The Taj Mahal of Storage Condos?
03-09-2012, 04:47 PM
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Yup.
I have seen a couple of houses that were essentially three stories, consisting of a two-story house built atop a garage which covered the entire footprint of the home.
One, in particular, was owned by a former co-worker of mine somewhere in the Cincinnati area. It was actually quite interesting from an architectural point of view, having been designed by a locally-famous architect who was a student of Frank Lloyd Wright. It was sort of Brady Bunch meets The Jetsons. Annoyingly, I can't think of either the name of the architect nor the name of the house.
That one looked kind of weird (it had four garage doors) but I've seen quite a few where the front of the garage section looks just like a normal house, complete with windows and a front door, and access is through a single, conventional-looking doublewide garage door or similar.
That would be my "ideal" house for any area where the cost of land prohibits something like Paul King's house.
I have seen a couple of houses that were essentially three stories, consisting of a two-story house built atop a garage which covered the entire footprint of the home.
One, in particular, was owned by a former co-worker of mine somewhere in the Cincinnati area. It was actually quite interesting from an architectural point of view, having been designed by a locally-famous architect who was a student of Frank Lloyd Wright. It was sort of Brady Bunch meets The Jetsons. Annoyingly, I can't think of either the name of the architect nor the name of the house.
That one looked kind of weird (it had four garage doors) but I've seen quite a few where the front of the garage section looks just like a normal house, complete with windows and a front door, and access is through a single, conventional-looking doublewide garage door or similar.
That would be my "ideal" house for any area where the cost of land prohibits something like Paul King's house.
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03-09-2012, 04:54 PM
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Yup.
I have seen a couple of houses that were essentially three stories, consisting of a two-story house built atop a garage which covered the entire footprint of the home.
One, in particular, was owned by a former co-worker of mine somewhere in the Cincinnati area. It was actually quite interesting from an architectural point of view, having been designed by a locally-famous architect who was a student of Frank Lloyd Wright. It was sort of Brady Bunch meets The Jetsons. Annoyingly, I can't think of either the name of the architect nor the name of the house.
That one looked kind of weird (it had four garage doors) but I've seen quite a few where the front of the garage section looks just like a normal house, complete with windows and a front door, and access is through a single, conventional-looking doublewide garage door or similar.
That would be my "ideal" house for any area where the cost of land prohibits something like Paul King's house.
I have seen a couple of houses that were essentially three stories, consisting of a two-story house built atop a garage which covered the entire footprint of the home.
One, in particular, was owned by a former co-worker of mine somewhere in the Cincinnati area. It was actually quite interesting from an architectural point of view, having been designed by a locally-famous architect who was a student of Frank Lloyd Wright. It was sort of Brady Bunch meets The Jetsons. Annoyingly, I can't think of either the name of the architect nor the name of the house.
That one looked kind of weird (it had four garage doors) but I've seen quite a few where the front of the garage section looks just like a normal house, complete with windows and a front door, and access is through a single, conventional-looking doublewide garage door or similar.
That would be my "ideal" house for any area where the cost of land prohibits something like Paul King's house.
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03-09-2012, 05:03 PM
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No, it's way back in some secluded area, at the end of a dead-end road, in a lightly wooded area. And I don't think it was in Indian Hill, more central than that. Fairfield, maybe? Honestly, if I could remember exactly where it was was, I'd go find it on google maps, look up the address from there, and figure it out.
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03-09-2012, 05:15 PM
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No, it's way back in some secluded area, at the end of a dead-end road, in a lightly wooded area. And I don't think it was in Indian Hill, more central than that. Fairfield, maybe? Honestly, if I could remember exactly where it was was, I'd go find it on google maps, look up the address from there, and figure it out.
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03-09-2012, 05:23 PM
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But it was nestled in a little cove well off the beaten path. You could hardly even see the house from the little road that went up to it until you were practically in the driveway.
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03-09-2012, 09:25 PM
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Nevermind, he's got it covered... lol
I keep thinking how I was just dreaming of putting miatas in there, but this guy seems to have a little more expensive taste...
I keep thinking how I was just dreaming of putting miatas in there, but this guy seems to have a little more expensive taste...
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