The ugliest multi-million dollar property I have ever seen

[hyphenate]

This real estate listing in NYC has GOT to be the ugliest place I have ever seen. And for the price, that means it's like a million dollars per room! If you can't see why I think it's so ugly, you are living in the wrong century.

http://www.sothebyshomes.com/nyc/sales/0017088

[Chan790]

1. Where did you get that picture of my living room?

I love that Art Nouveau style and patterns.

[Ron Green]

2. The kitchen is nice, but the place looks like it was decorated by Ray Charles.

[fishwax]

10. that was my thought as well

about the kitchen, I mean :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear hyphenate!

Actually, it's not ugly. You are looking at the furnishings, I suspect, and those are ugly.

The apartment or whatever it is is lovely. Nicely proportioned spaces, from what I can see.

The kitchen is nice, but I want my ovens in the wall, not below.

I really love the garden! Very pretty...

I would also have expected that the place would have an elevator, and I don't see any mention of that...

Three stories is just too much without an elevator...

And I'll have you know that I am not living in the wrong century!:P

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. I'm with you, Peggy. Strip it bare and we have something we can work with. :^)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear GreenPartyVoter!

Ah, if only I could afford it!

:D

[BlueJazz]

25. Did you see the taxes per year ?? $67,392.96 Choke..cough..cough!!

:)

[Gormy Cuss]

7. "Building Amenities Elevator, Security System, Air Conditioning, Storage"

I'm a bit surprised that it has one. Three stories is not usually high enough for an elevator in New York, but this is an Upper East Side, 15.5 million dollar address.

:hi:

eta: it's actually on five levels counting the garden level and basement. The elevator is the large X on the floor plans.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Oh, thanks, my dear Gormy Cuss!

I didn't read the details!

That's a plus, then...

:hi:

[hyphenate]

11. Yes

Any room that has a head on its wall is pretty ugly to me. And there are two animal skulls on the hearth as well--though I won't venture to say what kind of an animal they are from.

This listing is much more to my liking. I've gotten quite fond of penthouses, as they're usually light, airy and modern. And you don't have anyone over you to make noise. ;)

http://www.sothebyshomes.com/nyc/sales/0016614#



It's 1/2 million less than the other one!

Strangely enough, my favorite listing in London bears a very striking similarity to this one, even to the general setup of the rooms. I guess I like a lot of glass!



http://www.harrodsestates.com/property/sales?code=KNI090261

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Remember, you're looking at the furnishings...

Those leave when the place is sold. Also, the 3 story place has nobody overhead. All 3 stories belong to the same place...

The penthouse is lovely!

[Odin2005]

42. I WANT!!!

:)

[hyphenate]

43. Which one?

The top picture is from NYC, and the second pic is from London. I might consider giving you the NYC penthouse, but you can't have my London flat!

(Yeah, like I can afford to spend $13M on anything, never mind get enough to even get back to London!)

[Odin2005]

48. I'll take the top one.

:)

[hyphenate]

57. It's yours!

Heh--I like dealing in utter fantasies!

[XemaSab]

5. Not to be racist

but it looks like it was decorated by Saudis.

Not to my taste at all.

[Archae]

9. This room is horrendous!

BLECH!

[Rhiannon12866]

15. Yikes! That's the one that got to me, too...

:puke:

[hyphenate]

19. Me as well!

After seeing the pic I posted of the living room with hotel lobby furnishings, seeing that animal head really unnerved me. And then the picture of what looks to be a child's room, complete with a zebra rug on the floor....


Peggy is right, though--it's mostly the furnishings that make it ugly. But I don't care for the amount of light not being there, and those very heavy, very old-fashioned drapes aren't helping either.

[Rhiannon12866]

39. I think that's what bothered me, too, the darkness of the rooms.

It's kind of suffocating without natural light. That might make all the difference in the mood of the rooms. But the animal heads/skins are the most off putting. And what's up with those skeletal hands in front of the bookshelves? x(

[hyphenate]

44. I had to think for a minute what you were talking about

and finally understood. Strangely enough, those "hands" are one of the only features I like about this estate--the "hands" are at the top of the library ladder! It's what you would grip climbing up.

[Rhiannon12866]

46. I wondered what those were! LOL.

They seemed kinda creepy to me, with all the animal parts in the room, but they are pretty cool in the context of a library. Usually, a library would be my favorite room... :D

[PassingFair]

56. It's like a bad dream. n/t

[Lucian]

13. I love everything about that place except...

the dead animals hanging on the wall.

But then again, I've always loved Victorian-era architecture/decor.

[woo me with science]

14. Not as bad, IMO, as Rush's place:

Remember?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7831030

[Demoiselle]

16. Money doesn't know who owns it, my darlings.

And whoever said you can never go wrong with neutral colors was certainly wrong in this case.
But California Peggy is right, the bare bones (without the animal heads, of course) are beautiful.

[flvegan]

17. Why does everyone but me get to have a dead animal head over the fireplace?

I think much of that price is in the location. That and you could film "Caligula 2" there.

[XemaSab]

23. You live in Florida

Just go out, find some nice roadkill, and take it to the taxidermist. It's what I do. :D

[A HERETIC I AM]

35. One can only have so many Armadillos, Raccoons, and flattened Deer heads over the mantle. n/t

[XemaSab]

38. Depends on how big your mantle is

;)

[BreweryYardRat]

18. The wallpaper and carpeting in some of those rooms are appalling.

Ugliest examples of their kind I've ever seen.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. They are.........and they can be changed.

You have to look at the rooms. NOT the furnishings or wall/window coverings.

It's hard to see beyond those, however.

[LynneSin]

20. Is that Rush LImbaugh's NYC place - he has it on the market

Talk about extreme tackiness. He was trying to make it look like the Versailles inside and well, it just looks like cheap trash new money tackiness.

[JohnnyLib2]

37. Had the same thought.

If not, it's similar.

[carlyhippy]

22. what is it with rich folks and that HUGE print wallpaper???!!!

nearly every single pre-war home in Manhattan has that stuff plastered over every wall. It looks gawdy and cheapens the home IMHO

I love looking at Sotheby's real estate, and dream...

[Zipp]

24. That's nothing...look at the decorating in this $75 million place

This is maybe the worst I've ever seen.

http://www.sothebyshomes.com/nyc/sales/0015884#

[hyphenate]

26. Funny you should have brought that one up

I love the last two images of that one, because they're against every stuffy mansion you can imagine. Admit it--these harken back to the 60s, one of my favorite time periods!





I absolutely LOVE green, and the last one especially has it in good measure!

[Zipp]

28. note to self

Never ask hyphenate for help decorating.

Green is OK...but that is traffic vest florescent green.

[hyphenate]

29. lol!

I just love primary colors, and other bright colors. I remember watching all the episodes from Trading Spaces and Changing Rooms here the designers kept saying over and over again not to be afraid of colors. Where I'm currently living, I have the opportunity to redecorate, and color is definitly on the agenda--a dark emerald green for the bedroom, a dark rusty color for the library, a light lemon or daffodil yellow in the kitchen, and white, with bold geometric shapes for the front room. So I suppose it won't all be someone else's cup of tea, but my vision will be definitely unique!

[Xithras]

36. I love those rooms.

But then again, I've always been a fan of intensely colorful, boldly decorated rooms. White is not a color.

[BlueJazz]

27. Damn!. .You're right Zipp ...The place looks like a Store, a barbershop, ...

...a men's club, a chucky cheese, a bunch of other Themes plus part of the Star Ship Enterprise. :) :)

[carlyhippy]

49. ha I like that house, I bet it's cold in the winter tho..if I had 75 mil, I would build a new home

why would someone spend that much money on a used home????????

[Paper Roses]

55. Good grief, one worse than the other. Check the ceiling!

Instant nightmare.

[trof]

30. And the R.E. taxes are only $5,833. PER MONTH!

WooHoo!

[pink-o]

31. it's called "Real Estate Porn" when you surf the web for these sites!

It's been my guilty pleasure for a few years, that and HGTV. I never realized there was a name for the condition.

Actually, HGTV has a new show called "Selling New York" which is amazingly AWESOME:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[sammytko]

32. love that show

do you ever use the Television Without Pity website. There are snarky forums for all the HGTV shows. Love it.

[hyphenate]

45. Really, they have an actual name for it?

Until lately, I never really got into it, except for the occasional glance at a real property I was considering, once upon a time when I actually had money. But then I started out working on a story, and had to visualize the places it was taking place. Now, I find it's just so much fun to imagine what it is like to live in a place like that. I get to plan out my story, and also enjoy the eye candy.

I have been a subscriber to Architectural Digest for centuries, though!

Wow. I thought I was only one of a few people who liked looking at the pictures! At least I know no one was harmed in the making of the pictures! ;)

[lunatica]

33. It looks like an old hotel lobby

[Jade Fox]

34. Somebody call "Sell This House".....

http://www.aetv.com/sell-this-house/

For a few hundred (thousand?) dollars, they'll get it sold!

[NanceGreggs]

40. It seems to lack something ...

... something that should be there, but isn't.

I can't quite put my finger on - oh, wait, I KNOW! PLASTIC SLIPCOVERS!

[Odin2005]

41. Ugh, that is HIDEOUS!!!

Mounted antelope head? :puke:

[Paper Roses]

47. Get rid of all furnishings, rugs, mirrors, etc. Get down to the walls.

Start over.

Beautiful home with horrible furnishings. The "stuff" probably cost what they are asking for the real estate. Altogether a disaster.

Who could have even thought this looked good?

[driver8]

50. I liked the kitchen and the backyard...the rest of the house is hideous! n/t

[begin_within]

51. Looks like a funeral home

[brendan120678]

52. Currently owned by...

Marc R. Ewing & Lisa Y. Lee.
http://a836-acris.nyc.gov/Scripts/DocSearch.dll/Detail?Doc_ID=2005090800286001

I have no idea who those people are, but that's them.

There's actually a whole bunch of activity on this property in the NYC ACRIS system.
If you care to check it out:
Borough: MANHATTAN / NEW YORK
Block: 01506
Lot: 0010

[Shell Beau]

53. Money does not = taste. Ew. Ew. Ew.

The kitchen is ok. The rest is gaudy and tacky beyond belief. It makes Graceland look plain.

[n2doc]

54. The dead animals are a nice touch.

:puke: