If you liked the looks of 378 Cumberland, a plugged-in reader shares some additional insight, background and photos:
“This was just a very special house; I saw it when it was for rent. The materials were exquisite. It was recent construction, very high quality, and the architect and interior designer did an amazing job. The house was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle in February 2008.
The seller initiated the sale, but I think it was sold off-market because it would have been just too difficult to explain to the market why this place had to be priced as it was (it would have been difficult to justify listing it near $3.1M).”
One of the reasons I always keep an ear open for architects who are selling – they do some of their best work for themselves!
Compare this to any of those “who needs an architect” type of flips around town. They might sell but I’d never want to live in one myself. Never.
Please name a project that did not have an architect of any “medium” scale project. SF mandates that there are architects on every project except 2 story, single family, interior remodel.
So really the answer to “who needs an architect” is every “flipper” in town.
Sparky, why? The first commenter is clearly speaking about “flips”, not “medium” scale projects.
What’s with the zebra holocaust all of sudden? This is the second house in two months that has shown a zebra skin rug in the kitchen.
Is this fashionable anywhere West of Cairo?
zero,
then name a flip that fits. I think most of the flips that are discussed fit the parameters of needing an architect.
I think the look of the place has as much to do with the Interior Designer portion of the couple… isn’t this the “Booth” from Babey, Moulton, Jue and Booth?
http://www.bamo.com/
Don’t get me wrong. The interior design is very nice. But this house would look and feel wonderful even if it was completely empty. The sense of light and air I get from the photographs is extraordinary. One thing I particularly admire about it is its utter neutrality in terms of style. The spaces would look equally great with very modern furniture, traditional antiques or funky thrift shop finds painted in offbeat colors. $3.1 M? In a heartbeat – if I had it, of course.
By the way, what makes people think the seller initiated the sale? Typically it’s the buyer.