Listed for $6,495,000 two months ago and quietly withdrawn from the MLS after a month on the market without a sale, the completely rebuilt Pacific Heights home at 2807 Clay Street has been listed anew for $5,995,000.
A Nova Designs + Builds project, the home features five bedrooms, four full baths, a two car garage and an open floor plan with a “state-of-the-art” kitchen outfitted with a Wolf range, a Sub-Zero refrigerator, and a center island with enough outlets for the room to double as a pop-up Apple store.
The master bathroom on the top floor includes an obligatory shower for two. There’s a home theater setup in the lower level (with soundproofing above). And yes, there’s a fire pit out back.
What?!?!
Someone looking to purchase a Victorian exterior also wants a Victorian Interior with some warmth and charm?
Who coulda’ known?
Oh and … are those outlets lining the kitchen island? There are 23 in that single picture alone.
Agree wrt the interior. The rear elevation is also inappropriate given the street-side appearance.
Is this a spec project? The renovation doesn’t look like it was designed for an actual person.
i thought socketsite’s new year’s resolution was to drop “quiet”.
Ridiculously poor design solution for a kitchen to not have some wall cabinets with doors. Who wants to display their dishes and stuff like some cheap Ikea showroom?
And yea, those outlets are insane. Why so many?
Hint – This kitchen was designed as a showpiece, not a workplace.
No, it’s actually a kitchen, believe it or not.
There seems to be quite a bit of storage, including cabinets with doors on one wall, the island, and the bar area. Mind you, not enough for my household, but for non-foodies, it seems more than adequate.
kitchen looks rigged for bitcoin mining. wonder how many circuits feed that island.
Pretty sure that power bar full of sockets is some sort of homage to “SocketSite”
I went to see this place – huge garage that can fit three cars, nice finishes and of course you get a completely new foundation and modern seismic engineering. It’s built like a steel tank. Great layout for a family too – multiple generations could happily live here with a very nice in law unit downstairs. On the other hand, it is aggressively modern and they didn’t think about some small details like the tile under the firepit – It will soon be rust stained. The multiple dining areas are odd and seem unnecessary. But all in all it is a nice project and I’m sure the new owners will be happy.
The house will sell before those flaws become obvious. It is the new paradigm. Instead of building to last you only need to build to last long enough to sell. Thankfully the building code protects from the biggest problems.
Yeah, I understand the flipper mentality. I agree, it’s a shame to see how little thought it given to the way homes will age…
They took a small house that was probably warm and funky and made it big and sterile and cold.
I think the outlets are kinda funny. LIke that Portlandia episode about the crappy hotel room with the one redeeming feature: it has outlets everywhere. It almost looks like a design statement at this point. The proof in the pudding is whether you could plug something into each outlet and run them all at the same time!
What kills it for me is no direct access to the backyard from the main public indoor space. At $6 mil, I wanna throw great parties! Or at least send the kiddos out easily.
OTOH, nothing annoys me more than a waterfall edge interrupted by a power outlet. Dub tee eff.
I saw a place recently where the power outlets were flush with the surfaces that held them. It was almost from the future.
“What kills it for me is no direct access to the backyard from the main public indoor space.”
Ditto. Might seem like a minor annoyance, but for $6M I don’t want to be shlepping steaks down the stairs and through the house to get to/from the grill.
Regarding the kitchen outlet strip. When we built out a photo darkroom for a friend we included a similar strip outlet on all 4 walls. Your hand was always within 18 inches or so of an outlet in the pitch dark of a working photo darkroom.
Is there anyone still around that remembers this bet from 2010?
I’m feeling snarky today. I feel like I’ve seen this exact pictures a million times at this point, which is expected given this is pretty much what is the required interior for a flip these days. Boring. It’s like something from a 5 week reno on Love It or List It only with less charm and character. I’ll go with sale price 5.75…
God what a flip.
Could you add a staircase down to the yard?
yes
Why is this back on the market today?
[Editor’s Note: Briefly in escrow after we featured the property, it has since fallen out of contract.]
UPDATE: The sale of 2807 Clay Street has closed escrow with a reported contract price of $5,995,000, officially “at asking” according to industry stats.