This incredible mid-century house was once a top of line custom home. But now, it needs a little attention. I would have loved to see this home in its prime, just imagine the parties they threw here!
At the time of posting, this home is on the market for $949,000.
It's a beautiful home and I hate to think how some buyer with more money than taste or knowledge, will RUIN it.
You are right! It's a beautiful home and it's my hope that the next person will honor it and preserve the details. Sadly, that's unlikely to be the case and it's very sad. Thanks for watching and commenting. I hope you'll subscribe and turn on notifications so you'll know when the next video is posted!
If someone wanted the land, and not the house, you could move the house! It should definitely be saved. What I find quite interesting, is the similarities I see to the house my grandfather designed and helped build; in 1976 to '77. He was a mechanical engineer. My grandparents definitely liked mid-century! They also had an original red and orange flame colored 70's shag carpet in their master bedroom, until sometime in the late '90s. 😂 My grandfather was red green colorblind, and my grandmother was an "Autumn." The house was beautiful. I really didn't know what the style of the house was, because it was built 25+ years later than the style. They also had the glass top stove! Underneath was the oven. It had a pantry in the kitchen. It was a large double door cabinet, built in, with 2 outer doors, and then 2 inner fold out doors with a front and a back. Behind all that was shelving in the way back, on both sides. Also a 70's style intercom and whole house radio.
@@mermaid2014 I wish that they would move the house instead of what is likely to happen . . . It's probably going to be gutted and painted gray with a white kitchen and quartz counters. I wish that I could have seen your grandparents home, it sounds amazing. Thanks for watching and for sharing!
I'd restore it to it's original glory while adding modern touches. Of course, unlike the midcentury, I would do what no man would have done: my own laundry and meals.
@@tristanband4003 LOL! As long as you restore it and enjoy it, that's all that matters! Thanks for watching and for commenting!
I hope whoever buys that restore it to its original glory and retains absolutely everything because it’s magnificent
I hope the same thing. Sadly, it appears that a developer will be the likely buyer and all these features will be lost. That would be very sad. Thanks for watching and for commenting! I hope you'll subscribe and turn on notifications.
The flower-like stickers in the shower were made by Rubbermaid in the late 1960s. My father worked for the company, and I remember them well. They're very difficult to remove, which is probably why they're still in the house.
Yes, we had a set of them in the house I grew up in and they were horrible to get off!
Wow, that's an amazing connection! Thanks so much for sharing a bit about your father and for the additional insight about the stickers. I really appreciate the comment and that you watched. Thank you!
As others here have commented, it's mid century, not MCM. I'm really impressed with how much of the original is still intact. I'm guessing that it was passed through several generations of the same family. My guess is WWWII Vet wife and his baby boomer children lived here late 1950's. Maybe even the Veteran's widowed parent. The children kept the house thru their adulthood. Now the BB children are entering nursing homes and dieing so it is on the market. Fun interesting time capsule. This house would have been out of the price range for my parents. A built in wall oven and Kitchen Aide dishwasher , push button light controls, formica countertops, baths with princess tub, tile shower (with multiple shower heads) and matching pastel tile, were what Americans aspired to mid 1950's. This was an upper middle class, college educated, company manager's home. Thanks for sharing
You are right about the incorrect classification and I appreciate your kind approach to that point. Thanks for looking past that error and for enjoying the rest of the video. All your points are valid and thoughtful. I hope you'll subscribe and turn on notifications so you'll know when the next video is posted!
Spot on. So many of these features reminded me of my grandparents' home. My grandfather was a WWII vet who became a surgeon.
The only draw back to the house is its in Maryland. I would love to have it if I could pick it up and move it out of state.
They don't make them like they used to wow love this house
I'm so glad you love the house too! You are right that they don't make houses like this one any longer. Thanks for watching and for commenting! I hope you'll subscribe and turn on notifications so you can see new discoveries when I post them!
You do a great job of selling. I love your enthusiasm and style. Just a cleaning. I'll look for your other videos. 👍 But just to be accurate, that is not mid-century modern, it's just mid-century. There is a difference. It's a very nice house with the kind of room anyone - including families - would want. Not happy about that house out back looming over the yard, though. The basement family room is fantastic. I don't think the living room fireplace is original - that would be incredibly unusual for the time, place and price range of the house. It was probably brick. Thank you for showing all the fun features. They were very common in homes of the time, and I grew up with most of them. So many practical ideas like closing off the bedroom hall and easy to lower/raise overhead lighting. I'll bet that KitchenAid dishwasher still works, too.
What a thoughtful and detailed comment. I truly appreciate your point about it not being "modern." I phrased that badly and will do better the next time! It's really wonderful to have people bringing up valid criticism in a polite and generous way. Thank you! I hope you'll subscribe and turn on notifications so you'll know when the next video is posted!
That is one amazing house. I would guess the original owners were last in it living!? Surprised to see all the original details still intact. 😃
I'm not certain of who was living there last. But, whoever it was certainly took great care of it. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Spectacular 🥰
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Nicely done👍
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I have not seen terazzo flooring since the 70s, it was somewhat common in bathrooms where I lived
I've seen terrazzo in lots of commercial buildings but it was very rare in houses in the Washington, DC area. Where are you? Thanks for watching and for commenting, I hope you'll subscribe and turn on notifications!
@@bestaddress I'm from Denmark, grew up in the suburbs south of Copenhagen, and as mentioned terazzo was common back then, nowadays, the most common flooring in bathroom is big tiles.
@@lowpinglag It's interesting that terrazzo was common in Copenhagen in the past. It certainly was not here in Washington, DC. That's why I mentioned it - this was a VERY high-end house when it was built. Thanks so much for adding this great information!
@@bestaddress Thank you for the video.
I hope they restore it
I hope so too. Sadly, it is most likely that it will be gutted and that's tragic. Thanks for watching and for commenting, I hope you'll subscribe and turn on notifications!
Well the preserved finishes of thos home are nice, it is NOT a MCM home. It was built in the late 50s or early 60s, it's styling is more towards traditional colonial, not MCM Modern.
Well, the appliances were from1954
@@genacunningham1731 appliances does not denote a specific style of architecture.
@@fragout9575correct, but they date the house to 1954, rather than your oddly specific “late ‘50s, early ’60s” assertion.
@@bingsterdc The title of the video is "Mid-Century Modern Time Capsule". This home is not MCM. While I am wrong on it's build date, I am not on the fact of MCM. There are plenty of examples of what MCM is, and it is not this home.
You are correct about the miscategorization of the architectural style in my intro to the video. Thanks for the correction and it won't happen in my future work. I'm glad you watched the rest of the video and hope you enjoyed the rest.
I Like it!!!! Where is this place and how much is it?
This is in Hyattsville, Maryland. It was listed for $965,000 and got multiple offers according to the listing agent. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
Total gut job. Then a buyer has to ask themselves if they’re willing to spend another $150 - $200K on top of the house price, live through the reno all to live in Hyattsville when they could spend the same money to live in a move in ready house in a great neighborhood.
Indeed, this house is very likely to be gutted. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
What you could sell the fixtures for!
That's a very good point! Thanks for watching and for commenting, I hope you'll subscribe and turn on notifications!
One thing for sure….They kept their bathroom tile SPARKLY CLEAN! Knotty pine wood was CHEAP in its day. NOT any more!
It's Mid Century, but not Mid Century Modern.
You are right and I was mistaken. Thank you for the correction and for watching!
Please let this be bought by someone who appreciates it. Alas, I suspect the wiring in many of the fixtures is a bit dicey.
It really is an amazing house and I also hope that someone will buy it and restore it rather than just gut it. 🤞 Thanks for watching and commenting!
Lear the difference between "mid century" and "mid century modern". What you have is east coast colonial.
You are right. I was mistaken when I called it modern. I appreciate your watching and your comment.
It would have been a master bedroom. Stop being such a follower
It was all fine till you got to the knotty pine basement. That brought so many memories of boozy people, either in bars or basements. Bad vibes indeed.
I'm sorry that the basement brought up unhappy memories. 😞 Still, thanks for watching and for commenting. If you can look past the basement, I hope you'll subscribe and turn on notifications!
Filthy. So many of the original features are beyond saving. The bathrooms look like they could be salvaged in their present condition, barring any broken tiles that could not be replaced. Most buyers would not want the wall to wall carpeting replaced that was originally in all of the rooms.
There are things in the home that we don't have anymore, but they can be removed. Unless the buyer is interested in restoration and not destruction, the home will look very different in the future.
You are right that the house needed to be cleaned. Sadly I am not the seller or the seller's agent. My choice was to shoot the video with it being dirty or not shoot it at all. I chose the former. The bathrooms could definitely be salvaged because the tile in excellent condition. Interestingly, in this house only the main entertaining spaces were originally carpeted. The bedrooms all had hardwood floors. Almost the exact opposite of what is typically found with flooring in this area. Thanks for watching and for commenting! I hope you'll subscribe and turn on notifications so you'll know when the next video is posted!
Sadly, you are 100% correct. It is unlikely this house will look anything like it does now after the next buyers move in. Thanks for watching and for commenting! I hope you'll subscribe and turn on notifications so you'll know when the next video is posted!
@bestaddress This place is a 3rd tier tract home, not Mount Vernon. Sinking $100-150K into "restoring" this place makes no sense at all. A sympathetic clean-up preserving as many intact features as possible is the best one could hope for. Unfortunately, some idiot of a flipper will probably gut the place and turn it into a mindless pile of cheap gray tile, gray paint, gray carpeting, and builder grade appliances. Addendum: The new owners will love it.
Sadly, you are most likely right that it will end up being an ordinary flip. It's discouraging to see that over and over again. Thanks again for your comments!
Mid-Century VERY Not Modern
You are right. I appreciate the correction and that you watched. Thank you!
@@bestaddress Thanks for the tour.
You are most welcome! 😀
This is a traditional style, it is in no way modernist.
You are absolutely right. I used the wrong term and I'm embarrassed by the mistake. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
I'll trade you my home in California for it, plus a million in cash.
It looks dated and cheap. Needs a total renovattion. The bathrooms need complete replacement. The kitchen too.
If you don't appreciate midcentury, why are you here?
I'm sorry this house was not to your liking. Thanks for watching though!
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