Geodesic Domes - FHA

[CANative]

This has been my week for oddly shaped houses. I lost one yesterday with RELS because I requested a fee increase. It was 5500 SF and there was not a 90 degree corner on the thing. Arcs, angle changes, yuck. It would take hours just to get the sketch right. Plus is sold for $1,000,000 on 12/31/09, which is in the very upper end of the market.

I looked at that link. I am going to have to get my daughter to help with that one. She is taking calculus in college.

This is the one I did over the weekend. A million five.

 

[Mr Rex]

All I can say is that it has to be the most butt fugly Architectural Design ever, not to mention the reduced utility from all the weird angles etc.

 

[CANative]

Which design are you referring to?

 

[Mr Rex]

Geodesic domes and their inbred cousins

 

[Lobo Fan]

This one died a natural death. The lender went from a 5% down FHA loan to requiring a 40% down payment. I got an e-mail from the Denver HOC that said that they would approve the loan without any dome comps if they were "common" in the area. Not sure what "common" means. I would estimate that about 1-2% of the homes in the area are domes. Not sure if that is "common". It is not in my definition.

Never went to the subject. Pulled a whole file and was heading out there (Edgewood for the locals) when I called the Realtor to be sure I could go by and pick up the key. Was advised at that point that the deal was carne muerta.

In a weird way I was disappointed. I was looking forward to the challenge and learning experience.

I had a real weird one lest week. I used a satellite photo and wrote the dimensions right on that. Weird angles, arcs, real mess.

 

[Lloyd Bonafide]

Lobo - that one would be a really tough one to measure accurately. I don't mind a curve, because they are fairly easy to do in Apex, but when angles are different than either 90 or 45 degrees, especially when there are multiple sets of odd angles, then things get a lot more difficult.

When I first saw this house last week, I thought that the measuring would take a while, but when all angles are 90 and 45, I can zip right around with my Disto.

 

[CoorsLight]

Might wanna redact all those infos Lobo.

 

[Lobo Fan]

Thanks I just deleted the attachment. I get arcs all the time. They are called torreons around here. They were supposed to be final defense in an Apache or Comanche attack. The round walls were more difficult to break down and they offered a better field of fire. It is when you get an arc and an angle change at the same time.

I guess I was lucky to avoid this one.