Well I haven't bought it yet, still pending inspection and appraisal. Actually I haven't seen it yet either, my wife looked at it last week and she was happy with it so we bid.
It's a 1962 original owner Ranch in Ann Arbor.
I'm just glad to be under contract on the nicest house we've looked at, after being outbid by cash buyers in three previous offers. One house actually went $100k over list.
This market is nuts.
Congrats. I can understand the market thing. I ended up buying my current house several months ago at list a week after it went up for sale. We were in the middle fo five offers but since the sale wasn't contingent on selling our old house the sellers picked out offer.
Some parts of the country have gone nuts again.
Where can I get a pink toilet?
The0retical wrote: Where can I get a pink toilet?
I would recommend a time machine. I have some friends that bought an all original split level from that era with a similar pink bathroom. It is pretty awesome.
Congratulations.
My dad's third house was built in 1970 and had a "sunken" living room - it was a big deal until we dealt with a lower basement ceiling in that part of the house for 43 years. It's funny the trends you pick up and remember.
I don't get the sunken living room. We may be ditching the pink sink and toilet but keeping the tile. And all that yellow paint is gonna be changed.
In reply to bastomatic:
That bathroom rocks my world. Please don't change it...but if you absolutely must, PLEASE don't destroy the fixtures! There are people who are absolutely nuts for mid-century modern fixtures/furniture/artwork/homes, one of them will be happy to buy them.
Alternatively, I love avocado green appliances and fixtures.
The0retical wrote: Where can I get a pink toilet?
Your nearest architectural salvage business would be a good bet. Or for enough money I'm sure you could get one of the manufacturers to glaze one in any color you want.
I feel like a white bathroom is too boring if you've already got a pink one, and I don't even really like the color.
Brian wrote: Alternatively, I love avocado green appliances and fixtures.
My dad had a green toilet in his bathroom. His kitchen built in 1970 had all avacodo green appliances. Finally his green Fridgedaire GM logo' refrigerator gave up the toast in 2010.
Brian wrote: Alternatively, I love avocado green appliances and fixtures.
The retro thing is really in now. You can get avacado and baby blue appliances as well as cabinets.
I'd totally be the person who puts a green blue or pink toilet in an otherwise modern (read: white) bathroom.
I've made stranger choices.... Like an orange door leading to the garage. That worked out pretty well actually since it was something people talked a lot about, in a good way, when we showed the house.
Good thing for that railing. I'd kill myself in a week without it.
Congratulations!
We were warned about the market going in and that we had to be ready to jump on what we liked and possible go over list. It is funny how trends come and go, but I don't see 90s home decor coming back anytime soon.
That's rad. Awesome find. Good luck that it all goes through.
I kinda love everything about your house. Buying from an original owner means everything in there is likely the way it came in the 60's. Houses get ugly when they are updated to new styles piece-by-piece, but your house has coherence with one particular time period. Keep it all or save nothing.
Analogy for this forum: You found a "period-correct" Stingray as opposed to a C3 vette with an 80's body kit and 90s tri-spoke wheels. Sure it's on bias-plys, but isn't it just right?
I'm not trying to play "one ups" but my house was built in 1973 as a summer home. It remained a private residence, summer home (no rental) until we bought it. Though 40 years old when we bought it, it did not have 40 years worth of wear on it (may not even like 20 years of wear.) It was the height of Better Homes and Gardens of 1973.
As such, my master bath has the same Pepto-Pink fixtures but add to that a pink bidet with gold knobs!
The other bath is sunshine yellow with grey.
They are both so retro that they are coming back into style.
John, I dated an interior designer who had a house with pink bathroom fixtures. She painted the walls a metallic copper. It turned out beautiful and really tone down the pink. Sounds weird but it was really nice
Basto....pics look like it was tastefully renovated/updated. Congrats
The kitchen isn't really our style or layout, but it's very usable for now.
I'm still unsure what to do with the pink bath. I don't mind the pink, but I doubt that vanity is original, and it looks low quality. I may get or build in something nicer, and tile the top in a similar pink and black fashion.
We have decided to lean into the 60s vibe. Our current house is a 1915 and I've been living in that era aesthetically, so the transition is a bit jarring, but I'm starting to get some ideas.
In reply to bastomatic:
If it were me and the tile is still in good shape I'd put new doors, knobs and drawer fascias and call ir a day.
So last week I finally got in to see the house. The photos with the wide angle lens don't really do it justice. The sellers have obviously taken great care of it over the years and done some really thoughtful updates. For example -I noted small circles where the mortar joints were repaired at regularly spaced intervals high and low, so it's been insulated recently. All the windows have been replaced with very nice high-end wood units, either Weather-Shield or Pella. The sun room has a separate 40,000 BTU gas furnace in it!
All was not roses of course. We have radon issues, the original electrical panel has been somewhat compromised over the years, some plumbing problems, and perhaps worst of all, the subfloor under that pink bath? Completely rotten around the toilet and tub, due to leaks over the years. Strangely enough the pink bath was a 1990 complete remodel, not original - I found some leftover boxes of tiles with receipts.
Anyway, I'm happy overall with the house, and hopefully we can get some help from the seller to remediate these surprises - I have contractors coming through to bid on the jobs and see what it's going to cost.
Contractors gave me their prices which I passed along to the sellers. Was pleasantly surprised when they accepted all our concessions. The appraisal came in fine as well. Can't wait to get in and start fixing stuff.
Wow. I knew some areas of the country had ridiculously strong housing markets, with virtually everything going under contract immediately following a bidding war, but had no idea Ann Arbor (or anywhere in MI) was on that list...Color me surprised!
Hopefully the congrats aren't premature at this point, but regardless...Congrats! 
In reply to Driven5:
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