tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post8537971499371862724..comments2023-11-05T01:14:14.295-07:00Comments on The Real Estalker: Desert Hot Springs PreFabulosityYour Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14600002907755148264noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-10241493746272210932009-09-17T15:38:42.139-07:002009-09-17T15:38:42.139-07:00Interesting discussion going on here. I have been ...Interesting discussion going on here. I have been (briefly) looking at real estate in DHS, and appreciate the input from those familiar with the area. For those who might be interested, the asking price of this house has been dropped to $1.2 mil...and, for the record, they only paid $110K for the lot in 2003. At 1.2 mil, this is a whopping $569/sf. However, this isn't even the most expensive house currently on the market in DHS... 12182 Highland Ave is listed at $1.25 mil (but has twice the square footage inside). And, incidentally, anyone who loves the look of this house enough to move to the desert can purchase the house across the street (68444 Clow Lane) for $206K (foreclosure - bought in 2005 for $485K, by someone who obviously was living beyond his/her means)...it's on a 1.1 acre lot, with 2600 sf of living space...and you can admire the Marmol Radziner house from your living room window.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-28991658786295126612008-02-14T19:13:00.000-08:002008-02-14T19:13:00.000-08:00I got a good laugh, especially from those who spec...I got a good laugh, especially from those who speculated that the wife demanded the sale as she could not abide the meth labs and the drive-by shootings. That's not it at all. The real problem is food: there is NO caterer who will even bid DHS, there is no decent DHS resturant aside from Mexican, and a Martini is most likely considered a drink for Martians by folk at the DHS biker bars.<BR/> <BR/>After a few months of not even home delivery from the local grocer, I'm sure she's had enough of "camping" while enjoying the view of Palm Springs beckoning from beyond the cultural wasteland spread across the valley floor!designerjimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643957669930185125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-73373258810314094342008-01-28T22:04:00.000-08:002008-01-28T22:04:00.000-08:00Obviously, dear momma, you have not visited said p...Obviously, dear momma, you have not visited said property. It is between a crack house and one of Southern California's most heinous Taco Bell wanna be homes, each with it's own set of malicious dogs. These people literally shoot at each other and the Marmol 'Estate" is smack dab in the middle of the gunfire. The lovely Alyssa is afraid to spend the night there. The totally rutted and washed out dirt road leading to the 5 acre parcel passes a burned out, abandoned house with a microbus on blocks in the yard and a gazillion plastic bags hanging on the chain link fence topped with barbed wire that are there because the wind NEVER stops blowing. The fenced with yet another chain link fence, to protect the (not) poor Marmols from the absolute worst of the worst trash in Desert Hot Springs. Now don't get me wrong, the architecture is stunning, the views are magnificent and the outdoor areas are beautiful, but what is the very first rule of real estate??? Location Location Location. Well, baby this is the shittiest location in all of California. Nothing is as bad as Desert Hot Springs. Oh, I'm sorry. Perhaps El Centro is worse. Maybe not.<BR/><BR/>And, where or where, dear momma, did you EVER get the idea that Desert Hot Springs was increasingly desirable? It is so awful, the desert trash are moving out. To places like Wisconsin, no less. All that will be left is corrupt politicians and meth labs.<BR/><BR/>Actual value - about $700,000 - $500K for the house, $200K for the land. They ought to pick the place up and truck it back to LA and place it on a lot in Beverly Hills and sell it for $5 million.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-25164928884959092972008-01-27T17:50:00.000-08:002008-01-27T17:50:00.000-08:00Stunning! Price seems good too.Stunning! Price seems good too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-12920004623258323792008-01-27T16:57:00.000-08:002008-01-27T16:57:00.000-08:00nah, life buoy is the soap that will do the most d...nah, life buoy is the soap that will do the most damage, according to ralphie anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-21823770959947482092008-01-27T15:06:00.000-08:002008-01-27T15:06:00.000-08:00Aunt Mary, you forgot to mention that if KC does g...Aunt Mary, you forgot to mention that if KC does get his mouth washed out with soap, it will of course be Crabtree & Evelyn . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-31083574492581028772008-01-27T13:32:00.000-08:002008-01-27T13:32:00.000-08:00Seriously to all...Thanks.Seriously to all...Thanks. <3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-23772048525268284702008-01-27T13:14:00.000-08:002008-01-27T13:14:00.000-08:00Caveman, you left out the witness to swear that it...Caveman, you left out the witness to swear that it never happened.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-54630003080780114602008-01-27T13:06:00.000-08:002008-01-27T13:06:00.000-08:00y'all need to get a room, i'm serious.and some pea...y'all need to get a room, i'm serious.<BR/>and some peanut butter.<BR/>and a spatula for tha aunt jemima treatment.<BR/>and a videocam for youtube.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-9938352804706265402008-01-27T12:07:00.000-08:002008-01-27T12:07:00.000-08:00Sandpiper, you are an amazing personality. I'm fa...Sandpiper, you are an amazing personality. I'm fascinated by the breadth of your knowledge. You have a lot to contribute to this blog, as do so many others. I'm not a realestate person, obviously, and I'm here for fun but I'm learning so much from all of you. This is a smart and funny crowd. I get at least one belly laugh a day. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-68778169822885832362008-01-27T11:39:00.000-08:002008-01-27T11:39:00.000-08:00Bentley, TWO sets of twins?Funnily enough, my supe...Bentley, TWO sets of twins?<BR/><BR/>Funnily enough, my supervisor on one of my first jobs also had 2 sets of twins, 13 months apart! Four babies in diapers at the same time - no wonder she was only 5' 2" by the time I met her.<BR/><BR/>;-)<BR/><BR/>From what I could find, Hi There is correct in that most of the furniture is designed by the architect; it has a certain Wright-esque quality to it which is why it probably suits the house so well.<BR/><BR/>Sandpiper, you're one class act, always have been.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-31882608317175091382008-01-27T11:06:00.000-08:002008-01-27T11:06:00.000-08:00Bentley,Two sets of twins? Wow!Aunt Mary,You shoul...Bentley,<BR/>Two sets of twins? Wow!<BR/><BR/>Aunt Mary,<BR/>You should work at the United Nations, cause I'm now gonna say:<BR/><BR/>KC,<BR/>It wasn't my place to respond like that. You need to know I'm not a delicate flower on the riabald humor front. Mama's gift of words is nothing short of genious. The commentary she invokes is off-the-charts gut-splitting, risque, clever, smart and a blast to be part of. You came out of left field yesterday with what I thought was going to be another flamer here. It took Aunt Mary, Bentley and my little buddy-LGB to give me a "lighten-up" nuggie, and I love them for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-52127622856953637522008-01-27T07:04:00.000-08:002008-01-27T07:04:00.000-08:00Much of the furniture here was also designed by Le...Much of the furniture here was also designed by Leo Marmol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-84940579182427696522008-01-27T06:16:00.000-08:002008-01-27T06:16:00.000-08:00LGB - twins, dude, 2 sets, count 'em, TWO, and by ...LGB - twins, dude, 2 sets, count 'em, TWO, and by plain old sex. Not a hormone injection or petri dish in sight. <BR/><BR/>Back to the house. I really would welcome any input on the furniture. Coming from somewhat more, traditional, tweedy and suedish East coast stock, I find this stuff sublime, and I want some. Educate me, please...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-12735460857944662752008-01-26T22:34:00.000-08:002008-01-26T22:34:00.000-08:00Sandpiper,No they're not bootlegging Frank - just ...Sandpiper,<BR/><BR/>No they're not bootlegging Frank - just taking advantage of the fact that he never bothered to patent his ideas, in the hopes that others would follow and change the course of architecture, which they did.<BR/><BR/>We have him to thank for radiant heating, turning the orientation of a house to the garden side as opposed to the street, cantilevered toilets, floor to ceiling glass doors and windows, the carport, clerestory windows, etc.<BR/><BR/>Sure many of his houses were notorious for leaking in the rain (he once told a complaining Herbert Johnson on the phone, who built <I>Wingspread,</I> that if the roof was dripping on his dining chair during a party, to move the chair!)<BR/><BR/>Now that so many buildings of his are being restored (and some finally built for the first time, like the 1942 house in Lake Mahopac in NY - recently completed), builders are finding out that his ideas outstripped the technology available at the time and are beginning to use 21st century materials to great success.<BR/><BR/>KC, I too welcome you aboard (ask me about the <I>loofah</I> incident sometime) - start practicing on your <I>euphemisms . . .</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-37621588369945062412008-01-26T22:25:00.000-08:002008-01-26T22:25:00.000-08:00We sure are long-winded today! I'm chiming in on ...We sure are long-winded today! I'm chiming in on KC's apparently offending comment. Mama doesn't censor. Indeed, she has a rather ribald sense of humor. However she has knocked heads when speech is hateful. I tend to agree with her. Otherwise, I think one can say about anything if it's witty, pithy, informative and not boring. <BR/><BR/>Welcome aboard KC but be forwarned, you may get your mouth washed out with soap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-55040423558683388712008-01-26T21:23:00.000-08:002008-01-26T21:23:00.000-08:00Lucy, you've got a deal; always wanted to take one...Lucy, you've got a deal; always wanted to take one of those walking tours through Oak Park and surrounding areas, and see up close some homes like the Heurtley and Coonley residences, the Mrs. Thomas Gale house, and of course Wright's own home/studio.<BR/><BR/>Even his Tudor interpretation in the Nathan Moore house would satisfy my lust for FLLW.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-76223424385293929502008-01-26T20:48:00.000-08:002008-01-26T20:48:00.000-08:00To quote my sixteen year old's favorite movie, Fer...To quote my sixteen year old's favorite movie, <I>Ferris Bueller's Day Off</I>, "Sometimes you just have to say, 'What the F**K.'"...although he said the actual word, obviously.<BR/><BR/>And that's all I'm going to say about that!<BR/><BR/>LGB....next time you're in Chicagoland, let me know, and I'll go with you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-47475931846572749092008-01-26T19:23:00.000-08:002008-01-26T19:23:00.000-08:00If you live in the Coachella Valley, you classify ...If you live in the Coachella Valley, you classify Desert Hot Springs as our local "gang ghetto". If you need something you better go to Palm Springs to buy it. Your chances of getting shot in any of the populated areas of DHS is as good as meeting a man on a Saturday night on Arenas in PS. Its not if, it's when. DHS is where all the people who can't afford to live in Riverside or Corona move to. It's a gang infested hang out for all the welfare mommas and their children. If you can afford this house, you'd probably come up from the OC on the weekends and have your housekeeper have the place stocked. No running to 7-11 for some toilet paper... unless you are up for a real life game of Grand Theft Auto. Your Lexus SUV will be gone before Jose rings up your purchase.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-71239663783327204022008-01-26T18:50:00.000-08:002008-01-26T18:50:00.000-08:00C'mon, KC, let's be honest: You're not actually su...C'mon, KC, let's be honest: You're not <I>actually</I> surprised someone took offense. Your comment wasn't far off of <I>Penthouse Letters</I>, or whatever its gay equivalent might be. I'd guess it was the graphic description -- not the gender of the participants -- that upset Sandpiper.<BR/><BR/>Nothing offends me. I thought it was a weird inaugural comment from someone we don't "know" yet. But, yeah, okay, whatever. I would, however, ask you to dial it down out of respect for those who consider the precise details of your bedhead fantasies TMI.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-22416597170553645412008-01-26T17:36:00.000-08:002008-01-26T17:36:00.000-08:00Hell, I figured a blog post that implied we were a...Hell, I figured a blog post that implied we were all gonna be sent out to work as prostitutes in order to keep Mama in the manner to which she wants to become accustomed would allow a comment that included the word that describes the action that prostitutes engage in.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it was the gay part of the story that got Sandpiper and the other person so mad???<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, like i said, I will now use the term "bone"<BR/><BR/><BR/>While there is some conflict about where the word F**k comes from, Snopes.com, a site dedicated to verifying urban myths declares that indeed, the "Fornication Under Consent of the King" as an acronym that later became the verb is false! Tho, it of course sounds good.<BR/><BR/>My own introduction to it's anglo saxon origins is from a James Michener novel, which I believe was titled, The Drifters.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Other sources indicate that it's derived from the german - <BR/><BR/>Fuck is a good Germanic word, with possible Anglo-Saxon roots. The taboo nature of the word has kept its history obscure, but we have enough information to sketch it's etymology vaguely. The word suppossedly first appears in print in Scots, in the form "fukkit" around 1503. Whether we can truely say this is its first appearance in English or not depends on whether you consider Scots Doric a language or a dialect. We can directly relate it, however, to the German "Fick" = "fuck" and "ficken" = "to fuck." The word originally meant "to move back and forth quickly" or more simply "to move quickly." It could also mean, "to whip" or "to flag.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-14542037136368589232008-01-26T17:22:00.000-08:002008-01-26T17:22:00.000-08:00Am digging the history lesson on pre-fab design. ...Am digging the history lesson on pre-fab design. Hopefully when our Mama send us out to ply our trade, I can use my knowledge of architecture and design to chat up those nice enough to listen. Otherwise, my inducements might be limited.<BR/><BR/>I agree with Aunt Mary that this home would be a fantastic retreat. Perhaps it would suit as a third or fourth home for those of us who crave the solitude of the desert but cannot abide the upper end of its extreme climate...Alessandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18219610307384386752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-89221699655614484262008-01-26T17:21:00.000-08:002008-01-26T17:21:00.000-08:00Hey Little Buddy,Ya, I'm tuned into Frank Lloyd Wr...Hey Little Buddy,<BR/>Ya, I'm tuned into Frank Lloyd Wright. The radient heating bit was included in a way-big paper I did in school. He was absolutely a proponent of prefab -- and I admire him for it -- but I persist (for fun!) ... from everything I have learned, Wright never did what these guys are doing. Did I miss something. Generic prefab is a no-brainer. The properties rendered by this firm are significantly unique in their methods and materials. You know you're my bud. Set me straight! Are they bootlegging Frank?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-42453081715525754382008-01-26T16:45:00.000-08:002008-01-26T16:45:00.000-08:00Oh dear, a little history lesson on a very dirty w...Oh dear, a little history lesson on a very dirty word. Well it came a Royal Order posted on the door of whatever unfortunate lady who was "chosen" to do her "duty" to His Majesty. Fornication Under the Commandmant of the King. Now you know.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-2939627917697708682008-01-26T16:01:00.000-08:002008-01-26T16:01:00.000-08:00Lucy, sign me up!Lucy, sign me up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com