This mid-century modern just popped up on the market. The architect who designed it lived here for 50+ years with his family. It was sold a number of years ago and whoever bought it really understood it. I am very pleased to see that, and I wouldn't change much. As a child, I was friendly with the owner, and he encouraged my passion for design. It's one of those rare modern designs in rural CT that should sell for a LOT more. I am not sure if the agent doesn't understand the house or is just running numbers without understanding the integrity the house has. I would drop everything to own it, but I am in the midst of another renovation. Please buy this and have me over for cocktails.
I love it.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 20, 2025 12:06 AM |
Stunning. I’m thinking there’s got to be a buyer who would appreciate it and preserve it. At that price even as just weekend retreat.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 20, 2025 12:09 AM |
For reference, this house is a few miles away. WHAT WHAT WHAT??? Whoever buys it has INSTANT equity.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 20, 2025 12:11 AM |
It doesn't look very energy, efficient to me.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 20, 2025 12:18 AM |
It’s sublime, OP. MCM is very soothing to me and this house is very serene.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 20, 2025 12:21 AM |
Yes r4. And oil heating would have to be changed eventually .
I.love the one at r3 as well but it's a bit too busy in comparison.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 20, 2025 12:21 AM |
Meet George Jetson…
by Anonymous | reply 7 | June 20, 2025 12:23 AM |
I know nothing about the area, but why is it so cheap? Even the land should be worth more than that. (4.6 acres)
by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 20, 2025 12:31 AM |
Did your friend the designer explain the lions on the bathroom wall?
by Anonymous | reply 9 | June 20, 2025 12:33 AM |
I have friends from college that grew up there, and I've visited there. Beautiful area.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | June 20, 2025 12:34 AM |
R8, the land is more about privacy, and the house faces a road. It's 4.6 acres of slope. Also, funny to have a degree of connection to you, Dustin. I think it's hard to imagine, but being out in the country, not all that far from NY is cheaper than some might realize. The lion thing? No idea.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | June 20, 2025 12:40 AM |
The bathrooms are the only problem
by Anonymous | reply 12 | June 20, 2025 12:42 AM |
What might you do instead, R12? I am always curious to see what others would choose.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | June 20, 2025 12:48 AM |
I'd look back at the overall look.of the times and adapt it. Nothing too ornate. Maybe a pastel colored tile. Maybe something more artisanal on the floor.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | June 20, 2025 12:56 AM |
Wow. I wish the kitchen was better, but I'd give a limb to live there.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 20, 2025 1:23 AM |
Very nice, OP. I rarely like Mid-Century houses but this one is a nice exception. The wall of glass, the black painted exterior, the setting as if dropped I'm a sea of green leaves and black bark, the treatment of floors and ceiling in wood... It all comes together successfully in a house that's sound and of it's time yet welcoming to different tastes.
I would change the kitchen to something quiet and unobtrusive and very nearly the same, just more elegant in materials. The bathrooms are a question of wallpaper and weather you like the tile and fixtures.
The house has some elegance where many MCM houses just have some kitschiness.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | June 20, 2025 1:42 AM |
Gorgeous - just needs a few updates.
Two problems: 1) It's 'coming soon' - which is to get a bidding war. and 2) it's in the middle of nowhere.
It's going to go for far more than the asking price, I would imagine.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | June 20, 2025 2:23 AM |
I love it, OP
by Anonymous | reply 18 | June 20, 2025 2:29 AM |
The kitchen is in very poor shape and there’s some messy paintwork elsewhere. My biggest issue is, as always, a flat roof in the Northeast.
I love the mix of artwork on the wall in one bedroom and in the office.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | June 20, 2025 2:30 AM |
R17, That's the newish problem for some of the towns here; We've been the Anti-Hamptons so long that it's slowly infiltrating.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | June 20, 2025 2:37 AM |