Who doesn’t like columns?
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MLSlistings Property Detail for MLS number 733369
223 THOMAS DR
Los Gatos, CA 95032
$1,100,000
This Single Family Residence has the following features:
MLS#: 733369 Approx Age: 43 Years Approx Sq Ft: 1431
Detached Single Family 1 Story Ranch
3 Bedrooms Ground Floor Bedroom 1 Master Bedroom Suite
2 Bathrooms 2 or More Stall Showers 1 Shower over Tub
J&N had this to say:
Those columns sure go with the house. Why they probably added at least 100,000!
All I can think of is this video clip.
September 12th, 2007 at 6:54 am
Nice flipper job.
Quintessential “lipstick on a pig”…..
September 12th, 2007 at 7:23 am
I better get myself some ‘mahbul’ columns.
September 12th, 2007 at 7:34 am
Area 51: It’s definitely lipstick on a pig. There’s no way this ranch should be built up like one of Saddam’s palaces.
But I doubt it was a flipper who installed those fine columns. Too much work and money. The same goes for the chandelier, plaster medallions, marble fireplaces and all the other ostentatious garbage. It’s more likely that the homeowners had more money than taste…or had some borderline psychological problem.
September 12th, 2007 at 7:39 am
This house reminds me of those kids who buy a 10,000 dollar Honda Civic and spend another 10,000 souping it up (ha ha) with junky parts to add +50 decibels to the exhaust and +6 horsepower. Don’t forget the stickers!
I’m sure those columns are the cardboard (whatever they’re made out of) ones and are just wrapped around the original square posts. Ugh. Cheap!
September 12th, 2007 at 8:31 am
Hehe, yeah. “People gonna look atcha house an’ go ‘who lives deah, da Pope?’”
September 12th, 2007 at 8:44 am
I wonder if there’s a house out there that’s powered by v-tec.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:00 am
I do have to say that they did take nice pictures. Even if the house is a little over the top and not to my taste, they are doing a good job marketing it.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:26 am
Yes, as Moe said it’s not bad workmanship; it’s just that it’s a very particular type of decoration. And while redecoration is always possible, that’s a lot of work there to rip out–especially considering that you just paid 1.1 MILLION dollars for the house!
September 12th, 2007 at 10:27 am
BURBED!!! Hhahahahahha. I’m so glad you posted the SNL skit. I was ready to link to it here.
September 12th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
Savvy – I can take pictures more appealing than that with my $200 nikon. I expect better from professionals selling a $770/sq ft house.
September 13th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
All I can say is:
Toga! Toga! Toga! Toga! Toga-Toga-Toga!!!
The homeowner should have been pictured wearing a Toga, with an olive leaf wreath on his/her head and the left eyebrow raised up high in pride, a la “Bluto” of Animal House -staaaately!
http://lancemannion.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/bluto_03.jpg
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