Buy Ichiro's Old House

by PositivePaul on Mar 23, 2009 2:37 PM PDT Comment 54 comments

Open House on Sunday, April 5, from 1-5 p.m.!

No, I'm not tied to the real estate agency, I just found the link in the P-I (and heard it on the radio recently), that Ichiro's old Issaquah house is up for sale!

See the house here!

With 20% down (a meager $350K), the monthly payment on your new $1.75 million mortgage is a mere $8282 at the 5.875% rate their calculator spits out.

The taxes are $13,340, though, so you better be saving your pennies there.

Huh. I wonder if he'd autograph something there if I bought it...

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Would you buy a house from this man?

by acblue on Mar 23, 2009 2:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

by Jeff on Mar 23, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Holy crap I totally forgot about Class Action Guy,

You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.

by Goose on Mar 23, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why is he holding a rubber duck?

by Jed MC on Mar 23, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wish I knew.

by acblue on Mar 23, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe Ichiro wouldn't use him as his real estate agent unless he was photographed with a rubber duck.

by royalcurve on Mar 23, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I desperately want this to be the case.

by acblue on Mar 23, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I had to do a little research and

after a quick glance at his homepage, I’ve determined he has a rubber duck fetish or took a pun a little too far.

by Jed MC on Mar 23, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You can clearly tell he is a genius

Using baseball references throughout his ad without saying who used to own it.

by Fin on Mar 24, 2009 1:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also, yuck.

by acblue on Mar 23, 2009 2:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

That is a damn nice home.

I wonder where the hell he is living now.

by Wilder. on Mar 23, 2009 3:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

That house is waaaaaaaaay too garish for my taste.

I mean, those shiny shiny floors alone. Ugh.

by royalcurve on Mar 23, 2009 3:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

This made me said because I'd like to think ChiChi has better taste than that.

by acblue on Mar 23, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wonder if it's all been staged, though

if he doesn’t live there any more he’s probably paid someone to stage it for sales purposes, which means that most of what’s in there is probably not his…

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 23, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sure, but the house itself is hideous and I really don't like the permanent fixtures.

by acblue on Mar 23, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Samesies.

I’m sad that ChiChi (!) didn’t live in a place with more style.

by royalcurve on Mar 23, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

(I got that nickname from Quitty.)

And yeah, it’s pretty bad. Although I can see the desire to live in a huge house in the suburbs after spending your entire life in Japan I suppose.

by acblue on Mar 23, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, it's not my style at all

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 23, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's too extravagant looking for me

I don’t think I could ever live in a place that was covered in marble and fancy walls/flooring and the like.

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Mar 23, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

from Finny, in 2000.

Yumiko will do the house hunting.

“I rely on her for all that,” said Ichiro, apparently a wise husband in any language.

by msb on Mar 23, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I would much rather have

this house. I see it every day on my way to work.

by Sec 108 on Mar 23, 2009 3:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

That's purty

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 23, 2009 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am a real sucker for very old houses

But as far as modern goes? Damn, that’s a beautiful house.

by royalcurve on Mar 23, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jeez, no kidding!

That’s a fantastic house.

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Mar 23, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's a great design, but I hate the setback and prominence of the garage.

by acblue on Mar 23, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree, but the other side of the house is what I love.

Eastern facing views from Alki to the U-District.

by Sec 108 on Mar 23, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I tend to prefer old houses as RC says above, but I love most Pb Elemental designs.

This one in particular.

by acblue on Mar 23, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also

this image is a textbook illustration of how to incorporate a modern home into a traditional neighborhood.

by acblue on Mar 23, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cubist

by Wilder. on Mar 23, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like the style within the city or developed neighborhood, but out in the woods it doesn't fit.

Like this one in North Bend.

Cool site, though.

by Wilder. on Mar 23, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pretty.

by royalcurve on Mar 23, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I always shoot to someday have someone like that make a home for me.

by Sec 108 on Mar 23, 2009 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This reminds me of the house in Little Buddha.

The inside at least

by Mariner John on Mar 23, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed. I like it a lot more.

by mark sobba on Mar 23, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

OMG look at those views!

Beautiful.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Mar 23, 2009 3:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Better view of it

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=47.5711125&lon=-122.0922701&z=20&l=0&m=a&v=2&search=ichiro

by Robert on Mar 23, 2009 3:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hook me up with a map of Casa Hernandez and there'll be pretzels in it for you.

by royalcurve on Mar 23, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A LL'er has this information and as soon as he stops being a stupid dumb fuckface I will alert you.

by Robert on Mar 23, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

From jail.

by Robert on Mar 23, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pluck out a few hairs if you get close enough.

by royalcurve on Mar 23, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's the new digs, I believe...

The one linked above isn’t on Lake Sammamish.

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Mar 23, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Even as far as Issaquah/Sammamish goes, that is quite a house.

by Fin on Mar 23, 2009 3:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

You need to buy his old condo in Bellevue.

Its also the exact same one Felix lived in last year… I can tell you from personal experience its quite nice.

by Fett42 on Mar 23, 2009 4:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

How do you know?

by mark sobba on Mar 23, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wait, are you the guy that chilled with Felix in his apartment?

Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?

by Taylor H on Mar 23, 2009 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey stupid dumb fuckface

Time for your loose lips to start sinking ships.

by Robert on Mar 23, 2009 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don't be mean

by Fogel on Mar 23, 2009 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Shut up Graham is allowed to be mean

by JI on Mar 23, 2009 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

For those of you who can't afford a $1.75m house, may I interest you in Steven Gerrard's Range Rover?

It’s for sale on autotrader, and it’s downright affordable in comparison. Under $100,000!

by marc w on Mar 23, 2009 4:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

April 5th Meet and Greet?

After we tour the house we can all get a pizza or something?

by mark sobba on Mar 23, 2009 5:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

LL's done that before

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2007/4/13/11292/1845

by Robert on Mar 23, 2009 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

and cried. To think I missed that. I honestly would have flown or driven up from SF and brought my rookie jersey with me. Only 25 showed up… I mean seriously, that’s a once in a lifetime opportunity. Damn, now I’m crying again… (not really, but on the inside)

by Ike Clanton on Mar 24, 2009 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs