Cedar contemporary house: could you deal with it?

[SusanBAnthony]

www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/231-Fern-Hill-Dr_Granville_OH_43023_M33366-19534?ex=OH535072549

It is called a "cedar contemporary". Which apparently means "cedar covering every wall and ceiling"

The price is extremely low for the neighborhood, and it has 2 acres. I am guessing that is primarily due to all the delightful cedar. I told DH I could deal with it if we painted the wood in some of the rooms. I am normally very anti-painted wood for doors and trim...... But this...... Anyway, DH is all "no I am not painting over all that cedar, it would ruin it!".

I wonder if it could be pried off and sold to offset the cost of removing it and redoing walls.

Could you get over it, considering the house would cost twice as much without it?

[kaylie]

I think it could be a great house - the way they have it decorated right now sucks, but the potential is there. If you got rid of the awful window treatments it would look much lighter. It also doesn't help that a lot of their furniture is the same shade as the walls.

I could get over it, but I'd have to change a lot and likely buy a lot of new furniture/decor/window treatments to keep it from driving me crazy. I would probably do a LOT of white to offset the wood.

[tarheels]

It'd make a nice mountain weekend lodge. I know many country types who like to live in that style house year-round and have in fact spend lots of money to build custom homes much like that. I personally don't care for the architecture, no matter what it's clad in.

[Deleted]

I think it's cute.
You could do a lot with that and cedar walls can be pretty/fun. It's just that the decor and arrangement currently in it..does nothing for that house.
It's not something I'd choose personally, but if I had to live with it/decorate around it, I definitely could.

[jhawks482]

It looks like a Branson vacation home to me- which is good and bad. I actually like it very much- the bones of the house and property are awesome, but to actually live there, every day, I would need to get rid of a lot of the cedar walls and replace it with dry wall. So my answer is: vacation home, I could deal. Real home, no I couldn't.

[SusanBAnthony]

How much would it cot to drywall and paint a room? I imagine we could rip the cedar down ourselves. I am thinking make 1-2k a room? Ceiling is probably more, though. Hmmmmm. Still seems like we would come out way ahead.

I think I might go look at it.

[auntie]

It looks considerably older than 1980. I'd guess mid-1960s if I had to hazard a guess.

I don't like the curb appeal- at all- but the land it is on is gorgeous. My BIL's house is a "cedar house"- he designed it to look like a "ski chalet" which is beyond amusing given 1) he's never skied and 2) it's in Indianapolis. It has some quirky stuff- like a "plant room" but the bones and layout are great. Most of his interior walls are either plaster or stone. Could you sheetrock some of the interior walls? New decor would go a long way as well.

[jhawks482]

Dec 15, 2012 13:56:12 GMT -5 SusanBAnthony said:

How much would it cot to drywall and paint a room? I imagine we could rip the cedar down ourselves. I am thinking make 1-2k a room? Ceiling is probably more, though. Hmmmmm. Still seems like we would come out way ahead.

I think I might go look at it.

I think this estimate is probably a good ballpark figure if you are hiring out. I really do think it's a great home with lots of potential.

[pitterwoo]

yes, I could deal if that price is really so low for the area and it has a great property. I would probably paint much of the wood and definitely work on the decor. I don't like the exterior look, but I would play the whole place up as it is since fighting with it to be something else would be futile.

[lys]

Our basement was all knotty pine. We removed it, insulated the walls reconfigured the space/layout and then re-installed the wood as well as painted it. So yes, you can remove the wood.

[lys]

I could consider keeping some of the wood (ceiling and floors and a few rooms with perhaps one wood wall).

[SusanBAnthony]

Agree lys, I would leave some, as an accent though, not at the main event.

[lemondrop]

I don't like the way that particular house looks, but, yes, I would live with (and love) a house with all cedar walls. It would provide a fun challenge to make it not too rustic.