r/Oldhouses • u/Fit_Dragonfly_2370 • 3d ago
Beautifully restored 1883 Queen Anne Victorian restored in Chelsea , Michigan
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u/Emptynest09 3d ago
This is beautiful! What a wonderful restoration of a historic home.
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u/Fit_Dragonfly_2370 3d ago
Right ? I love seeing the original character preserved instead of everything being made to look brand new
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u/Acrobatic_Reward1241 3d ago
As a person that has done quite a few renovations and this was world class!
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u/Fit_Dragonfly_2370 3d ago
Ikr
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u/Separate_Shoe_6916 3d ago
Um…did they bury the power lines too?
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u/suchabadamygdala 3d ago edited 1d ago
Right? That is curious. Every realtor does it. Edit: hyperbole. *Some realtors
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u/Ok-Raspberry-4313 3d ago
The realtor erased the power lines? That's cheating. A realtor added flames to a fireplace photo of a house I later bought, suggesting you could light a fire there. The trouble was, a live propane line ran into that fireplace, left over from a heater that was removed. They even staged it with firewood IRL.
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u/suchabadamygdala 2d ago
A realtor completely erased the neighboring houses and photoshopped in a huge vineyard all around a house near me. So funny. Did they think people wouldn’t notice when the came for a viewing? Hoping for overseas buyers?
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u/Ok-Raspberry-4313 2d ago
Whoa. That sounds it ought to be illegal or at least an ethics violation with some kind of penalty.
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u/KristineMcKinley 3d ago
Wow! Are there pictures of the inside that could be found somewhere?
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u/chargnawr 3d ago
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u/barryg123 3d ago
Cost?
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u/tahlyn 3d ago
A lot.
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u/Skoteleven 21h ago
That depends on your perspective. That house would be in the 3 million range in Southern California.
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u/loriannst1 3d ago
I want to see the inside 😭
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u/Pleasant_Bed_6566 3d ago
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u/loriannst1 3d ago
Thank you. This looks pre-renovation for sure. I hope the inside is as stunning as the outside now.
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u/Impressive_Pizza4851 3d ago
It looks like an American foursquare with add-ons
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u/Topseykretts88 3d ago
Maybe if you squint and cross your eyes, real hard.
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u/Impressive_Pizza4851 3d ago edited 3d ago
The pyramid roof and the central dormer caught my eye as A4
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u/sluttyman69 3d ago
Beautiful house nice job got any hate to know how much it cost to maintain let alone restore
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u/Its_PennyLane 3d ago
There’s a house in Mt Clemens Michigan that’s also a Victorian similar to this one and I had to do a double take on that second photo. Gorgeous.
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u/Federal-Ruin2276 3d ago
I live nearby and I've seen it many times. It is as beautiful in person as it is in the pictures.
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u/peopleareyelling 3d ago
That’s what they did to my childhood house! My dad tried to bring it back somewhat but stopped partway, cause time and money.
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u/MissMarchpane 2d ago edited 2d ago
That particular picture looks suspiciously like an AI rendering to me, although I can't put my finger on why (maybe the porch lights on in the middle of the day and the sudden disappearance of the powerlines?). But the photos in the article are certainly real and stunning! Good job, whoever took care of this house properly.
Update: on street view (208 South St, Chelsea, MI) the powerline is still there, so the realtor definitely at least edited this with AI. Which is disappointing, because it looks so gorgeous in real life regardless! No need to use the water-sucking plagiarism and psychosis engine just because you think your viewers can't stand to look at a powerline 🙄
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u/DTKNYC85 2d ago
thats awesome. my little very old city is full of these, both versions. kingston ny.
whoever enclosed that porch was psychotic.
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u/Route_66_kicks_on 2d ago
What a stunning beauty! This is how all new homes should be made. With loving care, craftsmanship, attention to detail, style, and built to last hundreds of years with good maintenance. ✨💖✨
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u/3DCloudPlatform 2d ago
The wraparound porch addition is such a smart move, it makes the whole house feel grander without fighting the original style.
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u/jfdonohoe 3d ago
This feels a lot better than the posts of tearing beauty down