Comments on: Good Deal or Not: Pop Up Edition http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2008/08/good-deal-or-not-pop-up-edition/ Welcome to the beautiful life Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:43:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Don't Even Give it to Charity http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2008/08/good-deal-or-not-pop-up-edition/#comment-117680 Don't Even Give it to Charity Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:09:26 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=3733#comment-117680 Ugh! This monstrosity has given us something to laugh about since we moved in across the street from it last year. We call it the Owl House, because it looks like a big, odd owl. Is it really a new listing, though? The For-Sale signs have appeared and disappeared several times over the last year. If you want to know how to recreate this thing, take a mobile home, bend it into a parallelogram (to match the house's unfortunate footprint) and stick it on top of a rowhouse. Next, without measuring to ensure equal placement, slap in a bunch of windows and side the top portion with feathers. Ugh! This monstrosity has given us something to laugh about since we moved in across the street from it last year. We call it the Owl House, because it looks like a big, odd owl.

Is it really a new listing, though? The For-Sale signs have appeared and disappeared several times over the last year.

If you want to know how to recreate this thing, take a mobile home, bend it into a parallelogram (to match the house’s unfortunate footprint) and stick it on top of a rowhouse. Next, without measuring to ensure equal placement, slap in a bunch of windows and side the top portion with feathers.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2008/08/good-deal-or-not-pop-up-edition/#comment-117679 Anonymous Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:02:41 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=3733#comment-117679 Owl House is a very, very, very fine house. Come on everyone, sing! Owl House is a very, very, very fine house. Come on everyone, sing!

]]> By: PetworthRes http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2008/08/good-deal-or-not-pop-up-edition/#comment-117678 PetworthRes Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:53:00 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=3733#comment-117678 I noticed recently that both these units are STILL for sale. I think each has been reduced by $100K. Maybe at some point developers will realized that people HATE these hideous popups! I noticed recently that both these units are STILL for sale. I think each has been reduced by $100K. Maybe at some point developers will realized that people HATE these hideous popups!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2008/08/good-deal-or-not-pop-up-edition/#comment-117677 Anonymous Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:41:38 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=3733#comment-117677 these popups get more and more unbelievable. if your gonna spend the money why not put in some time to make it attractive and/or interesting? these popups get more and more unbelievable. if your gonna spend the money why not put in some time to make it attractive and/or interesting?

]]> By: Christina http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2008/08/good-deal-or-not-pop-up-edition/#comment-117676 Christina Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:46:08 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=3733#comment-117676 It's just so ugly and off-kilter. From the crooked windows to the random pillars on the porch to the bland interior. I wish I could come up with a redeeming quality...better than a vacant lot, I guess. It’s just so ugly and off-kilter. From the crooked windows to the random pillars on the porch to the bland interior. I wish I could come up with a redeeming quality…better than a vacant lot, I guess.

]]> By: SECapHill http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2008/08/good-deal-or-not-pop-up-edition/#comment-117675 SECapHill Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:01:37 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=3733#comment-117675 Future Foreclosure for sure! Future Foreclosure for sure!

]]> By: RealtorKevin http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2008/08/good-deal-or-not-pop-up-edition/#comment-117674 RealtorKevin Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:38:21 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=3733#comment-117674 horrendous horrendous

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2008/08/good-deal-or-not-pop-up-edition/#comment-117673 Anonymous Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:19:57 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=3733#comment-117673 ee, the way i would do it is keeping the old floorplan and moldings/trim etc. then a modern kitchen and baths. but yeah. vessel sinks and granit counter tops are played the eff out. hence being big in the burbs. please people. stop it already. I would also be ok with a completely modern redo. but this here is yeah. a tacky mcmansion interior. If you blind folded me and brought me there and told me to guess where I was id say manassas. random coves and arches and laminate floors and then granite. bleh bleh bleh. ee, the way i would do it is keeping the old floorplan and moldings/trim etc. then a modern kitchen and baths. but yeah. vessel sinks and granit counter tops are played the eff out. hence being big in the burbs. please people. stop it already. I would also be ok with a completely modern redo. but this here is yeah. a tacky mcmansion interior. If you blind folded me and brought me there and told me to guess where I was id say manassas. random coves and arches and laminate floors and then granite. bleh bleh bleh.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2008/08/good-deal-or-not-pop-up-edition/#comment-117672 Anonymous Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:12:45 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=3733#comment-117672 I like this one and I like the one 2 blocks down that you posted a few days ago. Making pop ups look identical or a perfect match is boring and uncreative. This city is entitled to a little bit of contemporary variety. Some of the ones you've posted are certainly horrific, like the one at New Hampshire and Upshur where zero effort was made or the two on Webster. But this one is not bad although the gray is pretty bland. The interior is not bad either. That being said, it's over priced. I like this one and I like the one 2 blocks down that you posted a few days ago. Making pop ups look identical or a perfect match is boring and uncreative. This city is entitled to a little bit of contemporary variety. Some of the ones you’ve posted are certainly horrific, like the one at New Hampshire and Upshur where zero effort was made or the two on Webster. But this one is not bad although the gray is pretty bland. The interior is not bad either. That being said, it’s over priced.

]]> By: EE http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2008/08/good-deal-or-not-pop-up-edition/#comment-117670 EE Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:42:40 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=3733#comment-117670 I'm sympathetic to the criticisms I see on this site of suburban interiors in urban houses... until I try to come up with appropriate design elements for a renovated city house. What are we looking for here? Concrete counters instead of granite? Melamine cabinets instead of cherry? Is hardwood a bad, or only if it's cheap laminate? Must we have exposed brick? I’m sympathetic to the criticisms I see on this site of suburban interiors in urban houses… until I try to come up with appropriate design elements for a renovated city house. What are we looking for here? Concrete counters instead of granite? Melamine cabinets instead of cherry? Is hardwood a bad, or only if it’s cheap laminate? Must we have exposed brick?

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