Because everyone needs a castle with two pianos and a ballroom

[wtg]

Taxes are a bit steep, though.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1232-Ridge-Ave_Evanston_IL_60202_M84416-71052

[Mik]

$372 per square foot. Nooooo

[AndyD]

Someone will love it.

For me the exterior rules it out; fake swiss castle, poor taste and a mess.
The interior is spacious.

The edwardian piano has no seat so is effectively a shapely table.

[ShiroKuro]

@AndyD said in Because everyone needs a castle with two pianos and a ballroom:

The edwardian piano has no seat so is effectively a shapely table.

I was going to say "at least the black piano has a bench." But it also has books set up so you can't move the flylid back without moving those books.

IOW, the black piano is also a shapely table.

[wtg]

This mansion just down the street was turned into condos:

https://www.redfin.com/IL/Evanston/1314-Ridge-Ave-60201/unit-4/home/26802395

https://www.redfin.com/IL/Evanston/1314-Ridge-Ave-60201/unit-3/home/26792920

https://www.redfin.com/IL/Evanston/1314-Ridge-Ave-60201/unit-2/home/26802394

[wtg]

You can take a virtual drive down Ridge Avenue and check out the other neighbors.

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0406193,-87.6881763,3a,75y,277.59h,91.05t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1stg6aq_WIheo4gpt6BmqvWQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-1.0535249833641842%26panoid%3Dtg6aq_WIheo4gpt6BmqvWQ%26yaw%3D277.5944490669019!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDYwOS4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

[AndyD]

Interesting Avenue.
Could someone explain:

[ShiroKuro]

@AndyD Explain what?

[Daniel.]

"...a Pipe Organ fa-cade!"

Enough said.

[wtg]

@AndyD said in Because everyone needs a castle with two pianos and a ballroom:

Interesting Avenue.
Could someone explain:

Well, here's the listing from 2021. Amazing view from the dining room.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/M7929677417

Some history about the street:

https://evanstonroundtable.com/2022/06/20/evanston-dimensions-ask-the-historians-5/

[AndyD]

Estate agents made it vanish
Is there a crematorium in the basement?

[wtg]

Yea, that chimney does kind of get your attention, doesn't it? Guess they wanted to be absolutely certain there weren't any downdrafts into the firebox. And chimney plus the tree looked like a disaster waiting to happen.

@AndyD said in Because everyone needs a castle with two pianos and a ballroom:

Estate agents made it vanish in the listing photo

New owners made it vanish for real.

FIFY -

@AndyD said in Because everyone needs a castle with two pianos and a ballroom:

Is there a crematorium in the basement?

[pique]

love the castle. would be fun to live in it, if I didn't have to pay for it.