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"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit) 02/11/2018 at 14:45 • Filed to: None

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Just kidding. House was not quite what we were looking for. No scared sink for you.

Nibby > Takuro Spirit 02/11/2018 at 14:49

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RIP hopes and dreams

fintail > Takuro Spirit 02/11/2018 at 14:51

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Nice original hardware and what looks like original tile. A few years ago I stayed in an early 50s era hotel in Miami with original details like this.

Brickman > Takuro Spirit 02/11/2018 at 14:58

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That sink has seen things

Takuro Spirit > Nibby 02/11/2018 at 14:59

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Sad.

Takuro Spirit > fintail 02/11/2018 at 15:04

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Both bathrooms have original 1950's 10 inch glass tile walls. The house is amazing from a visual standpoint and it’s on a large lot, but the bedrooms are too small, no central a/c, and the heat is in the floor and ceiling via the boiler that’s in a closet in the hall (which smelled like a gas leak) because there’s no basement.

The water meter was in a closet in the unheated garage kept from freezing by a space heater plugged into a power strip.

Yeesh.

Takuro Spirit > Brickman 02/11/2018 at 15:05

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Many things.

fintail > Takuro Spirit 02/11/2018 at 15:14

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Too bad. Sounds like the house suffered from “do it yourself” syndrome.

I really go for old details like that, but as you know, it is a risky game with old houses.

ranwhenparked > fintail 02/11/2018 at 16:32

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I look for places like that when I travel, but usually strike out. It seems like every older or historic hotel out there has been gutted and modernized at least 2 or 3 times since the 1980s, so that once you’re away from the lobby, you might as well be in a Courtyard Marriott.

fintail > ranwhenparked 02/11/2018 at 16:37

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You either get something that is cool on the outside and bland on the inside, yeah, or is ill-maintained and original out of the owner being cheap rather than having foresight. In terms of hotels/motels, probably much less of that outside of areas known for mid century themes (like Miami Beach), too.

The Miami place was the latter, but was reasonably clean and still interesting for it.

shop-teacher > Takuro Spirit 02/11/2018 at 18:35

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This is outrageous! We had a deal!

Chariotoflove > fintail 02/12/2018 at 12:17

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So did I. It cost too much. Glad I wasn’t paying.