Oh yeah. What kills me is that the place doesn’t look like it would need all that much work. Mainly interior remodeling And I wouldn’t remodel all of it either, some of the stuff I’d leave up (like the old maps and stuff in some of the bedrooms.)
However, cleaned up right, it is a very nice house. They went overboard with the rebar because they were still learning at the time. As a result, there is very little earthquake damage and that *is* earthquake country, the heart of it in fact. Rigid structures generally don’t do well there.
I’m with you on this … owning this piece of history would be just this side of wonderful.
Oh yeah. What kills me is that the place doesn’t look like it would need all that much work. Mainly interior remodeling And I wouldn’t remodel all of it either, some of the stuff I’d leave up (like the old maps and stuff in some of the bedrooms.)
I’ve seen the place; over priced. But, Laguna is like that. I grew up in So. Cal.
The first thing I would do is to paint the raw concrete.
So would I (the repaint it part)
You’ve actually seen it? How long ago was it? How much do you remember of the condition of it then?
About fifteen or twenty years ago. I ran with a faster crowd then, before 1989. 😉 Nope, I can’t count either.
I wouldn’t just paint the interior, I’d mud the walls smooth first. When it was first built, cast concrete was new. Now, it’s passé. Not only passé but butt-ugly. The existing texture in the walls are the impressions from the planks that made up the forms. One or two feature walls like that might be acceptable but overwhelming people on all surfaces with it isn’t. Note that even the ceilings have that same texture.
However, cleaned up right, it is a very nice house. They went overboard with the rebar because they were still learning at the time. As a result, there is very little earthquake damage and that *is* earthquake country, the heart of it in fact. Rigid structures generally don’t do well there.
Okay, closer to twenty-five years. We called the interior decor … Early American Bomb Shelter. It is the only thing wrong with the house.