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Photo #18 also includes an older Kenmore set, although one that's probably not as exciting a find as the SQ. I'm guessing the washer is early DD, and pretty low in the line.

The thing that really gets me, though, is photo #19, showing the basement fireplace. A fireplace in the middle of what appears to be a totally unfinished basement. Did they run out of money before finishing off the rec. room? LOL Although what could be fun would be a huge laundry room with a fireplace in it. It might be a AW.org one of a kind!
 
In the 1960's development my parents moved into if one ordered a fireplace in the livingroom it was quite cheap to have a second one put in directly below in the basement.

Just a guess, but I have a feeling many AW.org members would also include a rather large shower in the laundry room as well.....

Jim
 
My eyes!

The SQ was the only interesting thing in the house, although it was good to see a home with more than one laundry appliance. While I was turned off by the hokey bedrooms, I was not unprepared for them when I saw the wall phone by the breakfast table. If Alexander Graham Bell had seen that, he would have personally hit the owners over the head with the receiver.

What was with that partial brick wall at the foot of the stairs?
 
The listing says the house was built in 1978 - I'd say it's CLASSIC 1978 on the interior.  Despite the faux tudor exterior it has a fairly contemporary layout.  Too bad the owners were determined to fill it up with Ethan Allen maple.

 

Tom - that partial brick wall in the basement is for the bar in the future rec room.

 

lawrence
 
Home is definitely stuck back in a time warp and that never got completed or updated. Probably a couple that never had kids or a large enough family that needed the space. But since only one bedroom has a bed in it..makes you wonder. Also note both bedroom ceiling fans aren't hard wired into ceiling boxes but wired with swag chains to an electric socket. Maybe the laundry was set up as a washer for each person and the dryer was common. Who the hell knows.
 
But since only one bedroom has a bed in it

To my eyes--although I'm far from an expert on selling real estate--I have wondered if they didn't remove a certain percentage of stuff to help sell the house. It really looks under furnished. But that's just me. [Lord Kenmore looks around his living room, which could use a steam shovel to help with cleaning.] Over the years, I've heard arguments for a totally empty house, a house that is nearly empty (one room for practical purposes lived in, the rest as empty as possible), etc. Too much stuff is considered a detriment, although ironically I recall hearing one story about people who had to live in the house while it was being sold. One day, they didn't have enough time/notice to get everything cleaned up. And that was the day the house sold--because the people touring it reacted positively to the "lived in" feeling, vs. the usual sterile, clean, personality free look.

It's possible, I'm guessing, that the furnishings we see are nothing but "staging" brought in specifically to help sell the house.
 
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