Tasteful Friends: Time Capsule Mid-Century Home in Denver

You just know the people who live here are pretentious and woke as fuck.

Some of us don't consider woke a curse word. Your comment says a great deal about you, though.

I love it except for the bedroom off the dining area.

I would feel as if I were living in an office. Also would want UV treatment on the windows. Otherwise, that's a lot of damaging UVA rays hitting your skin every day. Not incidentally, the glass paneling by the front door seems like a security risk. Is it shatterproof?

LOVE it.

Leaves me cold.

R4 = 300 years old

@r1, We've seen your unwoke abode 🙄

R7: But I look 19!

I *much* prefer...

This is a home I could appreciate!

How broken does your brain have to be that in a Tasteful Friends real estate thread r1 comes running to scream about "woke!1!!1!" apropos of nothing.

Seems awfully expensive for what it is. Is that because Denver is horribly expensive?

"Pretentious" on DL means I hate you because you're better educated than I am. "Woke" on DL means I have masculinity issues.

R13 Denver is generally not as expensive as this house.

^ Yeah, that's LA money in Denver

My, my you'd think Frank Lloyd Wright designed it for that price.

I mean don't get me wrong, Denver is an up market and it isn't, you know, Buffalo. But that is way expensive even for Denver.

It was sold in 2015 for 865K.

I love it. But it's over priced.

It's gorgeous, but the exterior facade looks too commercial, like an office or administrative building from the same era.

More than 2M and no pool?

R3 the “bedroom off the dining room” is for the live-in help, silly; see how easily she can get to the garage to allow for deliveries (food, liquor, etc,) to the laundry, to the kitchen, and have a bathroom that owners and guests do not have to use. Where were you reared, and WHO are your PEOPLE ?

Yeah - tripling the price of the house in 7 years usually equates to some pretentious owners who think some other pretentious assholes will snap it right up.

It's alright - but it's just too period for me. And too trendy. Any changes or upgrades would have to be thoughtfully done because people get so uptight about changing ANYTHING about these homes.

Fuck that noise.

Way overpriced. Calm but a bit too much of a time capsule. I see heating and cooling expenses. Has all the glass been updated to the very latest eco tech?

From the outside and in it looks like an Elementary school built in ca. 1958. It doesn't have the feel, the coziness of a private house which makes it undesirable to me.

I love it, but I would definitely change the paint color on the exterior. Way too much caramel between the bricks and that paint. I'd also update a few of the bathroom fixtures. Otherwise it's perfect.

[quote]It was sold in 2015 for 865K.

Which is all you need to see to know this house is way overpriced. I hope they don't get someone to actually pay this.

@r28, It looks exactly like my elementary school built in... *checks notes*... 1958

I like rooms with four walls and doors that shut. It feels cozy and safe.

I dont like it personally, but I am glad somebody is preserving it as a time capsule of that era. I like seeing historic homes preserved and decorated appropriately to the period even if they arent in a style I like

[quote] Any changes or upgrades would have to be thoughtfully done because people get so uptight about changing ANYTHING about these homes.

If you buy it, you can do whatever you want with it.

The kitchen was obviously renovated.

Not my style but I quite like it. The interior is great, it's a fairly sophisticated and ingenious design, and the renovation was of excellent quality. The exterior colored glass panels kind of brilliant, and the living spaces very pleasant and flexible.

The exterior, however, is hard to love. I suppose the best thing is to mask it with green plantings.

Are people not aware of what’s happened in the past three years? Even homes in bad areas of hot cities have appreciated far out of starter home range, to say nothing of those in highly-desired neighborhoods. Plus, I think this house was renovated since the 2015 purchase.

expensive to heat?

R33 Duhhhhhh!!!!!! You stated two sentences of Incredibly Obvious Observations.

But that appreciation seems to be well beyond the scale of what one would expect. 865K to 2.25M is QUITE a leap, even considering appreciation and renovation. Either they really feel confident about that appreciation or they did a reno that basically took it to the studs and replaced every SINGLE thing that ever existed in this home (including infrastructure/wiring etc).

They are "woke"? Oh, they are supportive of gay folk, against racism, want to be responsible to the planet, concerned about those living in poverty... ok then.

That the bigotry of using "woke" as a criticism has to enter a thread about architecture? We are lost... so lost.

I agree with R25, the front of this house looks like an elementary school - maybe a Montessori preschool. I'm a fan of mid-century houses, but this is actually pretty boring. The plumbing is dated in a bad way. I think I'd be depressed living here.

I truly love it, but I've seen actual Frank Lloyd Wright houses advertised for less in Oak Park in the last couple of years.

I love this home except for the bathroom off the dining room. Stinky when a guest goes to poop mid meal.

But it is way too expensive for size and city.

What a dump.

R38 I agree it's a pretty high price for house/city. Here's an Eichler home in the holy-of-holies for Eichler houses, Palo Alto, for a comparable price.

I fucking love it. Absolutely stunning renovation. I dunno who would be able to afford that price, while ending up with less than 3000 square feet of house. I wish it were me!

Why does it look like there are two microwaves in the laundry room?

Tirranna

Where Woke goes to die.

DL Architecture critic

The iron security door at the entrance as well as the bars on the sliding doors… Are we pretending we live in Pullman? Do we own pitbulls? Are we afraid Belgians are taking over the neighborhood?

Ugh, who is the ugly man at R44?

I love it and I would live there in a second, but I agree it needs a little more color -- it's a lot of beige and brown. Maybe paint one room or at least one wall green? Or a deep red. The colored panels are a beautiful touch but not quite enough

A time machine to 1978

This house is making me hungry for Jell-O 1-2-3.

I know that area well. The price reflects less on what the house is, but who the neighbors are. That neighborhood was a prime target for house flippers after the 08 recession. The whole area along University is where the ultra-rich live. Just down the road to the south is where a bunch of pro athletes have houses including the McCafferey family, the Elway family, and the Mannings.

It feels flimsy rather than firmly planted. Does that sound weird? It isn't 'heavy' enough. I don't like the galley-style kitchen. It's lifeless in its lack of complimentary colors. Bland and lightweight are the thoughts that come to mind.

[quote][R13] Denver is generally not as expensive as this house

I live in Denver. Denver is expensive as fuck. That’s not even a great location. I’m sure it’s a nice neighborhood, but it’s south of 25 and nowhere near Capitol Hill or downtown.

My father, hard on me for years about why I hadn’t bought a house here yet. So whenever he sent me an email about something random, I would respond to his email by forwarding a listing I have been sent from a real estate company that was for some thing like a two bedroom shack with no kitchen in a terrible neighborhood that was falling down and they were asking $475,000 for.

Denver housing is outrageous.

I finally bought a condo, and I just got my city assessment, and they say my condo has gone up 40% iin 2 years. There’s no way I can sell it at that price, but that’s what people are listing their houses as. And that’s what we’re getting taxed on.

Legitimately, my condo probably increased about $40,000 in value in two years. Unless you live in the suburbs, you have to be a millionaire to buy a home in Denver today. Unless you want to get killed in a really scary neighborhood.

And Boulder? Jesus fucking Christ. You have to be a multi millionaire.

Oh, and add to that. I have coworkers that have lived here much longer than I have, bought nice houses that size in Capitol Hill 15 years ago, and their mortgages are lower than my little tiny condo.

It’s crazy.

I think the house is great - my only issues are surface aesthetics. I really love the exterior, but I'd paint all the timber framing & panels charcoal grey (I'd be tempted to experiment with some primary colors / light grey on the panels - like the Eames House, but that probably won't work with the brick.) The interior is also wonderful, but overloaded with much too much of the same wood everywhere.

OP, I love it.

R54, this is priced-out time - your gaybourhood goes trendy, you can’t afford to sell and replace what you have anywhere near where you want to live, and the tax man follows the idiot valuations.

This is when you start receiving random “we buy homes” solicitations by phone, mail, and text,

R57, it’s outrageous. I do live in the heart of the gayborhood.

But I have an escape plan. Since I can basically work from home permanently, I’m going to have a house built in the mountains about 40 minutes outside of Denver, move there and just rent my place out. And then when I’m too old to live by myself in the mountains, I’ll kick my renter out and move back into my tiny condo so that I’m near a hospital.

But I don’t want to spend as many years in the wilderness and never see another human being again. Until I’m old and need a doctor.

beige!

R55 Do your greys with brick. I've done this in one of my homes and it looks fantastic.

Is there a basement?

It is beautiful. But I am sure it is a location, location, location kind of house. It would be gorgeous secluded on a large property instead of a busy neighborhood.

This sixty-year-old house I guarantee has sixty-year-old house problems. That's enough to scare me away. The bathrooms need some help, the kitchen needs more lighting and a new backsplash. The Beverly Hills tiki house we all loved was a much cooler house.

R58 land in the mountains that close to Denver is going to be very expensive, too. And unless you’re planning a tiny house or a mobile home, the construction costs will be insane.

Hit enter too fast. R58 do you already have the land?