I know it was 1979, so styles were very different, but when the Lutzes first go to see the house it looked SOOO run down inside, that wallpaper alone looked like it hadn't been updated or even cleaned since 1960!
"I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus."
"Didn't he discover America?"
"Penfold, shush."
I think the point they were trying to make was that it was an old house that maybe needed some work...and also they probably wanted it to look a little creepy. The implication in the story is that it's more house than the Lutzes needed or could really afford, but it was a bargain because a family was murdered there, so they snapped it up. The real house, (now 108 Ocean Ave) looks really nice, and sold for almost a million dollars a couple years ago.
The real estate woman at the beginning plainly called it a fixer-upper. So that's what it is.
shareThe whole house was rundown and creepy, especially the 3rd floor.
shareThe real estate agent was very amateurish and came across as a dingbat.
shareNot everyone during that time period was obsessed with interior design fashion. This youth generation is really anal about interior design.
shareToo right. I haven't changed my furniture in over ten years. It still looks good. But today, people feel the need to waste money to replace perfectly good furniture in order to impress. People can't seem to understand that if people don't like you in the first place, your three door fridge, multi-island kitchens and what not isn't going to make them like you even more, but make you seem desperate to be liked. In other words, a tool begging to be used.
BTW, I have box TV from 1996 sitting in my living room. No flat screens.
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It certainly looked dreary & not cared for.
Even the bannister knob comes off when George takes hold of it.
The wallpaper was filthy, the walls dirty, the kitchen was badly in need of updating.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush.
Have you seen photos of what the interior of the DeFeo's house looked like? Yes, as you said styles are different, but the house looked run down when they were alive also. Mismatched furniture, worn carpeting, dingy walls, woodwork that needed refinishing, and quite messy. Even for the 1970's it looked cheap.
Great balls of fire!...*hiccup*...It's Rhett!
From what I have heard about Defeo senior, I was not surprised at the pre murder photos of the home. It was pretty ghetto fabulous tacky, complete with ruby red shag carpeting, bejeweled chandeliers, painted portraits of the family that adorned the staircase wall as if they were royalty, horridly blinding wallpaper that had no scheme whatsoever....yikes...you would need sunglasses to enter that house.
shareI also recall seeing a room with large multi colored polka dots on the walls. They must have been doing a lot of PCP up in there.
Great balls of fire!...*hiccup*...It's Rhett!
I also recall seeing a room with large multi colored polka dots on the walls.
As for the real estate lady I think she just wanted to get the hell out of there as quickly as possible.
That was Ronald (Butch) DeFeo's room. Yes h was a junkie.
shareIt was the 70s. That was the style.
shareThe DeFeo's house might not have had matching furniture but, that house was spotless.
shareThe dirty walls made me want to puke. In fact, it looked like they had been painted with vomit.
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