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Richie Alan Naggar
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On that style, sealing the eaves brings out the adobe look. I like it

Jun 11, 2016 04:23 AM
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I'm not a fan of the big black arrows unless it's some kind of art-deco clock...  :-)

I have to admit, I don't pay much attention to the eaves of a house unless I'm looking for dryrot/termite issues.  This treatment would hide that and I rather like the sealed up look.

Jun 11, 2016 11:26 AM
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Lyn Sims
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Looks good, we call that mediteranean. Couldn't catch me dead living in one.

Jun 11, 2016 05:18 AM
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Praful Thakkar
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Mike Rock - I think I like it.... really.

Jun 11, 2016 03:30 PM
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Chrissi Chapman Topoleski
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This is foreign to me as I have never seen anything like it here, but I love the way it looks. Very polished.

Jun 11, 2016 09:17 AM
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Dick Greenberg
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Hi Mike - I like it a lot - it's a style we rarely see here, but it's very attractive.

Jun 11, 2016 07:42 AM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
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I see a lot of that style in Santa Barbara homes. Has a Mission look to me. I am neutral on the look. 

Jun 11, 2016 06:31 AM
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Michael Setunsky
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Mike Rock It does match the facade of the house. It goes with the structure.

Jun 11, 2016 05:30 AM
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Inna Ivchenko
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More pictures of this house please!

I can not tell you just by a front view:)

 

Jun 12, 2016 05:38 PM
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Will Hamm
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I am for it.

Jun 12, 2016 01:30 AM
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Olga Simoncelli
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Not sure what we're comparing this to, but looks okay to me. 

Jun 12, 2016 01:14 AM
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Michael Jacobs
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I'm partial to exposed eaves and think they give a more authentic look.   There's nothing wrong with this exterior just a personal preference.  

Jun 12, 2016 12:27 AM
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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
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I like it

Jun 11, 2016 11:13 PM
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Roy Kelley
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Looks fine to me.

Jun 11, 2016 10:26 PM
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Jennifer Mackay
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I guess I'm just used to it but it looks fine to me

Jun 11, 2016 10:09 PM
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Since I don't know much about this architecture, I'm wondering if this is a trick question. If not, i'll say it looks fine to me.

Jun 11, 2016 10:03 PM
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Gita Bantwal
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Looks nice.

Jun 11, 2016 09:46 PM
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Evelyn Johnston
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My question would be, how does that affect rain downfall?  Does it interfere with drainage routes?  It looks oka, but I don't live in an area that has tile roofs.

Jun 11, 2016 01:05 PM
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Lise Howe
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it looks very nice 

Jun 11, 2016 12:54 PM
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No idea about Santa Barbara styles, but I admire the simplicity of the way the clay tile curves over the front and seals out the rain.  I think it's smart and I don't see how that particular detail detracts from the house.  Other comments were sometimes unfavourable, but they didn't apply to this curving detail.  I think they were about something else.  As with lots of architecture, either it works for you or it doesn't.  I don't see the curved tile as a deal-breaker at all, Mike Rock.  

Would I live there?  I doubt it.  The columns are thick and heavy-looking. They are ungracious, pointy and serve no purpose for that size (nothing above them).  This entrance does not have good feng shui:  the columns have the effect of pushing people away (literally, warding us off like a guard) instead of inviting us in.  It may be the Santa Barbara style, but it isn't my style.

The roof may have needed work, but I think you are focusing on the wrong problem if you are trying to create a house with high curb appeal.  To fix it and change no architecture (those columns need to be half their size or less in order to let the person see the house itself), I would put a climbing, flowering plant (rose? but not a hibiscus which is stiff and straight) in front of each column with a little trellis, probably wrought iron or tin, with little leaves sticking out here and there.  Keep it curvy and simple, not busy.  It can be a bit wider than the columns to hide the corners and should be higher than the bottom of the nearby windows.  Add flow and colour, Mike. Draw the eye away from all those corners with beauty.  Make the columns inviting; they are keeping your customers out.

Jun 11, 2016 06:55 AM
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Gabe Sanders
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I don't know what a Santa Barbara style should look like, Mike.  I have no problem with those eves.

Jun 11, 2016 04:48 AM
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Look fine to me, but then I am not fussy. 

So anything in Santa Barbara that deals with style I ask Shawn and Gus

Jun 11, 2016 04:26 AM
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Diana Zaccaro Broker Associate
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Since you asked, I will be brutally honest. It is too gaudy looking for my taste...looks like an afterthought and the colors don't work with the neutral color of the house.

Maybe it would look better if the pic was not a closeup but of the whole house?

That said, if that look is consistent with typical Santa Barbara styles, it is probably fine but I would not be interested if I were looking in that area.

 

 

Sorry...but you asked...

 

Jun 11, 2016 03:59 AM
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I do like it and like keeping the rain off the sides of the house.

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Kathleen Luiten
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I like it.

Jun 16, 2016 06:16 PM