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Would you sell your bitcoin to live in 'the final' Frank Lloyd Wright home?
292 sats \ 17 comments \ @unschooled 5 Apr AskSN
Riverrock was completed in January 2025. Like the Penfield House, it's currently available for rent.
...not necessarily to own it, but to live in it?
Also I have no idea what this would cost(?).
On the other hand, maybe this is a house that it may be worth trying to own ... thoughts?
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57 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan 5 Apr
Nice try, Feds. What bitcoin? I don't have any bitcoin.
Also, yes. What a flashy house. I'll take it.
Also, no: turns out I don't care much for flashy houses (#929023)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @unschooled OP 5 Apr
I might reach a point in my life where I, perchance, would be able to justify such a large monetary transaction - perhaps selling any assets I might have at said point, digital or not - of the ilk that you speak, in order to live in such a place. However, I don't reckon I'm at that point or have said assets in any of supply, let alone that which such a transaction would require. 🧐
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55 sats \ 5 replies \ @siggy47 5 Apr
I don't know. I really like the way they look. I visited a bunch of them in the Chicago area years ago. I'm not sure how comfortable they would be to actually live in.
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36 sats \ 4 replies \ @unschooled OP 5 Apr
Hm. I havent visited any, but I quite like this one. The hearth looks pretty cosy and outside seems secluded and tranquil.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 5 Apr
I think tastes have changed since he was designing. For instance, the spaces weren't huge, and if I remember kitchens and bathrooms were small. He was a real stickler about furnishings too. I think people who originally bought his houses had to furnish them the way he wanted!
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36 sats \ 2 replies \ @unschooled OP 5 Apr
kitchens
Did people not stand around in kitchen at parties in those days?
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 5 Apr
I found this on a website:
Most of his early work had been done at the behest of a wealthy clientele who expected their homes to follow formal societal conventions of the day. Those expectations included the retention of domestic servants. Wealthy clients did not spend a great deal of time in the kitchen and service areas of the house. Those were the domain of servants. Accordingly, kitchens were less aesthetically focused and were less integrated into the whole of the house.
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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @unschooled OP 5 Apr
That makes sense! The kitchen is for plebs.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Aardvark 5 Apr
If i owned that house, I'd sell it to buy more bitcoin.
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @unschooled OP 5 Apr
Touché. Do you think you would ever be able to justify paying to live there?
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34 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark 5 Apr
Personally? No, I'm not a big Frank Lloyd Wright fan. I've been in several of his houses and honestly, they aren't always that practical to live in. Also, I don't love the aesthetic, they seem too dark.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @unschooled OP 5 Apr
Agreed. It looks more like the type of place you'd rent while on vacation.
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jon_Hodl 18h
Hell no. That looks like shit.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @flat24 20m
Recall the first rule of the "Orange Club" 1. I don't know talking about the damn orange 🍊😅
sell what? To do what? 🤔 I have nothing like you mention. 😅
thoughts?
Re: I think I would not do it for a place like this, it seems very ostentatious and with fragile design with respect to security (large windows are a failure to repel possible unwanted intruders) and on the other hand, make an expense of this magnitude without a doubt, it will attract attention both from those who want their part of the botin through taxes and those who are willing to obtain a part through strength and violence.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @SwapMarket 5 Apr
nah, my current location is better
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @unschooled OP 5 Apr
FLW real estate is scarcer...
Frank Lloyd Wright designed 1,141 houses, commercial buildings and other works throughout his lifetime, including 532 that were eventually built.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SwapMarket 5 Apr
WTF do I care? I live in houses, not invest in them. And I choose by location. He built none here.
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