When right, they’re both nice. Craftsman is more conservative and safer, to be sure* Archived Message Posted by cpsteine on May 14, 2025, 14:16:36, in reply to "Hot take: I deplore mid century modern" Previous Message given me a Queen Anne craftsman all day long. Previous Message and probably not great from an insulation/operation standpoint. Also, on a few of the photos, the siding also looks like it's original. And possibly not in great shape. And it's very particular design, very much from the 70's post-modern style. That's not nearly as desirable as the midcentury modern design from a few decades earlier. Previous Message Looks like a magazine cover, but no one wants to buy it? https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4010-Clubhouse-Dr-Champaign-IL-61822/3198246_zpid/?utm_campaign=androidappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare Previous Message time here in the city. 1929 build, thoroughly updated. Sides onto a busy street but fronts on a much calmer road. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1181-Fairview-Rd-NE-Atlanta-GA-30306/14479391_zpid/ Message Thread: | This response ↓ One of my favorite houses in Atlanta just went on the market. I've loved this house since my first - ATL May 14, 2025, 11:08:09 I like it, but $1.5M????* - Desert May 15, 2025, 16:46:24 This is where the play us play, Desert.* - ATL May 15, 2025, 16:56:25 I’m good being a simple desert person. Same amount of house, plus pool and mountains. 1/3 the price* - Desert May 15, 2025, 22:04:52 TBH, the contrast between the first outdoor picture and the rest of them outdoors…. - timmer May 15, 2025, 16:35:15 So dumb question from Google Street View: what is right behind that house on US 23? - osklister May 15, 2025, 16:24:42 There's kind of a dumpy apartment building. US 23 (Moreland Ave) cuts between - ATL May 15, 2025, 16:33:25 Love the interior. The outdoor space in the back is woefully inadequate for such a nice house.* - voiceofreason May 15, 2025, 12:53:56 Not a fan of that square/ prairie design* - Chilango May 14, 2025, 15:35:58 I desire that my homes look like a villain's lair* - gvibes May 14, 2025, 16:04:31 nm* - Chilango May 15, 2025, 10:23:34 lol - had not idea how to parse your email* - gvibes May 15, 2025, 16:31:47 Frank Lloyd Wrong (I like Prairie style but this one does lack some exterior flourish).* - Warrin'_Illini May 14, 2025, 15:54:34 I’m the opposite * - ATL May 14, 2025, 15:39:10 ^^square^^* - VIV May 14, 2025, 15:49:50 Right - ATL May 14, 2025, 15:58:27 Sidejack... CU people, what's wrong with this house? - deadpoolOG10 May 14, 2025, 13:06:36 The design style clashes with most buyers, especially buyers in Champaign* - Desert May 15, 2025, 16:35:40 I'd buy it if I were looking for a house by the lake in Champaign* - ECEIllinois May 15, 2025, 13:00:15 Feels like it eliminates itself from a mass audience - tvillini May 15, 2025, 12:18:51 God that price is depressing to look at* - snipes824 May 15, 2025, 7:44:13 It's design* - Chilango May 14, 2025, 15:34:59 When they don’t show a front door shot as the first photo, it’s suspicious * - ATL May 14, 2025, 15:36:20 Also no pics of what looks like a garage out back is suspicious. - illinijohn May 14, 2025, 20:10:50 No garage. Drove by it on the way to a landfill for work today. - ATL May 14, 2025, 20:25:40 You talking about the HotLanta house? - illinijohn May 14, 2025, 20:43:28 Yes, oops. I forgot the subthread.* - ATL May 15, 2025, 7:33:24 It’s small and people don’t like spiral staircases * - TarheelIllini May 14, 2025, 15:15:30 Looks like they listed it way too high to start, if the Zillow estimated price is to be believed. - Illiniphil May 14, 2025, 15:11:46 Holy shit that is cheap* - cpsteine May 14, 2025, 14:14:09 Looking at it, I'm guessing those windows/sliding patio doors are all original - IlliniRunner May 14, 2025, 13:47:08 Hot take: I deplore mid century modern - Sounder May 14, 2025, 14:00:27 When right, they’re both nice. Craftsman is more conservative and safer, to be sure* - cpsteine May 14, 2025, 14:16:36 I went to a party in Eugene last year - Sounder May 14, 2025, 14:19:28 Dude...Eichler FTW. All day. * - haighter May 14, 2025, 14:54:30 Love the Eichlers* - gvibes May 14, 2025, 16:16:15 I thought of that and flood risk, and also it strikes me as one where the realtor photographer… - OB25 May 14, 2025, 13:51:10 Am I reading correctly that it's been listed for 61 days? - Sounder May 14, 2025, 12:52:26 Atlanta market slowing down but that location is challenging. Right by a four lane road - CoronaTheirAss May 14, 2025, 13:10:45 I would erect a giant English hedge on Moreland. And spring guns.* - ATL May 14, 2025, 15:29:22 One of the biggest mistakes a homeowner can make - Sounder May 14, 2025, 13:35:39 yeah - we did the opposite and lucked into a perfect street without realizing it - CoronaTheirAss May 14, 2025, 14:06:21 The mistake we made on our first house - Sounder May 14, 2025, 14:11:43 Heh we did this same thing. Closed on a new house last week. 3 full bathrooms!* - CWR10 May 15, 2025, 10:25:48 Even my original condo, built in 1947 and just down the road from this house, had 2 bathrooms.* - ATL May 14, 2025, 15:31:29 No way i'd ever live on Moreland* - CoronaTheirAss May 14, 2025, 12:10:32 I'd zonk out every night* - Herman Blume May 14, 2025, 12:15:48 Just too much to mow.* - DT May 14, 2025, 12:11:18 Are you going to bid? - TarheelIllini May 14, 2025, 12:09:44 Sidejack...I look at things like that and they say 4200sqft and I think... - haighter May 14, 2025, 11:52:27 Grew up with 7 in <1600 sq ft. 3400+basement for 7 now and its fine* - gvibes May 14, 2025, 15:55:16 Don’t know. It’s too big for us though. We want a hair less than 3,000 assuming our folks might - ATL May 14, 2025, 15:32:48 I think we have ~2,600, but that excludes the finished basement and a three season room - Gene Parmesan May 14, 2025, 12:55:20 My house is 2,455 SF and I wish it was twice the size it is - Sounder May 14, 2025, 12:50:35 What in the world would you do with a 4900 sqft house?!?! * - haighter May 15, 2025, 7:44:05 IMHO the cutoff is 3K* - ATL May 14, 2025, 15:59:23 Yeah, US average is about what you've got.* - Warrin'_Illini May 14, 2025, 13:51:54 Wainscoting FTW* - Sounder May 14, 2025, 11:48:39 ooo - complainant May 14, 2025, 12:28:09 That living/family room is borderline erotic.* - ATL May 14, 2025, 11:49:45 Indeed, straight out of a movie* - Sounder May 14, 2025, 11:51:11 Do it. Do it now. - complainant May 14, 2025, 11:17:50   Searching