you're joking..here i can get maybe a nice small starter condo for that price. forget land, it will have a patio. this is great home. why nobody bought it yet?

My mom told me when she dies I'm in charge of selling her organs on the black market. Plus you only need one kidney right?

I don't think the inside is quite as nice as the exterior, but the setting is beautiful and wouls more than make up for it.

I really like it and they've done a great job with it. It's odd that it's been on the market for three years. The market is telling them it's overvalued and it seems they don't want to budge (or can't). I hope they come to their senses

I don't like what they've done to the bathrooms and having no garage would be a deal killer for me at any price. Otherwise, beautiful location and lovely volume and light inside the main room.

It is nice! Would there be room for a garage?

I am also curious as to why it is on the market so long. It it being used as a rental?

Is it really too high for the area that it is in?

Doesn't cost anything to make an offer, no gar. is a big draw back. and if on the mrkt. a long time you may be in for a pleasant surprise!

There is no garage but there is an enormous carport that I believe could be converted without too much fuss. It has dropped down from $650 in three years.

The location is a comparative minus - although it isn't too far from the downtown, Haligonians are wimps about traffic and it is close to a traffic bottleneck. And I wasn't kidding when I said there is basically no MCM architecture around here - people do not understand or like it.

With the negatives you mentioned and the length of time it has been on the market, it wouldn't hurt to go in with a lowball offer and feel them out.

I like it! :)

That could make me like MCM! The yard would be a lot of work...

Still dreaming today...can't say my husband is 100% on board though. Found an old virtual tour that shows off the backyard.

http://www.myvisuallistings.com/pfs/187360

PS I agree about the bathrooms. Not that I'd rip them out (wasteful) but they could be a lot more sensitive to the house.

Well, keep your eye on it. I still wonder about the back story on this house. Three years is a long time to have a house on the market.

Maybe you can write a heartfelt letter to the owners?

I tend not to like MCM, but I love that house. I agree with eid6161, write them a letter saying how much you love it. Can't hurt!

I like how that back is set up. If you did decide to garage door it in on both ends it could double as an under roof party area extension to the open patio.

A gorgeous property. It would make me fall in love with MCM just to own it. I'm not a fan of pedestal sinks, and the one is pretty weird but overall, it has really space and light. The lack of a garage would give me pause, even where we live, but if you could enclose the carport that would help. The proximity to your sister would be awesome.

I could live there. I would probably have to do something about the open closets in the master, but with those views, I'd figure out a way to make it work!

I love the "jungle" feel, but I can see where that would turn a lot of people off.

Love it! If you can get DH on board, agree you should submit your best offer with a letter. Will you be kicking yourself if it sells and you never tried?

robo, I'm also of the opinion it's worth checking out. Great bones, the lot is so so nice..you know better the location but I mostly hear from you it's close to perfect. bathrooms..well could be better..but does it matter, in the big picture? I think not. A good reason to turn away from this place would be if they have something structural going on..hopefully they don't, they just kinda listed it high for taking their time..maybe they're not in a hurry for whatever reasons. But your offer might get them going. They might feel more ready after three years. That's plenty of time to mentally prepare yourself.

Yes, yes, submit a low offer, and see if they've had enough and want to move on.

I think that second bathroom with the glass sink would look way more congruous with a different, more MCM, vanity and maybe some less lustrous paint.

I'm not a fan of MCM either, but that could win me over! The setting and gardens are gorgeous. Agree that the glass basin is just wrong, lol! It certainly wouldn't hurt to submit a low offer, although close to where we live (in the UK), there are some properties that have been on the market at inflated prices for even longer and it seems the vendors just aren't that keen to sell.....crazy imho!

I love it! The lines of this house are great and it is so open and airy feeling with all that glass. It also seems to be very well laid out. I love the yard with all the wild vegetation. Honestly, you have to check it out and if you like it still, make a low offer! You'll kick yourself if someone else does.

Love this house, just gorgeous. The yard is wonderful too, great find. That said I would need to make sure I could add a garage and although others probably love it, the indoor pea green paint would have to go.

No deal breakers on that house for me, because the bones haven't been ruined and whatever minor annoyances inside could be easily remedied. The windows are so wonderful! But I would want privacy and would hate to battle traffic, so unless it was just perfect, I wouldn't want to be in serious hock for a house with location baggage.

Please help a newbie. What is MCM?

mid century modern :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-century_modern

Which is usually applied either to design and furnishings or architecture. This particular house was built around 1949, I think.

If you wait until after the open house, they may have other offers. Of course, they may not reply to a low offer until after the open house. If the open house doesn't spawn any offers, even low ones, then they might be even more open to your low offer. Decide what risks you are most willing to accept.....

Robo - it's a great house, very warm and inviting for a MCM which is a style that doesn't appeal to me. Tell your DH that we're all cheering for you to at least see it!

And on a side note - this is the first time I've seen Haligonians in print. The first time I heard it years ago I didn't have a clue who the newscaster was referring to.

Maire

(oh wow..it appears my favorite mugs and dishes are MCM as well..Iittala. Thank you for the link Robo!)

if they have open house-it actually means they want to sell? On some level, at least:)

yeah, we all are routing for you.

You should definitely go to see the open house together. It could mean, as aprilneverends implies, that after three years they really want to push to get this house sold.

Robo, if I lived less than 1000 miles away, I'd go to the open house with you!

If this is the first open house they've had for a long time, it sounds like they may have decided to get serious about selling. Good luck, and I can't wait to hear your impressions first hand!

Love the airiness and the woodland setting - it is charming and the park location is very appealing. Being a fellow Canadian, I wonder if details like lack of a garage, single car drive(?), crawl space (is there a basement?), and oil heating could be useful bargaining chips if you and DH decide to go for it.

Ooh, that's awesome! I agree on the vessel sinks--not my favorite but not a dealbreaker.

Now, Robo, if you can find me an academic job, we'd take it, LOL. But do go see it.

Gsciencechick you could literally kayak across the water to Dalhousie or St. Mary's university from there!

i can't make any offers right now because my husband is not too interested. First I gotta get him to the open house...

For your dream house you both should go and look at least. I think it would be good for you and then you can tell us how it felt actually being inside. If he saw how happy you were being there maybe he'd get inspired.

robo, I love your dream house, with all those windows! My DD and her hubby moved to Moncton, because they simply couldn't afford to be homeowners in our crazy Toronto housing market. This house is listed for only $6,000 less than your dream house, believe it or not!

http://www.century21.ca/Property/ON/M1N3L5/Toronto/21_SOUTH_WOODROW_Boulevard_11417987480

Over half a million is no small potatoes for anyone, but you sure can get a better bang for your buck down east. Hopefully you can get your DH on board, it's such a beautiful house!

Oh robo. What a fabulous house. Were you able to convince DH to see it?

Well I went to the open house. There were only four people through the realtor said, I guess my sister and I made six. I had to laugh because the realtor was extremely uninterested and was secretively vaping the whole time we were there.

I'm glad I went to see it because it did transform from my dream house to just a nice house. First of all there was just one closet in the entire house, not even joking. Not a coat closet, not a pantry, not a broom closet and none of the bedrooms have closets. Second once you're in the house the bathrooms seem even more incongruous. The green bathroom is actually preferable as all it needs is paint and a new vanity. Third, the master is an addition, it has no source of heat except for a couple of ugly wall heaters, and it has a butterfly roof which looks cool but is disastrous in a snow climate and you can certainly see evidence of drywall repairs where the roof pitch changes. Fourth, and this was evident from the pictures, little of the 1940s charm remains aside from the many windows. I think all the walls have been dry walled, most of the floors have been replaced, The original doors have been replaced with five panel shakers and altogether it had almost a generic feel when you were inside save for the bones.

It's a type of house I could easily live in And love but it needs a little bit more love than my budget would allow.

Amicus, my sister and husband recently moved back home from Toronto and left behind a very nice, very small house with the go train in their backyard that was significantly more pricey than the dream house!

Isn't that good to know? I'm glad you got to go in and see it.

Well, it looks like your dream house on the outside could turn into your nightmare on the inside, besides the fact it is outside your budget. It's good you went to see it and at least confirmed why it hasn't sold.

I'm so glad you went! It's a shame it didn't live up to the photos (but kudos to the photographer for making it look pretty wonderful).

I did comment earlier about the master bedroom "closets" - I could probably figure out a way to make that work, but not if the heating and roof have issues as well.

Well that's good. It means something better is coming.

Good thing you checked it out. It is kind of amazing how many issues are hiding behind those pretty photos!

Well, you quenched that thirst. If you hadn't gone you'd always be wondering. It's still a cool looking house....just not so practical.

You were brave to go and now you don't have to wonder "what if...". There are a few MCM houses in my neighborhood and I watch them jealously--they have many fans here and I don't think they even have to put a sign up to sell.

Since we were six hours away from where we were trying to purchase last summer and the market was/is super hot I told my realtor to put in a contingency offer on a particular listing. She told me that was a bad idea because pictures lie. She was right.

Iowacommute with the house we are in now the pictures DID lie but in the sense the house looked WAY better than the listing. We were the first in, only offer and the house sold within 24h of listing. We were lucky bidding wars aren't a thing in NS yet.

Glad you went. Meanwhile, i'll keep up with the job postings. :)