This odd octagonal home in Hoboken, New Jersey showed up as a featured property in The New York Times Real Estate section. A 3-story carriage house, the bizarre shape has us curious about the space and the challenge it presents.
This odd octagonal home in Hoboken, New Jersey showed up as a featured property in The New York Times Real Estate section. A 3-story carriage house, the bizarre shape has us curious about the space and the challenge it presents.
More familiar with the challenges of curved walls and odd nooks and crannies, a small and tall octagonal home clearly presents major challenges. You can see more pictures of the unique space at The New York Times | Urban Cottage and the full real estate listing is over at Liberty Realty.
The 3 bedroom home is listed for $849,000. Why, oh why, is there no floor plan?
P.S. Red paint is really hard to pull off!
(Images: ©2009 Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times)
From the exterior, one would expect that an interesting interior w/ period paneling, wainscots, mouldings, divided lite windows, built-ins, etc. would be enclosed...
...but inside, it's just an oddly-shaped tract house.
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...with a rather blah décor...
view Daniel Poitiers's profile
to be sure, bepsf. the character of the house merrits something a little more old-world rugged.
Plus, and odd-shapped building situated in Frank Sinatra's home town should have equal the charm and "toughness"
new does not mean better.
view kerouazy21's profile
I'm with bepsf, it's rather uninteresting on the inside.
view carrefour_ny's profile
that bedroom is awful.
view cocologo's profile
Promising from the outside, a let-down once inside. 849K? Don't think so.
view mirandabee's profile
very interesting exterior, but the inside is all jersey, and not in a good way.
view nstaab's profile
Getting past the decor, and after a good bit of negotiating, it has lots relatively inexpensive potential.
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The space may be challenging inside, but it does not appear that the current owners have found any profound solution to it. As others have said, i think the decor could have been better, especially the bedroom.
view Aster's profile
I like the exterior...the interior, not so much.
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There's an argument against red walls. Yuck.
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Asking upward of a million in this market for a house in which the refrigerator door cannot fully open without smacking the stove? Are they mad? They might have a chance if they hire a staging decorator to whip up on the place and make the interiors meet the expectation of the exterior. But I doubt anybody who can swing a mortgage this size is looking for oddly cramped yet hellishly decorated space in Hoboken.
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I think that that bedroom was decorated by a gay vampire.
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Blandwagon, you owe me a keyboard! *mops furiously*
view k02's profile
So cool outside, so burbs inside......
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Haha this is funny since I stayed in a cabin on my last vacation that was also octagonal. I figured it was the only place built like that...nice to know it isn't. There are many space issues to deal with with weird angles.
And blandwagon, you've had me laughing for the past few mins on that comment. It was hilarious.
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Funny - only yesterday I was reading the listing of a "round" house (actually hexagonal) nearer my neck of the woods, in the UK: http://www.teamprop.co.uk/properties/GWL2155/3 Bedroom House For Sale in LEWES East Sussex.aspx
Also featuring red walls, and a lot less modern design.
Apparently it briefly belonged to Virginia Woolf.
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Sorry, that link lost its formatting.
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LOVE the exterior.
view jeffnyc's profile
Interesting building.... I would buy just to get rid of everything inside... well, i'll keep the Imac...
view manu_pty's profile
What a quirky little house. Too bad the owners have so little style.
view slowdown's profile
love the exterior, hate the interior. Ugly traditional... granite counter tops, khaki, leather couches with rolled arms, and that red room is just awful.
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Who decorated this place? If the asking price is REALLY in the $800,000.00 range, they had better step up to the plate. I'd start by painting and then redecorating. This house is interesting on the outside but looks awful on the inside. Sorry for being so critical but c'mon. Are they serious?
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