Then why did you buy the house?

"Wri-gret"

I vacationed in a house built by some fellow that had built many of the first, original ocean front homes along Cambria through Big Sur areas. It was a quirky house little with odd angles, carved beams, beautiful but bizzare windows and a massive bathtub everyone was forced to climb down into if they wanted to bathe. It had a primo Cambria location and a great fireplace. It was not for everyone for sure. I bet there were many guests that never bathed. Getting in and out of that tub was a major challenge that could have been dangerous for small kids and elderly, or anyone with mobility issues. I hear all of his homes came with this kind of weird bathtub. I can't recall his name. If any of.you architecture buffs recognize who I'm talking about, please refresh my memory.

Oh, so I forgot to mention that it recently came up for sale and I'd have bought it if I could have afforded the thing. WAY too much IMO>

On top of everything, they moved from Glendale, CA, to Joplin, MO.

Everything on their list sounds totally predictable.

OK I think it was Warren Leopold that was the Cambrian designer..

Monstrosity

I fucking hate Bruce Goffś architecture. It's complete shit.

But 'why would anybody want to live in a famous architect home?' That's easy: because they love architecture? or because the love the work of a particular architect or an architectural style or movement.

It's a cheesy Realtor.com click-bait cliché-ed feature with 5 brief points, all of which the author raises for dramatic effect then defuses:

'1. It’s nearly impossible (and pricey) to find the right contractors for repairs'

(And yet she did find contractors, and soon enough. Yes, surprise, in-demand contractors with specialized expertise are more expensive.)

'2. You can’t renovate however you wish'

(And yet she did as she wished; she rearranged a wall and the floor plan slightly to accommodate a bath tub for which there was no room in the original plan. And she decided of her own accord not to rework the kitchen but rather to keep it as designed. Note that there was no 'Hysterical Society' dictating in what drawers she could keep her drawers, no one to tell her how to arrange the furniture or even how to make repairs to the house.)

'3. The open floor plan puts a major crimp on privacy'

(As she answers herself: 'Living in a house that features biophilic design to bring the outside in has been an absolute privilege. The airy, loftlike structure is perfect for us empty nesters.' Then she notes that there are privacy issues when their adult children visit -- just as there are privacy and other adjustments when anyone short of those with a guest wing or a guest cottage has when they have house guests.)

'4. Glass walls = no insulation and high utility bills'

(But that's not a surprise to the owners or to anyone with a few brain cells.)

'5. You serve your house as much as it serves you'

(Has she never watched even one TV program about a house restoration? I ask because in every goddamned one of them the owner will at one point look to the camera and say these words: 'We don consider ourselves the owners of this house, we consider ourselves its lucky stewards [or guardians if you like].. IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE!'

In short, the owners are fucking delighted with their house, and not really shocked by anything.

If you buy a house by a famous architect or a famous house, other people, sometimes other organizations feel very protective toward it and are rightly alarmed if a new owner proposes radical work affecting its aesthetics or even its mechanics and unseen elements. In this case, that didn't really happen, the buyers bought knowing exactly what they had and (rather remarkably because it's not a give) took care to preserve the house and the elements that define it as something special. There's no horror story here.

Wow jack pot-what a dump.

Goff was a shit architect. Untalented in almost every way.

I'm glad that someone loves it

Although after a moments reflection, actually I don't care

Hope they regret purchase and lose money trying to sell.Attention seeking fucks.

Let me guess, they also bought one of the first Cybertrucks and it's not all it's cracked up to be.

These people are morons.

Because we love to entertain, OP. I can picture us drinking our coffee outside on the porch.