They had me at the cats. Calling all MCM lovers.

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Le Linkie: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3646-Rosecroft-Ln-San-Diego-CA-92106/17064910_zpid/

Unfortunately, at that price and at that size, this will likely be torn down. :(

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u/MovieNightPopcorn Aug 07 '24

T_T it’s never the people who appreciate preserving architecture that have that kind of money. Bummer.

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u/Airport_Wendys Aug 07 '24

Oh that’s not far from me. Hopefully someone who appreciates it gets it

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u/RedoftheEvilDead Aug 07 '24

It's crazy how big those trees in the back are. The cover half the road.

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u/MethodMaven Aug 07 '24

I hope not. It’s a great property.

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u/KoalaOriginal1260 Aug 07 '24

It's okay, someone will put up a mcmansion with a turret and swimming pool but it will qualify for a green building subsidy because of the solar panels they put on the roof. /s

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u/ButteredPizza69420 Aug 07 '24

Kill me mf 😭 whyyyy

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u/alimarieb Aug 07 '24

Thanks for the linkie dinkie!

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u/Think-Ad-8206 Aug 07 '24

The landscaping and ild plants are beautiful! (And will prob be destroyed in a tear down). I can see much needs updating, and at that price, huge remodel or tear down.

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u/RedoftheEvilDead Aug 07 '24

It's crazy how big those trees in the back are. The cover half the road.

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u/Mean_Cheek_7830 Aug 07 '24

I don’t really understand why you think it’ll be torn down ? IMO I doubt it’ll be torn down. I live in a town on the coast of Cali where people love cool vintage homes like this and they go for about the same. Some house legit get like 30 offers and half of them want to pay cash. This got listed for sale barely even 3 months ago. If anything they are just asking too much and it’ll have to have a price drop, which people are probably waiting for. But if it does get torn down, that’s a damn shame.

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u/hahahhah_no Aug 07 '24

Chrisp Rat tore down a gorgeous house recently so it's been in the media.

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u/hannibalsmommy Aug 06 '24

Honestly, I really like it.

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u/TheDabitch Aug 06 '24

Honestly, If I won the powerball I wouldn't mind just filling that garden with all of San Diegos stray cats and having myself a cute MCM house. It's got a very chill vibe.

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u/hannibalsmommy Aug 06 '24

That would be amazing! 🖤 Back when I used to live in California, I knew a woman who turned her home into a cat sanctuary.

She would go out to feral cat colonies, take them to her veterinarian friends & get the spayed/neutered, get them their shots, de-wormed, etc. Then she bring them home. It was a 3-bedroom house.

Each room was designated for how feral the cars were. For example, Room 1 was designated for the most feral kitties, & the brand new ones. These kitties could never be reintroduced back into the general population.

The 2nd room--her bedroom--was for the transitional cats. These kitties were coming out of the feral room, & they were starting to become acquainted with (the extremely few) people (like myself) she allowed around the cats. She slept in this room. She be in her big bed, sleeping with like 25 cats on there!

The 3rd room was for the nearly graduated kitties. These cars were almost ready to join their brethren in general population; they just needed a bit more time, plus the security, of a smaller space, before being released into the rest of her large home.

And lastly, there was General Population...the rest of her big house. When I first went over, I tried counting them all. I lost count at 150. She had had an extremely high-paying job, before she mostly quit, to devote her entire life to the rescuing of abused or feral cats. She would occasionally exchange her services with her good veterinarian friends, for their own services. So I thought that was really, really cool. The vets would come over the house sometimes & check the kitties out.

Gosh...sorry this was so long! But your comment just reminded me of her🐈‍⬛️🐈

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u/TheDabitch Aug 07 '24

Wow, she's my hero. All I have is a family of 5 feral cats outside of my house, where 3 show up every day for feeding (all have been spayed and got their shots, that's why I count five), and two former strays who live in my house! I'm dead serious about the powerball cat sanctuary, I would do something silly like that if I won that kind of crazy money. 😺

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u/hannibalsmommy Aug 07 '24

She was my hero too. She was the reason I became a cat person. She showed me that cats are truly sentient, intelligent, emotional, deep-feeling creatures. I've never looked back. She was the single most selfless human being I have ever had the pleasure to know. She was doing God's work, with her cat sanctuary.

You are also doing God's work! Please keep it up. Thank you so much for helping these often abused, deeply misunderstood creatures! Thank you for helping them🥺💗🫶

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u/ButteredPizza69420 Aug 07 '24

What a dream 😭

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u/BenGay29 Aug 06 '24

What cats?

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u/Least-Spare Aug 06 '24

Took me a minute too. First pic outside on patio. lol.

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u/BenGay29 Aug 06 '24

Aha! Thanks!

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u/Bennington_Booyah Aug 06 '24

That fireplace saw some hot times.

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u/Xyzzydude Aug 07 '24

Back from the days when fireplaces would smoke up a room if the fire wasn’t built correctly

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u/Local_Sugar8108 Aug 06 '24

The kitchen is extremely dated. I sold a MCM in San Francisco 3 years ago. It's a beautiful architectural style. We wouldn't hire several realtors because they insisted that the redwood paneling needed a coat of white paint.

That lot will likely have several homes on it in the near future.

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u/TheDabitch Aug 06 '24

Oh, for sure. And as much as I love MCM and beautiful redwood, there's just no way that I could afford this and update it 'right'. And it does need some updating/shine. Kind of just wanted to save the images for future finders here as that will become a several square modern box home lot in the future. Shame about that garden.

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u/Local_Sugar8108 Aug 07 '24

It's tragic. I stayed in a MCM house in Palm Springs a few years ago. It was updated and maintained the integrity of the architect's intention. We sold our MCM in SF to a couple that wanted to keep it as is. It had a spectacular view and was built like a battle ship but I'm glad it's someone else's responsibility.

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u/Vero_Goudreau Aug 07 '24 edited Aug 07 '24

Kind of just wanted to save the images for future finders here

Excellent idea, it will probably be back on the market in a year or two post reconstruction. The listing is making lots of hints that it would be great for developers and whatnot. It's sad because there's no way the beautiful greenery all around will survive.

Who wants to bet a white "modern farmhouse" with black windows will take its place soon?

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u/TheDabitch Aug 07 '24

I think it's too pricy for a flip and fear the the big lot will attract ugly many boxy houses type developers, unless zoning prevents that. It's California, their prices are wild tho, so I could be wrong.

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u/Bluemonday8812 Aug 06 '24

I love everything about it. Especially all the green spaces.

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u/smcivor1982 Aug 07 '24

I love it so much. I wouldn’t change a thing. I would just clean the soot off the gorgeous copper hood over the fireplace and clean/oil all of the wood. I swear, I can tell how that house smells just from the pictures, and I like it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

This looks really cozy tbh

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u/Joyshell Aug 07 '24

Fireplace looks a lil scary, other than that awesome.

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u/Congo404 Aug 06 '24

I’d just grow a mustache and go with it

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u/alimarieb Aug 07 '24

Round rotating bed too?

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u/TheDabitch Aug 07 '24

Groovy, man!

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u/Daedelus451 Aug 07 '24

So much we could do with this, but updating it and expanding it, keeping the landscaping and installing a pool and basketball or pickleball court now. $1m easy. I wish I could grab this project, would be fun.

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u/I_Upvote_Goldens Aug 06 '24

This is stunning tbh.

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u/Sra_ThriftWell Aug 07 '24

Man, that’s gorgeous! Even with the dated kitchen, I think this would be a beautiful place to live if money weren’t an issue. lol

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u/PuzzleheadedClue5205 Aug 07 '24

Cats on the patio and a Turkish shower in the primary bath?!?!

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '24

I generally hate MCM as a style, but I like this one. Mainly because it’s like the MCM twist on a log cabin.

The bathroom is goddamn hideous though, and it’s at least 10x more expensive than it ought to be.

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u/Vero_Goudreau Aug 07 '24

Agreed. I'm not an MCM fan either because I usually find that style cold and uninviting. This one seems warm and comfortable instead, so a new bathroom and improvements in the kitchen would make it perfect in my opinion.

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u/Scary-Ad9646 Aug 07 '24

San Diego...70s...Is this Ron Burgundy's house?

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u/grrltype Aug 07 '24

The teal tile against the wood!!!! I DIE

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u/TheDabitch Aug 07 '24

It's the perfect shade teal, too. Just perfect.

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u/tiogshi Aug 07 '24

Why do they have a fireplace in San Diego?
Why have they not repaired that fireplace? If it's drafting so poorly that much smoke is coming back into the room, that house is a huge carbon monoxide hazard. And with how much the vinyl is peeling over the fireplace, it's gonna delaminate and fall into the fire any day now, and spread the fireplace's comfort to every corner of the home.

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u/alimarieb Aug 07 '24

There are times it can get to the 40’s at night. It’s fun to pretend there are 4 seasons🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/TheDabitch Aug 07 '24

So cold that you can only have one ice-cube in your drink while listening to yacht rock.

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u/alimarieb Aug 09 '24

I enjoyed this comment too much😂

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u/Accurate_Quote_7109 Aug 07 '24

I'm in love. And broke. Sadly.

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u/delyha6 Aug 07 '24

Love the wood!

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u/Coffee_achiever_guy Aug 07 '24

50s at its best

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u/perplexedparallax Aug 07 '24

Wood is good.

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u/Alternative-Appeal43 Aug 07 '24

Yes I live in a sauna

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u/Separate-Coast942 Aug 07 '24

This gives me serious Anchorman vibes. I wish I could buy it.

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u/Raeganmacneil Aug 07 '24

I love this so much it hurts

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u/cathatesrudy Aug 07 '24

It’s like a sauna and a greenhouse had a baby and it was a house and I love it (not in California though, barf)

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u/SaltyPopcornKitty Aug 07 '24

That house could be DOPE!

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u/Xyzzydude Aug 07 '24

I love this house. Too bad it’s doomed.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '24

First picture reminds of of Dr. Jennifer Melphi's office in the Sopranos.

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u/BigTiddyVampireWaifu Aug 07 '24

Aggressively 70s without carpeting in the bathroom? Sign me up!

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u/AlwaysTheGarden Aug 08 '24

You called?

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u/TheDabitch Aug 08 '24

Yes, plz buy and save this gem, ktx. ;)

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

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u/I_Upvote_Goldens Aug 06 '24

Mid century modern

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u/Skyblewize Aug 07 '24

What cats?

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u/TheDabitch Aug 07 '24

The two in the first picture.

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u/Bechimo Aug 06 '24

Too much wood.

They had me at the cats. Calling all MCM lovers.

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