Tasteful friends, Christine McConnell’s retro-goth cottage in Twin Peaks

So quirky and over the top. I love it.

How can a house like that in California be so cheap? What's the catch?

Isn't she trans?

R2 it’s in the mountains north of San Bernardino

Strange set of pictures

Baffles me it is 928 sqf. I lived in an 800 sqf 2 bed 1 bath, didn't even have a broom closet. There's a lot packed into this 928 sqf.

That's a great price for the house. Very charming...though a little too Victorian for me...but in keeping with the age and character of the house.

Better lighting should have been used for some photos. Too dark.

I want to throw up.

Did they leave off some zeroes?

I love the outside and would stay there all day. Too dark and stuffy indoors.

Inventive and unique - the exterior is lovely. The inside looks a bit like a film set for a surprisingly disturbing 1980s kids' movie featuring something non-CGI that lives in the ceiling. That said, I really like it, as I love those kinds of movies. Switch a few features and fixtures, rethink the stairwell, get rid of the tarantula on the bedroom wall and I'd be quite happy with it.

Oh—THAT Twin Peaks.

I confess I initially through it meant the San Francisco neighborhood too.

What is Twin Peaks (southern CA) like? It looks beautiful in pictures. Rednecky? Black Lodgey? Stuffed to the gills with twats?

It smells like lavender

I'm surprised it hasn't sold already- it has been 16 hours!

I live in a shit rural town, not eve in CA, and houses with less charm are selling for more than that. With no views, but access to 12 churches and a Walmart!

I’d suck every dick in a casino for that house.

Let's see...with the currently worsening drought conditions in CA, and the quickly-approaching wild fire season, which is predicted to begin even earlier than previous years, would I really want to live in an ancient, wood-framed and sided house on a hill in the middle of a forest with no fire barriers in sight? The asking price is no bargain for a home that could easily go up in smoke. And its heinous, also.

Its heinous what, R17?

That kitchen is giving me life!

Good points, R17. Also, the house's decoration looks less "sophisticated Goth chic" than "overfussy hoarding granny". Still, it's also true that she has managed to make everything work, even if it is mostly too dark and overwhelmingly maximalistic.

I do like the master bedroom and the outside is beyond lovely, though. It's only too bad that it is vulnerable to wildfires, as R17 mentions.

Based on the first picture, I fully expected to like this place, but unfortunately, it gives me the creeps. Much too dark, which may simply reflect the lighting selections, but all the over-the-top Victoriana cutesiness makes it feel somehow claustrophobic and sinister.

And there's no way I could live with that "frilly" kitchen. Makes my skin crawl; I don't even know exactly why.

Love the pale blue room with the corpse/body form, love the white bathroom with the pretty tub. Those rooms must be tiny though.