From the listing: “Literally a restaurateur’s kitchen.” And so now we have to ask, who knows which one? And as such we have to wonder, isn’t that stove a tad far from the sink? You know, the nine-foot triangle and all.
UPDATE: Damn you’re good. The restaurant(s) would be Isa (of which we’re fans) and Domo (at which we’ve never eaten). And the ‘teur, Luke Sung.
UPDATE: Unfortunately the floor plans attached to the listing are a bit distorted (note the half-bath). And as a plugged-in reader notes, “the lower floor extends out to the edge of the terrace above.”
UPDATE (4/21): And fortunately, a plugged-in tipster forwards more precise floor plans for the readers to peruse.
UPDATE (5/16): 153 Avila closed escrow on 5/15 with a reported contract price of $2,975,000 (10.4% over asking).
∙ Listing: 153 Avila (3/2.5) – $2,695,000 [153avila.com] [MLS]
∙ The Kitchen Work Triangle [merillat.com]
Never mind the working triangle, how about trying to use that half bath!
Iron Chef Morimoto?
Famous restaurateur, huh? Hmmm…let me guess: is it Lee, from Lee’s Deli?
If you look carefully you can see that the plan is distorted at the two baths (stretched out). I walked around this place and it’s a normal bath and powder room.
Luke Sung (Isa)
It’s Luke Sung’s house (Isa restaurant)
Another thing incorrect about the plans: the lower floor extends out to the edge of the terrace above.
Don’t forget about Domo!
And the stairs don’t line up. Funny, I’d have thought you’d expect more from Sotheby’s.
Now we have the photoshopped floor plans to go with the photoshopped photographs.
Drawing to scale is so 1990’s.
I love the double doors and terrace off the back. Wish more houses around here had them.
I love it! I would buy it, if I had the money. I just don’t have 2 million lying around, 🙁
The kitchen is on the big side, but that kind of layout works well if you cook with other people or a oversize ego.
Wow you guys are harsh today. It’s a great looking house on a street well-known for gravity-defying prices. But all the comments about the floor plans seem justified.
I’m very familiar with this type of layout – the way they’ve remodeled has a couple of disadvantages:
1) It’s probably debatable whether that’s really a two car garage. probably just 2 minis.
2) the reduction in size of the 2 bedrooms on the main level leaves the owner forced to use the downstairs bedroom as the master. won’t that alienate some buyers who don’t want to sleep on a concrete floor?
3) no windows in the bathrooms but looks like skylights. either there was a light well that was taken away or there never were windows.
Regardless, the price for Avila street is typical and it probably sells for 2.5.
” Another thing incorrect about the plans: the lower floor extends out to the edge of the terrace above.”
Which would probably explain the Escher-esque alignment of the rear stair. The front stair also looks slightly misaligned but less so.
“The kitchen is on the big side, but that kind of layout works well if you cook with other people or a oversize ego.”
Big kitchen = Big ego?
Dumb comment = Dumb poster
The guys an accomplished chef. I guess it’s easy to flame people when one hasn’t accomplished much themself.
I usually find Sotheby’s marketing to be less than the name brand conjures as well.
Congrats to Chef Sung! There are many examples of early 30 year olds who live in million+ SFH in SF, and this is just another one of them. He started his own restaurant at 26, and is living the American dream. Hard work, and dedication, not complaining as to why the world is so unfair.
Resp – I believe this house will go for at least $2.6million. just look at 451 Avila, asking $2.281 million, and just sold for $2.8 million with 9 bidders. There’s definitely high demand in this area of SF.
Yeah I saw it this weekend and admit it probably goes for asking. Very impressive.
Somehow the owners got the neighbors to let them add square footage by filling in two lightwells (note no windows in kitchen, baths, and DR). Whoever fixed the drawings did a good job but i’m still skeptical whether yuppie buyers can fit their two cars in the garage (bimmers or land rovers). OK 2.6 works – still have to give it a slight discount for having to sleep on the ground level.
Sweet Tjasha Owen Painting on the back wall of the kitchen! I’ll guess…Craig Stoll & his wife from Del Fina ?
Does anyone know what this is in escrow for?
153 Avila closed escrow yesterday (5/15) with a reported contract price of $2,975,000 (10.4% over asking).
You title goes:
“…You Provide The ‘Teur’.
What’s a ‘Teur’?