When you see this house what immediately comes to mind

[petek]

With our thoughts on moving back east and perusing thru the listings I came across this house in a little town not far out of my hometown. It reminded me of...... (your guess)

http://www.mls.ca/PropertyDetails.a...=all&o=A&of=1&ps=50&ptgid=1&aid=1533&MapURL=%

 

[mrcleanjeans]

the Brady Bunch,kinda-sorta

 

[petek]

LOL, that's what I thought of. Not a bad deal either considering you'd probably get it for around $150k Cdn or $128k USD. Here in Calgary that house would be about $400k

 

[whirlcool]

A Built In Pool?

I didn't think that they would have those in residences that far north. Certainly couldn't get very much use out of it. I did think that this would be a comfortable house for those long cold blizzard full nights!

 

[petek]

Sure you would, you could use it thru at least June - Sept if not a little longer. It does get very hot and humid around there in the summer.

 

[petek]

Course if you want to swim indoors year round just a few more schekels and you get this one. Can't say I like the decorating, too much whimsy LOL

http://www.mls.ca/PropertyDetails.a...=all&o=A&of=1&ps=50&ptgid=1&aid=1568&MapURL=%

 

[sudsmaster]

To be honest, a kind of odd combination of 60's ranch with more traditional 2 story. Positive: lots of open space in living room/kitchen/dining. Nice pool in the summer. Covered patio could be enclosed against skeeters. Looks light and airy. Decent size lot (1/4 acre?), level. Negative: Cathedral ceilings could be hard to heat esp in that northern climate.

Unknown: laundry room!

 

[sudsmaster]

I like the second home better. Enclosed pool means potential year-round use (what could be nicer than a nice swim followed by hot tub in winter?). Lot is significantly bigger - over 1/3 acre. The "whimsy" is all in the decorating/furnishings, which could be yanked overnight and replaced with whatever style you prefer.

I'd have the pool inspected for leaks and proper plumbing/heating. Also check the structure around/over the pool for moisture problems/dry rot/termites. Big crack in driveway might mean ground settlement, or nothing at all.

Again, what about the laundry room???

 

[toggleswitch]

The central A/C at that latitude gets me EVERY time! LOL

 

[hoover1060]

Did someone say Brady house?

I took this picture of their house last June when Fred and I were in LA.
It was a real treat to see this place in person!

I like the first house Pete

 

[veg-o-matic]

Pete, that first house is fabboo! Your sectional couch would look great in that living room.

And what a bargain! That kind of green wouldn't buy much of a condo around here, much less a real house.

veg

 

[cleanfresh]

Nice house Pete but...

as the photo attests the Brady house is larger and more sprawling. But you can't beat that price for what the home is offering. And it has an inground pool, too.

 

[jasonl]

Brady House

*FAINT*

 

[hoover1060]

actually...

The Brady house is kinda smallish looking when you're standing right in front of it.
You can't argue with the style though, I love the look.
The house is located in North Hollywood/Studio City. If you google search "Brady Bunch house" you'll find lots of info on it.

 

[jasonl]

I wonder what the brady house would be worth if they decided to sell it.

 

[petek]

Well as much as I like them by the time we get everything settled around here it's unlikely either will still be on the market. But like cars and trucks there's always many more to be had. I love old Victorian houses and there are plenty of those available around there as well but I'm not sure if living in one is my "cup of tea". Our current house is a very modern ranch style with enormous and plentiful windows so the house is always extremely sunny inside, contrast that to a Victorian and I just don't know. Here's a Victorian house that has piqued my interest though.

http://www.mls.ca/PropertyDetails.aspx?PropertyID=4361974

 

[petek]

Toggle, it's not that far north at 42.5 latitude, that's more southerly than Minneapolis. NYC's only 40 deg. Actually that's the one thing that puts me off about moving back there is the sweltering muggy summers when it's so unpleasant you can't even sit outdoors let alone do any yardwork. Nice in the evenings though. At least here if it's over 90 sweat doesn't get a chance to form on you because it evaporates almost immediately. When I've been home visiting in the summers and the central a/c is running in my moms house you don't dry off after a shower anywhere near as fast as you do here, then you step outside into what feels like a blast furnace and I'm soggy all again.. uggers.

 

[hoover1060]

I like the victorian Pete, but I still like the first house better.

Jason: The Brady house is up in the Hollywood hills, it backs up to the LA river, and its in a neighborhood of mostly ranch houses that have an early 50's flavor. Rough guess on its what it would sell for given LA real estate prices would be 1 million plus.

 

[petek]

Here's a house that was up the street from us when I was still living at home, belonged to a friend of mines folks. I'd feel weird living in such a place. It's actually a nice house, looks better in person than the picture, at least as I remember it.

http://www.mls.ca/PropertyDetails.a...=all&o=A&of=1&ps=50&ptgid=1&aid=1541&MapURL=%

 

[whirlcool]

Talk about Frau-Frau!

Who did the interior design for that second house? Flowers and frau-frau (is that what you'd call that) everywhere! Look at how cluttered that home looks! My goodness!

The house looks nice, but the decorating! I'd just love to know who lives there!

 

[appnut]

Pete, each house is coool. Looks like #1 house doesn't have a dishwasher in the kitchen. I kinda like house #2. Can you asy bear (bare) romps!!!!

 

[kevinpreston8]

Brady Bunch House Oddities

The real house in only a one story. The film crew hung a fake window in the peaked roof area to make it look like two stories. Even if you let yourself believe it's a two story, it doesn't match the floorplan of the inside of the house. As you know, you go up the stairs on the right side of the house and that is where the upstairs is. Not the left side of the house where the (fake) second story is. I remember thinking that when I was 9!

In one of the newer Brady Bunch satire/whatever movies (I didn't care for them...Greg having incestual feelings towards his sister was just disgusting to me, but that's another thread) they cheated by shooting the house from an angle that the tree covered where the "window" would have been, as obviously there is no window there.

It is amazing that they didn't bother to shoot another house, or even a phony one on the backlot, that more closely resembled the layout of the interior set. One of those odd things that was never cleared up!

 

[petek]

I always find myself doing that as well when I watch indoor/outdoor shots of tv houses.

 

[retromom]

Kinda Brady.......

Golly Pete:

That is a really nice house for a really great price!! If I lived up there (toooooooo cold, thank you), I'd jump on it in a heartbeat!!

Venus

 

[jasonl]

Brady House

Well, I never tried to disprove the real house vs. the studio set. I just wanted to immerse myself into the Brady home and just believe that it was real.

I always wished the Bradys or Partridges could've adopted me.

 

[hoover1060]

Holy Ground

I thought it was pretty cool to just stand in front of the "real" Brady house, take pictures, and admire it. 37 years after the Brady Bunch hit the airwaves that house is still recognizable today as the Brady's.
I'm with Pete too, I figured out early on the exteriors they were using did not fit the interior at all.
Brady legend has it that Sherwood Schwartz chose that house because it was "typically" suburban.

 

[petek]

Typically suburban? In his world..LOL Roseannes house was closer to typical suburban reality than the Brady's..lol

 

[brettsomers]

the victorian seems cheap, Pete. whats wrong with it? is it in a bad neighborhood? fixer-upper?