Comments on: Surely a Record? Oakland Home Lists for $1,182/sq ft

By: Margarido House Goes into Contract – Home Girl

Margarido House Goes into Contract – Home Girl — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:02:19 +0000

[...] five-bedroom. five-bathroom house went on the market in October 2009 for $5,500,000. It took a huge cut in late February when its price was slashed [...]

By: Debtpocalypse

Debtpocalypse — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:40:34 +0000

^^^ What he said.

This listing stands as an absurd temple to NoCal superficial conspicuous ecology of convenience.

You wanna live in a chic suburban palace that affords more living space than 99% of the other inhabitants of the planet enjoys, and costs more than what those inhabitants consume in a lifetime?

Knock yourself out.

Just don’t tell me doing so is green.

By: larry sanders

larry sanders — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:38:53 +0000

This house is disgusting. How can a 4600 square foot monstrosity be considered efficient in any way, shape or form? Only in America.

Clearly this is a loss leader for a construction company catering to giant corporations and Lexus hybrid driving Richie Rich types feeling trendy and/or guilty about “green.”

A responsible model of beautiful, efficient design would be less than half this size. A family of four – let alone a village of nine – doesn’t need 4,600 sq feet to be comfortable. Shame on the designers, the LEED certification board, and every writer and TV producer who’s hyped this bit of greedy excess to the masses.

I’m sure Le Maison Margarido could be used as an illustration for at least five of the Seven Deadly Sins