From my understanding, the building which was supposed to “fly off the shelf”, which was “sold before showing”, which is stated in many magazines as “SOLD UPON COMPLETION” ….

… is still for sale.

Alex? care for some updates on the TIC on Alabama? Are we reaching the stalefish list? any price reduction?

That builder/owner and architect put a 52′ wind turbine as well as a gas pump in without doing 311′s. According to the vast majority of bloggers who seem to be neighbors, they did NO neighbor outreach .

The quality of construction is below par, IMHO. How is joe bloe homeowner going to deal with it if the rain catchment system backs up? No plumbers in the city can deal with that becaue it was the first one. And the wind turbine…i hear it was done conditionally and if just one neighbor complains, it’s out. What the hell will someone use the natural/liquid gas tank for? There are no cars on the market that use that resource. And where are the solar panels…who builds “green” without using solar PV????

I also hear there is/was a war between the contractor/owner and architect which is why it seems as if there are multiple architects. The owner changed all sorts of design elements, colors, etc. and the result is a hodgepodge.

It seems overly complicated for complicated sake and to fetch a high price tag.

When someone does buy it, they will be left with neighbors who hate it, bums and druggies outside your door and a mechanical headache.

see? the coke dealer was already trying the business vibe of the house he planed to buy!

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side note. I heard most neighbors are mad. I’m not sure it’s a good plan to buy a house where you ALREADY alienated your neighbors to be. Sure.. who cares… what about your guests cars towed, scratched.. what about having to clean up 20 dog poops on your steps every morning? etc etc.

I personaly didnt like it: it looks too much like a certain 70s building I know too well in this city (same everything including 80-90% identical floor plan)

priceless!

i got flamed for suggesting it would not fetch 1.5mm and what a joke it was to build and ask for that much in bernal, 2.3mm

i even went so far as to wager 100.00 it would not get that price

the [removed] that flamed me for dissing it would not take the bet of course, including the socketside editor

[Editor's note: Colorful language is part of life and totally acceptable here in the comments and on the site. However, there are some words that are a little more than I think should be on here. Those being ones I've taken out here, and on another comment.]

All style, no substance. skinny galley kitchen you cant socialize in. the dining “room” is a dining hallway. pure circulation. no breakfast area. stackable laundry in a closet! not even a fucking laundry room.

You have to go outside down the stairs (say, in the rain) to go to the so called guest room, or the media room. small awkward bedrooms, small master bedroom and bath. twisty narrow interior stairway..

Its another boring take on the “Dwell home” look.