Who Wants to Move to Indiana?

[RWebb]

https://www.dwell.com/article/the-andrew-armstrong-house-frank-lloyd-wright-john-howe-ogden-dunes-real-estate-febd9411

[Sooner or later]

I would take it.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

Envision your car parked here:




"the property was well kept until 2020, when "leakyseals" bought it and the house fell into neglect. The driveway was covered in oil puddles in short order. The driveway currently under superfund review."

[vash]

Nice digs!

[look 171]

I am being anal, but that tile in the kitchen ruined the house. Those cabinets too, I think.

That just seem so cheap for a FLW house. I wonder if I buy it, will they allow me to take it apart (I promise I will number all pieces) and ship it to LA and plopped it near my home and sell it for 5 times as much? I know the a perfect lot within walking distance.

[ckelly78z]

Originally Posted by look 171

I am being anal, but that tile in the kitchen ruined the house. Those cabinets too, I think.

That just seem so cheap for a FLW house. I wonder if I buy it, will they allow me to take it apart (I promise I will number all pieces) and ship it to LA and plopped it near my home and sell it for 5 times as much? I know the a perfect lot within walking distance.

Enjoy it in Indiana, or don't bother with it. I think it looks just fine where it is. While the cabinets are not my style, I can't imagine tearing them out.

[GH85Carrera]

All the pretty picture and not one of the garage. It better have a 4 or 5 car garage with heated floors and a lift for me want to move there.

It looks like just a car-port and no garage. I don't want to live there. No way.

[pavulon]

Isn't it sorta rough to pick apart stuff by icons like FLW? I'd have to imagine that he would admit that it's not perfect but taken as a whole, it seems pretty awesome.

[GH85Carrera]

No doubt is is a really great looking house. Tastes change but his work is pretty much always at the top of great design.

Except the garage area. The garage usually sucks.

[vash]

i actually like it.

it is a bit, "boom chaka bow wow" with the 70's theme. but it works. imagine any other kitchen in it and it wouldnt work.

BUT..i was up on my roof (flat roof) cleaning up some leaves with a headlamp on, and a flashlight clenched in my teeth. THIS MORNING, at zero dark thirty. that flat roof has way too many desiduuas..desi..ahh..trees that drop leaves! for my liking.

but 1.2 million is very good priced no?

[look 171]

Originally Posted by ckelly78z

Enjoy it in Indiana, or don't bother with it. I think it looks just fine where it is. While the cabinets are not my style, I can't imagine tearing them out.

Frank Lloyd Wright would never use those tiles or who ever approve those tile in a later remodel has no clue. Those cabinets are acceptable. These are historical landmarks and they should be taken with the utmost care.

I am only kidding about moving it to CA. But given that if it can legally, I am sure there are people that will do it in a heart beat. I shoulda done that in green

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Beautiful and I’d personally love it but those sorts of houses are not without their problems. I had a good friend of mine in graduate school who lived in FLW’s Tomek House in Riverside Illinois (considered to be a “testing ground” for the Robbie House; so it experiments with a lot of the same design approaches). It was beautiful but the insulation was terrible by today’s standards, the scale was “FLW-characteristically” small (low headroom, very small entries and passages, etc.) For those that aren’t aware, Wright was known to design using HIMSELF as the standard for how much space was needed for things, not “average” human dimensions or his clients - and he was on the short / thin side. It was NOT low-maintenance by any means and required a dedicated owner that had the time (and money) to keep up with it. Also consider that many are on the National Register of Historic Places which SERIOUSLY limits what can be done in / to it and makes ANY upkeep or change a huge PITA (and expensive) to deal with.

I would LOVE to own a Wright home myself but they’re definitely not for the casual or uncommitted. The details are amazing in every one I’ve ever been in (you find something new every time you’re in one) and the level of thoughtfulness / craftsmanship is always very high. I hope it goes to a worthy owner that can appreciate it for what it is rather than someone with a fat wallet looking for a trophy. The latter type is setting themselves up for disappointment and headaches - the former for endless pleasure.

I can’t see myself ever being able to live in Indiana though - nothing against people there. I’m spoiled on warmth and perfect weather now, not to mention the ocean. No plans to ever leave.

[look 171]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

Beautiful and I’d personally love it but those sorts of houses are not without their problems. I had a good friend of mine in graduate school who lived in FLW’s Tomek House in Riverside Illinois (considered to be a “testing ground” for the Robbie House; so it experiments with a lot of the same design approaches). It was beautiful but the insulation was terrible by today’s standards, the scale was “FLW-characteristically” small (low headroom, very small entries and passages, etc.) For those that aren’t aware, Wright was known to design using HIMSELF as the standard for how much space was needed for things, not “average” human dimensions or his clients - and he was on the short / thin side. It was NOT low-maintenance by any means and required a dedicated owner that had the time (and money) to keep up with it. Also consider that many are on the National Register of Historic Places which SERIOUSLY limits what can be done in / to it and makes ANY upkeep or change a huge PITA (and expensive) to deal with.

I would LOVE to own a Wright home myself but they’re definitely not for the casual or uncommitted. The details are amazing in every one I’ve ever been in (you find something new every time you’re in one) and the level of thoughtfulness / craftsmanship is always very high. I hope it goes to a worthy owner that can appreciate it for what it is rather than someone with a fat wallet looking for a trophy. The latter type is setting themselves up for disappointment and headaches - the former for endless pleasure.

I can’t see myself ever being able to live in Indiana though - nothing against people there. I’m spoiled on warmth and perfect weather now, not to mention the ocean. No plans to ever leave.

I can't agree with you more. All of them including the Greene and Greene I had the pleasure of tearing my hair out while working on it (not because of the work, but dealing with the historical jobless nut cases and the owner who's unwilling to pay based on the demands of the historical people). I also did all of the interior of Chemosphere. Again the architect and the owners were not too fun. I like Lauter's design.

Forgot to add, let someone else deal with the head aches, so we can walk by and enjoy it, just like many of the Victorians we have here in LA. I grew up about about a mile near Carrol Ave where all the Victorian are. I hone my finish carpentry skill working for a guy who restored them when I was in college. He would sit on one for a couple years going through it. I get called in to fab up what he can't buy and install it. I had a shaper so I had access to custom knifes to create matching molding when needed. I was a slave to that guy but working on just one house would put me through more then a couple years of college with plenty of play money up in Mammoth and a new sports car.

[RWebb]

Thing to do is to build a FLW "tribute" replica with modern materials in a nice place.

[john70t]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Except the garage area. The garage usually sucks.

Yes to that. Automobiles are serviced with white gloves at the dealership obviously. Or everything is delivered by assistants on call. A man well before his Amazon/GrubHub time. A phone and credit card are the only tools required.

And those flat roofs are attractive but they do carry a lot of snow load. There is a crossover in terms of visual vs. practicality. I do like it though.

Easy to design those structures in CAD. All squares and few angles make for easy trim construction. Just overlap and it's done.
The right stain and poly on pine will also fake the cedar pretty well.

Indiana also has some nice Prairie/Green&Green/FLW/whatever the flat blockish 1970s modern style is called.
Much of it was borrowed from the Japanese temples.

[varmint]

Originally Posted by RWebb

Thing to do is to build a FLW "tribute" replica with modern materials in a nice place.

yes,

i think the detailed plans are floating around out there.

[flipper35]

.31 acres and no garage! I would bid $50k. Nah, $40k.

[tcar]

Originally Posted by vash

i actually like it.

it is a bit, "boom chaka bow wow" with the 70's theme. but it works. imagine any other kitchen in it and it wouldnt work.

70's theme, in 1939?
Kitchen done in the 60's.

[stevej37]

after the last pic..it says it has a two stall garage and additional parking area.

[cstreit]

Exterior is amazing. The interior just doesn’t seem like his usual does it?