If you’ve ever walked by and wondered what’s inside 449-451 Eureka, now you get to see.
And about that “Swim Suit Optional” open house scheduled for this weekend…
∙ Listing: 449-451 Eureka (4/2.5 + 2/2) – $2,000,000 [MLS]
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If you’ve ever walked by and wondered what’s inside 449-451 Eureka, now you get to see.
And about that “Swim Suit Optional” open house scheduled for this weekend…
∙ Listing: 449-451 Eureka (4/2.5 + 2/2) – $2,000,000 [MLS]
Whoa! Architectural ADHD. Xanax please. What’s the point of any of it? Much prefer even the flagstone-facaded Vic next door.
Dude, I thought you said did I want to get stoned, not did I want to buy some stone.
At least it looks like there is counter space to set down your pie without walking around the island.
various design shortcomings aside, the great room is awesome.
Using what appears to be a tiny firebox in a massive 30′ stone centrepiece monolith was an unfortunate choice.
…and what’s with the traditional 4-panel doors?? An odd mish-mash of design ideas.
Help !………..I’ve been slated to death !
Seriously,..while the exterior is a bit Fugly, the interior looks pretty cool with the exception of all the slate everywhere. Open spaces and lots of soaring height.
Slate and some granite now look dated these days but that is an easy cosmetic fix. Change the flat slate everywhere for some nice 3×8 stone and replace the granite with Ceaserstone or other new product.
With the separate apt. below I think they may get something close to this…..but why not do the mind bending list price of $1,995,000 instead…sounds less expensive.
Is that the theme song from 2001(Movie) I hear playing in the background?
What happens when I take space lego wings and windshields and stick them onto castle lego walls and roofs, and maybe mix in some pieces from an expert set?
Dunno why I can’t get anyone else to appreciate my creation. *I* think it rocks!!
i hope the naked women in the pool on sunday look better.
Wow. I can imagine sitting across from that slate monolith having just watched a “Dr. Who” episode or two. I’d definitely need to double check that it isn’t a supersentient robot scientist with a giant cranium crafted from living stone, sent to earth to observe our puny planet and report back to its overlord.
Ugh! It’s like a house of wood and a house of slate procreated and this is what was born. Ick.
I almost never get into these design critiques on SS because I really don’t know that much about architecture and design, but this place just looks like a mess. Really atrocious. I’m sure tat means it will sell quickly 🙂
Freaky place indeed. But an indoor lap pool in SF? I just might buy it!
hey you all, snider is going to grab his speedo and goggles and swim some butterfly laps at the open house tomorrow. i am just going to wait until the realtor is busy defending the slate monolith and *splash* i’m in!
kudos to the commentor regarding the pie around the island.
I love swimming, but indoor pools smell funky. One would have to keep all the doors shut, aside from the patio and the skylight. I agree about the fireplace.
My favorite part of the house is the 80 foot long cabinet running along the entire left side of the “great room”, shown in the upper right photo (it’s to the left of the fireplace, against the wall) and all the way back to the dining room. Probably inspired by something the owner saw at Moscone Center. It’s about the same scale.
I haven’t seen a “great room” since the early 90s. It probably takes an hour to heat up that room when you get home from work. What the hell were people thinking!?
oh, it was built in 1992. that explains it. nothing done since.
“I haven’t seen a “great room” since the early 90s. It probably takes an hour to heat up that room when you get home from work. What the hell were people thinking!?“
perhaps “I am a god. Build me a home worthy of my stature.”
And indeed, that is quite an impressive nave. All it is missing is a large artfully executed crucifix over the fireplace.
For two million dollars I would expect a view.
bgelldawg: That’s what the pool is for, silly!
What the hell were people thinking!?
Maybe something like: “I’m going to build out to the lot lines, how do I get light into the center of the building.”
This house is extremely odd. Not in a good way, either.
Onward Christian Slater!
weird. but if you think of the 2br rental apt included as being worth say 500k or thereabouts.. The 1.5m sounds better.
I think.
Wow, so much slate. That fire place is just so….U-G-L-Y, it ain’t got no alibi. It’s ugly!
Although this particular example is ugly, I’m a big fan of the massive multi-story fireplace/huge open room layout.
Some friends of the family built their house using this concept and it was gorgeous. The best part was that with (relatively) little wood you could heat the whole room, and the stones would capture the heat and keep the room warm for hours after the fire went out. It was amazing. The shape was a bit different than here, as the fireplace was wider and flatter, forming part of a wall, and the “family space” was semicircle around it. It was wonderful to put a few logs in there, and watch as the room heated up.
slate fire pool water
living springs party palace
over the top orgy
and the win goes to [hiyou]. thank you for the haiku sir…
The best part was that with (relatively) little wood you could heat the whole room, and the stones would capture the heat and keep the room warm for hours after the fire went out.
I’m thinking the new owner could start by burning the wood cross beams in front of the upper windows in the great room.
I doubt that the price is set in STONE 🙂
Indeed, the list price for 449-451 Eureka wasn’t set in stone. Reduced $200,000 today and now asking $1,800,000.
Reduced to 1.699M
449-451 Eureka has fallen out of contract and its list price has just been reduced to $1,600,000.
I hate when my stock portfolio falls by 30% in one day and I have to fall out of contract.
A year and a 25% discount later, this place has finally sold. $1.5 million.
This place is certainly odd, but not as screwed-up as lots of places we see. And it is in a fantastic neighborhood. And it is big and has a big in-law to boot. If you can get all that in SF for $1.5M, things have come back quite a ways to earth.