with you.

I have always lived in a single store house, and always want to live in a multistory house, but now that I have a chance to build one, I realize I am too old (or will be soon enough) to not want to deal with stairs.

Two words:

Elevator.

We built a house recently, finished it in 2016, it's 2 stories an a basement. What we did was reserve space for an elevator but not put it in. So there's a big closet on the basment level, a pantry on the main level and another big closet on the 3rd level, all one above the other. You gotta do a little research on elevators to determine the dimensions, I did it but I don't remember exactly what they are but around 6' x 6' or so. Just make sure there's power to it, and some elevators require some space underneath the bottom floor for machinery but some don't so pay attention to that.

It really doesn't cost anything to save the space and we don't need an elevator now but who knows about the future, at least we won't have to tear the place apart to put one in.

I've built (well, had built) 4 houses now. 2 pro tips: centralize your baths, AC, electrical etc as much as possible, think "service core". This results in less pipes, ess wire, less ductwork and less money.

The second thing is that corners cost money. The less corners and angles the structure has, the simpler and thus cheaper it will be to build.

A third, somewhat lesser one is to try to use multiples of 4' in your dimensions. this will result in less cutting, less time and less waste in the construction process.

Architects hate all of those concepts (well they won't care much about the elevator stuff), as it puts some limits their creativity but if they can't work with them that just means they're not good architects for your purposes.

[Name Redacted]

My folks just bought a house and took their declining mobility into account, even though they are both currently very mobile. Master BR, kitchen, garage, deck, etc. all on the main level. A few bed rooms and an office upstairs, but nothing that they need to access all the time. I think that there's a ton of boomers looking for the same thing, at least in their market (ATL). Their RE agent said that it's definitely become a consideration for many of their clients, and therefore can raise the home value.

[MultiVerse]

When your first thought is whether that's avi debri in the foreground and how much wind loading occurs on the surrounding hills...

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Architects hate all of those concepts

sure they do

[hutash]

I haven't followed the whole thread, but no cool home thread is complete without some Greene and Greene homes from after the turn of the last century. While not quite as famous as Wright, I like their work much more.

The Gamble House



the Blacker House



The Cole House



All in Pasadena, but they designed about 100 homes mostly in California, Portland, and I think Seattle. Photos do not do justice to these "little" bungalows. The interiors are even more fantastic.

BTW, the Gamble House was Doc Brown's home in "Back to the Future."

[BigDaddy]

^Love those homes. Amazing craftsmanship and detail.

Architects hate all of those concepts (well they won't care much about the elevator stuff), as it puts some limits their creativity but if they can't work with them that just means they're not good architects for your purposes.

Unless they are building their own house(s)...

Personally, I like to make the space (and building) as efficient as possible.

But I still love this stuff:

[iceman]

sure they do

Ok that was too broad a brush. However in my experience the architects of custom homes put practicality and cost containment well down the list of priorities. They want to build interesting structures. It doesn't cost them anything to draw lines for ductwork or pipes that are longer, or add elements purely for the sake of visual interest. Not that those things are bad by any means, but if the customer keeps in mind that the architect's priorities and their own can be substantially different they can do themselves a big favor.

[::: :::]

Ok that was too broad a brush. However in my experience the architects of custom homes put practicality and cost containment well down the list of priorities. They want to build interesting structures. It doesn't cost them anything to draw lines for ductwork or pipes that are longer, or add elements purely for the sake of visual interest. Not that those things are bad by any means, but if the customer keeps in mind that the architect's priorities and their own can be substantially different they can do themselves a big favor.

maybe you & i will get to talk sometime...too much to unpack here

[hutash]

Walked by this house back in the 70's on the way to Newport Beach. Being a dumb high school kid I didn't know shit from shinola, but always thought this place was really cool. Later in college in an art class this house came up along with Wright and others. Thought it was pretty cool that a house I saw so frequently was so famous.



It must have been really impressive back in '26 when it was built and stood pretty much alone on the Balboa Peninsula.