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If so, this place is for you.  Built in 1976 in a Birmingham (AL) suburb and looks to have basically never been altered in all of the years since.  With an exterior that leans to Polynesian/Hawaiian/Asian and an interior that abounds with the best of the 1970's - shag carpet, loads of orange, an equal amount of natural wood, wallpaper (including grasscloth AND foil - when was the last time you saw foil wallpaper?), vintage kitchen (Whirlpool DW, drop-in range [can't make out the manufacturer, but it does have a SC oven and open coils]), Nutone hood, and trash compactor - all in Harvest Gold.

 

If you want a place where you can show off your bell-bottom pants and grow some major sideburns and let your hair grow to your shoulders while you listen to ABBA, The Eagles, and Saturday Night Fever, you should check out this offering.  With 4 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms and an asking price of $325k, this might be the one for you.

 

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I really love the style....

.....of this 1970's house!
The house I currently own had foil wallpaper in the entry foyer (blue and silver).
The house my parents had built in 1969 had "wood" (styrofoam) beams on the family room ceiling.
Also the dark woodwork (doors, trim, etc.).
I'm sure someone will buy the place and decorate it in shades of gray and white.
Pity that....
 
That house is certainly a time capsule. The owners must be the original owners and they took very good care of it. There is little to no wear showing on anything, the carpets, the woodwork, the wall paper all look to be in very good condition for a house that’s at least 50 years old.

I don’t know that I’d want to live in it exactly as it is, but it would also be a shame for someone to buy it, gut it and then remodel it in the ubiquitous mode of the day with pickled gray laminate or hardwood floors and everything else in in shades of white and gray. No individuality.

Eddie
 
It is something, lots to like and some questionable choices like that plaid wallpaper in the laundry room. It seemed a bit confusing at first but then saw that it's a hillside bungalow with 3 levels. One of those kitchens is in the basement it seems and there appears to be some water damage on some ceilings. I imagine replacing that style of shingle roof might cost a premium over a more traditional one. I'd sure like a walk-thru to get a better sense of the style and size of the rooms because the pictures are stretched as usual . Looks too like it's been on the market since March and the price has dropped significantly from $469k.
 
Time to get out the disco 8-tracks...

Because that’s the most 70’s thing I’ve seen in a long time! The only things I’d do would be to remove the hideous stainless steel microwave in the second kitchen, chuck the modern toilets in favor of period-correct ones, put the central AC system back to an old R22 unit from the period, and instal my center dial Maytags in the laundry room.
Thatwasherguy.
 
One more thing...

I’d HAVE to install a disco ball and lights in the kitchen, complete with a speaker system rigged to start playing ‘Disco Inferno’ anytime someone walked into the room.
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Drop-in range

That’s a late 70’s Frigidaire Compact 30 model. A variation of the Touch n Cook line. This is the only version with backsplash mounted controls. I’d gamble that the original range was like the Whirlpool in the second kitchen. I’ll post a pic when I can access my brochures.
 
Quintessential 70's right there! The modern toilets look wildly out of place and are slowly plugging up the septic/sewer system.

I bet $100 that the original washer and dryer were Coppertone or Harvest Gold given the color of the wallpaper and painted accents.
 
High quality bathroom tile work, eclectic aspenite panels

I do like the blue bathroom, great tile work in the shower and tub alcoves, floors, must be on lath and concrete. Interesting use of the Aspenite-a precursor to OSB, larger wood flakes and a heater skelter look- panels for cabinet panels, I am sure it looked quite leading edge when house was new. Thanks for posting this Lawrence.
 
The place is nice-some parts are loud,but usable.If you want an R22 HVAC---forget it.R22 is no longer made from what I hear-dangerous to the ozone layers.The Trane AC in my place uses R410.Now gtting common.The VOA building chillers use R410-scroll compressers.Each chiller has 4 compressors.One unit for the front area-offices-other unit for the control room and transmitter areas.
 
Phwwww! Reminds me ofthe house I grew up in.
SO much brown. Dark beams, psychodelic wallpaper (though ours wasn't too crazy).

Lots of roof leaks....
 
3 years?

Tom, they show up in my 1979 Frigidaire full-line catalog that was published in August of 1978, so I assume the last 3 years of GM ownership. All GM designed ranges disappeared from the WCI lineup in 1980.
 

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