Reality, the price of real estate in Cincinnati is incredibly cheap. It's in an incredible neighborhood and backs up to the 2nd largest park in the city.
It was such a "small" house (only about 1,000 sqft) that the people that bought the land it was on wanted to demolish it to build their dream home. They ended up giving it away and they had to move the entire house to a location about 30 miles away next to the Oregon Garden.
What I've also heard/read from people who've lived in Wright houses is that the guy didn't understand/disregarded human factor design. So they're beautiful as all get-out but difficult to live in. And now that they're all historically significant you can't remodel them to suit your needs either, without approval from appropriate preservation committees. I recall a profile of an FLW homeowner in Michigan who had to sweat out every rainfall until they were allowed to replace the wiring with a modern grounded circuit.
Nobody wants any FLW houses changed. Everybody wants somebody else responsible for them.
I'm guessing it leaks, it is, after all, FLW.
Reality, the price of real estate in Cincinnati is incredibly cheap. It's in an incredible neighborhood and backs up to the 2nd largest park in the city.
It was such a "small" house (only about 1,000 sqft) that the people that bought the land it was on wanted to demolish it to build their dream home. They ended up giving it away and they had to move the entire house to a location about 30 miles away next to the Oregon Garden.
What I've also heard/read from people who've lived in Wright houses is that the guy didn't understand/disregarded human factor design. So they're beautiful as all get-out but difficult to live in. And now that they're all historically significant you can't remodel them to suit your needs either, without approval from appropriate preservation committees. I recall a profile of an FLW homeowner in Michigan who had to sweat out every rainfall until they were allowed to replace the wiring with a modern grounded circuit.
Nobody wants any FLW houses changed. Everybody wants somebody else responsible for them.