During the Alameda broker's tour yesterday I came across a unit that I just have to blog about.
This particular unit was the highest priced unit at Park Webster Condominiums on Tuesday's tour. The homeowner took pride in all the custom wood work throughout the unit.
In my humble opinion, the wood work looked like a very dated 1980s entertainment center. It should all be ripped out by the next owner.
In the corner is a angled bookcase. On the second shelf down from the top there it is. A little wood cabinet about 18 inches tall and 12 inches wide. On it's front door is a crucifix, this little cabinet looks suspiciously like bible.
Lit from above and hinged from the right, this cabinet opens up to reveal an area where some loved-one's ashes once resided.
Close the door to the cabinet and back away slowly......ICK.
I am sure that granny was a fixture at the cribbage games down at the rec center. But, this gives and entirely new meaning to granny was a fixture when her little resting place is screwed down to the bookcase and is now a real estate fixture.
Close the door to the cabinet and back away slowly......ICK.
At least it was on tour and wasn't your listing... and GRANNY WAS GONE!
I went on an appointment (someone who was referred - of course!) who had a "shrine" in his living room for his partner's ashes. It was a sofa table against the wall with directed lighting, the urn, a photo of them together and a framed "program" from the memorial service. Of course, I got the listing but he flat out refused to remove the shrine from the living room. My feedback was always interesting... "Was that what I think it was?" "Couldn't you have asked him to remove that?"