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Re: My perfect way to waste time

Dave — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:15:15 GMT

R Patton:

VIewing homes and finding B&O is similar to my sickness of spotting B&O in movies or TV shows. Just saw "Taken" last night and of course in the Paris flat was the standard BS9000 and BL 8000. Kinda funny.... in one scene the girl appears to touch the glass on the BS 9000 and it starts playing the CD at full volume, must be a feature on the newer 9000's

yeah i noticed that too!

Re: My perfect way to waste time

R Patton — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:25:36 GMT

VIewing homes and finding B&O is similar to my sickness of spotting B&O in movies or TV shows. Just saw "Taken" last night and of course in the Paris flat was the standard BS9000 and BL 8000. Kinda funny.... in one scene the girl appears to touch the glass on the BS 9000 and it starts playing the CD at full volume, must be a feature on the newer 9000's

Re: My perfect way to waste time

GuyHui — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:46:54 GMT

Very nice house indded as many said, the furnitures are "very special"...

For that price, I would resell this one and build my own house (or get a loft), designed by a reputed designer. All furnitures would come from italian brands like Cassina, B&B italia, Pallucco, Living Divani with B&0 everywhere. Nice dream isn't it ?

Cheers,

Guy

Re: My perfect way to waste time

root — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:14:21 GMT

look at this one if you want to see some b&o:

http://derstandard.at/anzeiger/immoweb/Detail.aspx?InseratID=6079197#

and here's the same house without fisheye lens:

http://derstandard.at/anzeiger/immoweb/Detail.aspx?InseratID=6016507#

Re: My perfect way to waste time

The_Beonic_Man — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:03:31 GMT

Its great to see some of these properties and I am intrigued to know who lives in them. Ever since I saw the recent TV program in the UK about Fern Cotton meeting Paris Hilton, I have been amazed at how some people live. Her wardrobes (clothes and shoes) are bigger and better furnished than most high street shops, she has an indoor night club built into her home and has spent 1 million dollars building a fully furnished Penthouse Suite for her dogs! There is of course much more. The mind boggles, truly. But I do like her a lot and admire her achievements. She is a smart woman.

Re: My perfect way to waste time

mediabobny — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:31:59 GMT

We need a car like a fish needs a bicycle. Anyhoo, Domenico Dolce (Dolce & Gabbana) just scooped up 2 of the penthouses for $29 mil.

Only 2 left so hurry..

Re: My perfect way to waste time

linder — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:26:26 GMT

elephant:

linder:
Notice the Audi A8 in the video.

Strange ... the movie implies one bay on a floor that has two apartments ... ("see the "ensuite sky garage" tab)

There are 16 apartments but only 14 have a garage. Also one of the penthouses occupies 2 floors. I guess not all of the wealthy in New York have a car.

Re: My perfect way to waste time

elephant — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:30:18 GMT

linder:
Notice the Audi A8 in the video.

Strange ... the movie implies one bay on a floor that has two apartments ... ("see the "ensuite sky garage" tab)

Re: My perfect way to waste time

linder — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:40:00 GMT

Well I guess we all share the love of Bang & Olufsen products. However we all have different tastes in many other things. This is a link to a condo project in New York that I think really meets my needs except the price. Notice the Audi A8 in the video. It probably has a B&O sound system.

http://www.200eleventh.com/

Re: My perfect way to waste time

vikinger — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:19:41 GMT

burantek:

linder:
They say marriage is an institution. The outside of the house looks like an institution.

You know what... I think that is part of my problem! I always take a liking to commercial spaces adapted for living... like warehouse/loft redos's. In this instance, I get the same feeling -but the house was built as a house from the start? Whenever I see old buildings, I think: what would that be like as a home? I actually have a plan to adapt a steel warehouse into a home as all new construction!

The first house looks interesting- and I don't mind a mix of traditional and modern furniture.

The second of Roger's links is difficult to evaluate because the fish-eye lens might be exaggerating relatively small rooms (but probably not relatively small by most UK standards!)

Jeff...... there is certainly a trend in the UK for large houses/ small apartment blocks to be built with steel frames and then clad with brickwork. But this changes almost year by year. Before the current recession steel hit very high prices, and so there was a previous trend to go for pre-cast reinforced concrete frames. Timber frame (factory assembled) is slowly coming back here for individual / one-off buildings, after having gone through a bad patch with large developers not understanding the tight tolerances needed in the foundations so as not to adversely stress the building skins....and frames now have to be treated against rot (the damp climate and poor maintenance meaning that most UK buildings will at some point go through a period of water entry).

Graham

Re: My perfect way to waste time

burantek — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:36:48 GMT

linder:
They say marriage is an institution. The outside of the house looks like an institution.

You know what... I think that is part of my problem! I always take a liking to commercial spaces adapted for living... like warehouse/loft redos's. In this instance, I get the same feeling -but the house was built as a house from the start? Whenever I see old buildings, I think: what would that be like as a home? I actually have a plan to adapt a steel warehouse into a home as all new construction!

Re: My perfect way to waste time

R Patton — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:05:38 GMT

http://www.reeceandnichols.com/MO/Kansas-City/64105/homes-for-sale/308-W-8th-Street-UNIT-200-45370069

Personally, this is the one I like, and that high price includes the B&O. Unfortunately the picture tour is not as good of quality.

Roger

Re: My perfect way to waste time

Dave — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:40:02 GMT

Oh i'm glad i'm not the only one who was thinking - *GROSE!*

Re: My perfect way to waste time

linder — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:29:36 GMT

burantek:

Hmmm... I think that is my late father's last wife's house!

Ever heard one of my fav terms: ungapatchka?

For now... buy the house, and have GOODWILL come pick up everything -less the B&o, of course!

Seriously, I like the house. I would love to see what it would look with the interior done properly... (more like the "Entertainment Room")

They say marriage is an institution. The outside of the house looks like an institution.

Re: My perfect way to waste time

burantek — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:17:58 GMT

Hmmm... I think that is my late father's last wife's house!

Ever heard one of my fav terms: ungapatchka?

For now... buy the house, and have GOODWILL come pick up everything -less the B&o, of course!

Seriously, I like the house. I would love to see what it would look with the interior done properly... (more like the "Entertainment Room")