In May 2007 the “Historic Sullivan Home” at 767 Oak Street hit the market listed for $1,241,000 and sold for $1,245,000. From the listing at the time:
Period detail: crown molding, medallions, Bradbury & Bradbury wpaper, brackets, bay win, pkt drs, pd lghtn, stained gl, wainscoting, inlaid hdwd flrs, fretwork. 2 levels w/ attached, separate entrance studio apt. LR has red, Italian marble wdbrng fp, formal DR w/ built-ins. Lg open kit includes ss appls, breakfast area & south-facing windows. You will feel like you are stepping back in time.
Back on the market today with a new master bathroom and deck off the back (and 673 additional listed square feet), the listing touts “modern upgrades.”
A trio of before and now shots for the home:
∙ Listing: 767 Oak Street (3/3.5) 2,588 sqft – $1,389,000 [MLS]
It seems at first like a lot was changed, but if you look carefully, the trim was already painted white in the old house. The antique furniture likely didn’t come with the house. Looks like mostly just painting over wallpaper (plus noted additions), although there aren’t a lot of “before” pix.
But the color scheme…feels very bland, cold, and hotel lobbyish. Almost makes me miss the crazy, candystore, grandma previous decor.
My dream is to someday buy a classic Wurster, add lots of molding and then fill it with Victorian furniture. Sounds crazy when you put it like that, doesn’t it?
The pictures must be “now and before.” They cannot have taken out the period details and replaced them with this antiseptic. No one in his right mind would take out the overmantle mirror.
Is there any way to put the toothpaste back into the tube and return to the “before”.
Looks like they actually added some molding to the kitchen window on the deck side, though they still look like they are some kind of aluminum window. guess that victoriana wallpaper is looking kitschy these days . . .
Looks to me like they painted over the lincrusta in the dining room. This is perhaps a worse sin than painting over woodwork.
Did the realtor in May, 2007 write the listing from a cell phone, or is s/he lazy or illiterate or all three?
This may be the most egregious example of interior desecration of SF property ever posted on socketsite. I hope the seller is punished severely by the market and has to take a much lower price.
This is the sort of extreme behavior that the left wing uses to impose controls on property: rent control, height limits.
Fortunately, this is a building of minimal historical importance. If they did this at, say, the Bourn Mansion, it would be a major crime.
“like they painted over the lincrusta in the dining room. This is perhaps a worse sin than painting over woodwork. ”
pure rubbish ‘bob n’. lincrusta is merely embossed paper and was designed to be painted from the get-go. very easy to source lincrusta in original patterns and for not much $.
The list price for 767 Oak has been reduced $30,000, now asking $1,359,000.
The list price for 767 Oak has been reduced another $30,000, now asking $1,329,000.
Baby steps aren’t going to cut it. You’ll just chase the market down.
The list price for 767 Oak has been reduced another $34,000, now asking $1,295,000.
Withdrawn. w/o a sale as far as I can tell.
The sale of 767 Oak Street closed escrow yesterday with a reported contract price of $1,265,000.