On more than one occasion during our weekend house hunting sessions with our agent, we would drive up hills and get excited, only to drive back down the hill to see the actual house. Sometimes, her GPS would take us on a spectacular trip along hillsides with great views and back down, then up, then down again. (I swear, her GPS is more lost than found sometimes.) This time though, we went up and kept going up and stayed up.
It's mid-century modern fabulousness! To some, it is a mere cement-colored box. To me, it is an unremorseful and affordable knockoff of a famous architect's design. Oh the wonderful furniture shopping trips we would embark on for this home with great lines!
We walk in, gasp, and make a beeline for the wall of windows at the back. We step out onto the balcony that runs the entire width of the house and take in the could-be-ours view.
Reluctantly, we turn back inside and are happy to find that the house is basically move-in ready! Whomever had the house last made updates throughout! Stainless steel appliances! We look out at the view again. We imagine having lazy Sunday brunch out on the balcony, sunsets and city lights with a glass of wine....
Wait a second. The pretty song scratches to a halt. Is this a stilt house? We go outside and walk down the public staircase running next to the property. Yep. It's a stilt house. And not just any stilt house -- the scariest one I've ever seen! The ENTIRE home is on stilts, save for the very front edge of the driveway that forms a little bridge to the front door. We can see the whole underside of the home. gulp.
But it's super affordable! Less than El Paso! It's move-in ready! It hits almost all of our criteria and even some of the Pie-in-the-sky ones!
We consider it on the ride home. The further we get from the property, the less my heart jumps at the thought of going to bed every night in a house with long spider legs standing in as anchors to the earth, specifically Los Angeles. Our agent tells us to think about it and call her later. It's a foreclosed home with zero offers (we don't wonder why). Like Glenrose, we would know pretty quickly if we made an offer.
Looks terrifying, doesn't it?
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