Comments on: 1958 Alcoa house showcases “the wonders of aluminum” http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/04/1958-alcoa-house-showcases-the-wonders-of-aluminum/ A place for your postwar 40s 50s and 60s style kitchens, bathrooms and mid century modern home aesthetic. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:33:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: sfp1589 http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/04/1958-alcoa-house-showcases-the-wonders-of-aluminum/comment-page-1/#comment-12393 sfp1589 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:02:06 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3182#comment-12393 I live in one of these houses that is in Rochester, NY. I can't say enough good things about it!!!! Here is a link to some pictures along with the original national sales brochure. http://www.flickr.com/photos/22021175@N02/sets/72157603542788454/ I live in one of these houses that is in Rochester, NY. I can’t say enough good things about it!!!! Here is a link to some pictures along with the original national sales brochure.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22021175@N02/sets/72157603542788454/

]]> By: iluvretro http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/04/1958-alcoa-house-showcases-the-wonders-of-aluminum/comment-page-1/#comment-11762 iluvretro Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:26:26 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3182#comment-11762 I am loving the coloured cabinets and the glass by the front door :-) I am loving the coloured cabinets and the glass by the front door :-)

]]> By: Courtney http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/04/1958-alcoa-house-showcases-the-wonders-of-aluminum/comment-page-1/#comment-11754 Courtney Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:46:03 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3182#comment-11754 This same house was just panned on Apartment Therapy. I don't always share their values, so I read their critique with a lot of skepticism. One of their writers went to view the house as a prospective buyer (legitimately, it seemed). They loved the living area, but reported that every other space was in bad repair or had suffered unfortunate updates. Photos and link here: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/real-estate/prefab-fifty-years-later-057169 It doesn't look that bad to me. The kitchen and bathroom do look 70s or 80s (though I never get those right), and I realize correcting that sinks a lot of money. But everything else looks pretty minor, like a hole in a hollow core door. That would never dissuade me from snatching up a house like this, but it does seem really careless not to replace cheap doors before showing the house. They also hated the purple exterior (well, I LOVE it!) and scowled at the finished basement, which to me (with a little bit of vision) looks like heaven underground. It's a little bruised and lonesome. I hope someone good buys it. (Not sure if that link will travel. If not and you want to see the pictures, you can just search Charles M Goodman on the AT site.) This same house was just panned on Apartment Therapy. I don’t always share their values, so I read their critique with a lot of skepticism. One of their writers went to view the house as a prospective buyer (legitimately, it seemed). They loved the living area, but reported that every other space was in bad repair or had suffered unfortunate updates.
Photos and link here:
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/real-estate/prefab-fifty-years-later-057169

It doesn’t look that bad to me. The kitchen and bathroom do look 70s or 80s (though I never get those right), and I realize correcting that sinks a lot of money. But everything else looks pretty minor, like a hole in a hollow core door. That would never dissuade me from snatching up a house like this, but it does seem really careless not to replace cheap doors before showing the house. They also hated the purple exterior (well, I LOVE it!) and scowled at the finished basement, which to me (with a little bit of vision) looks like heaven underground.

It’s a little bruised and lonesome. I hope someone good buys it.

(Not sure if that link will travel. If not and you want to see the pictures, you can just search Charles M Goodman on the AT site.)

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