Somebody better tell these guys that!
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Gosh! You know, I think I have seen it. Spent a couple of weeks over there a decade or so ago and drove up and down I-280 a few times. Seemed vaguely familiar, but I’d forgotten about it till I saw the picture of that view.
Hey-ho.
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Now THAT is an eyesore! Someone get some dinosaurs in there to stand in front of that monstrosity…
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Anyway, it seems like a more pop art version of this place, in town on a major road through the north part of the city…
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When we were kids, we called that house the “Barbapapa House”
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I sit on my HOA board in my condo building. It’s fine, there’s bigger fish to fry.
It’s the city’s historic district board that has really done their best to ruin my year. Trying to drive up window repair to 4x my estimated cost, and forcing the work to be done by companies owned by the board members.
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I frequently drive by Hillsborough on highway 280 and I always get a smile from the so-called “Flintstone House.” As far as I’m concerned, the multi-story crackerboxes surrounding this attractive, innovative art-house constitute the only eyesores in this area (well, aside from the incredibly clumsy, giant statue of Junipero Serra not far down the road). There’s nothing more deadly boring than a small town full of snotty people with too much goddamn money.
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Probably to keep her ever-so-helpful HOA from taking them some night.
eta: If you want to paint your house every color of the rainbow, fine. The only problem I have is if whatever you’re doing drifts over into my yard. We had neighbors who roasted a whole goat once, and prepped it by using a flamethrower to singe off the hair. That was not so delightful. Other neighbors overstuff their trash bins; whenever we get a stiff breeze the excess blows into our yard.
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Yeah, regardless of what the landscaping was - because it’s ultimately the house they object to, but they can’t get rid of it. You can see the house clearly from the freeway, and I suspect what they’d be happy with is trees to hide the whole property and nothing else.
Basically, I think it offends the “city fathers” that this is the most famous bit of the town, which has been a landmark since the mid-'70s and everyone can clearly see when on the freeway.
Oh gods, I forgot about the horrible statue of that evil bastard. The two things the city is known for. The house is the better of the two, by far.
Well, the house does pre-date Star Wars. Though when they started calling it that, I don’t know.
What’s screwy in this situation, is no HOA is involved - it’s the town itself, suddenly deciding to enforce a rule about needing permits for statues (which is, needless to say, very unevenly applied ) and being upset that it doesn’t match “community standards.” They’re also claiming it’s a “public nuisance” which is an extremely wobbly argument.
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Yea, I explained it thusly to someone that wasn’t familiar with the town - it’s a bunch of boring assholes who were born on 3rd base.
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She could use a 900 ft. Jesus.
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You voluntarily enter into a HOA and HOAs don’t picks sides.
The contract would just say all signage is prohibited, not just gaudy Trump displays.
Christo Skydivor?
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I was thinking a little bit more like this.
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Knowing that the owner doesn’t live here, I can only imagine the parties the local teens have there late at night.
I’d live there.
(I’ve wanted to own that house since we moved to California in 1966, but alas, I’m just from San Jose, not Hillsborough)
(Oops just checked the year it was built and realized I’ve coveted the place not since I was 11 but since I was 21. That’s a tad embarrassing)
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