A touch of the Georgian (or perhaps Neo-Neoclassical) in this new listing in Haymarket.
(Now, I hate to be too fussy, but doesn't the kitchen look rather small for a 17,000 square foot house?)
I knew the back of the house looked familiar. The Truman Balcony:
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Jane Austen meets Haymarket
Posted by Harriet at 2:51 PM
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That house is obscene.
Yeah, good luck with that in Prince William Co.
Prince william isn't all Woodbridge and Manassas...
There are a lot of nice communities pass Manassas. It's Woodbridge and Manassas that is pulling the entire county down.
Um, I hate to be too fussy, too, but you'd think that a realtor for a 3 million dollar house would know such a house does not have "flare," but rather, "flair." And it doesn't even have that.
Sorry, but a year of looking at listings touting "steal" appliances and "grate" yards has worn my sense of humor down...
And while Woodbridge and Manassas are certainly leading the way down, Bristow, Gainesville, and Haymarket have actually offered some similarly steep drops in their higher-level listings.
Ugh, that house is giving me a headache.
"hugh palladium" windows
It also sports "BEAUTY THRUOUT"
Well I will say that although this place is an abomination, at least they shied away from the typical red brick McMansion monstrosity that now dominates Vulgaria, USA.
This is obscene. Pseudo-riche. Obviously built for new money and no taste. Class can't be bought.
"Um, I hate to be too fussy, too, but you'd think that a realtor for a 3 million dollar house would know such a house does not have "flare," but rather, "flair.""
Yeah... this is something that has always kind of shocked me about realtors. They try so hard to portray themselves as experts and professionals... but at the same time they can't even be bothered to spell check their listings. Even a HS educated person should know that if they can't spell they should take extra care.
I have always had a real hard time with spelling and carefully double check everything I do professionally to avoid those sorts of mistakes. It takes time, but it beats looking like an idiot.
Imagine what the client thinks when they see those sorts of mistakes when they are paying you thousands of dollars for your services.
(I won't even get into the numerous cases of false advertising I have seen where listings are well outside the area their description lists or where their condition isn't even similar to their description...)
Was I reading the listing incorrectly? I thought it said 17,000 square feet with only 6 bedrooms.
Is that right? If so, I want to know how a 17,000 sq ft house *only* has 6 bedrooms. I've been in some monstrous 5,000 sq ft McMansions with 5 bedrooms that didn't at all feel cramped and this place is more than 3 times larger.
My $0.02
How do you all know it's a misspelling? I think the house has flare. One in every room, hopefully near the curtains.
P.S. It's just a joke. I'm in no way suggesting or endorsing arson!
OMG - that takes tacky nouveau-riche to new heights!
What is with the gas-log insert in the kitchen? A place that large, why wouldn't they at least opt for a real masonry chimney?
I think they found Saddam's architect.
OMG, too funny.
They might find a sucker at half that price.
I have a pal who owns a big place. Probably 10,000 sqft of house. It's classier than the place in PWC. His estate is on the water and he has a private dock for his yacht.
Here's the downside.
When you have a house the size of a hotel, you pay a staff like a hotel to clean it.
You almost need "operating engineers" to keep the thing running. My pal's place has two elevators and 7 refrigerators counting the refrigeration system for his wine room.
His HVAC system is 4 more units, one is acting up and probably all will need replacing as well as the 1990's computer system that runs them.
One elevator hasn't worked in years. Figure a refrigerator is good for 10-15 years, he's got one crapping out on him every 18 months. Since the house was built in the 1990's, he'll probably have to replace all of them in the next 10 years.
The bill to heat and cool a place like that is beyond imagination. I told him about my $400 January heating bill, he laughed his head off.
About every 5 years, any house will require major work, a roof, painting, HVAC, foundation work, driveway, something.
For a small place like mine, it's $5K or so, big whoop. Some work, owners can handle themselves.
A place like that, it's more like $50K or $100K, if you're lucky.
His driveway is a quarter mile long, repaving that is like redoing a section of I95. I found out that the video camera at his front gate is broken.
Makes me appreciate my small house.
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