Outside is gorgeous! Too much rectangle AKA square stuff inside. Tile should be on the diagonal, and lose the red.

I'd change out those countertops.

Fori, wouldn't you extend the island top to accommodate guests watching you cook while drinking to your success?

Heartbreaking. Sniff, sniff. Reaching for my lace handkerchief.

I'm not liking the inside. Not because of the design or style but the materials used.

I like Boffi, Neff and all those sorts of kitchens in their advertisements, but I've yet to see an American house where I think they're a perfect fit.

Strange! Are those lights on the ceiling of the kitchen? The red is a huge turnoff for me, and those large tiles are just weird. I'd be interested to see what the rest of the house looks like.

If the airplane hanger wasn't mounted on the ceiling and wood was used on the rest it wouldn't be half bad. Now pretend.

Where is it? Main line? Even for Philly that does seem pretty inexpensive for a house of that size and apparent caliber.

The kitchen? Well I cannot even be objective about red. But I will try. What is with the floor? It makes a huge graphic statement but I don't like it. Honestly I've gotten so used to running bond, I strongly prefer it. As for the cabinetry, I don't see the shiny perfection marrying with the home's old world style.

That is a Hideous Incongruity.

Most of the "European" style new builds are a hybrid of Norman and Craftsman. Twenty five years ago I hated that combination as another Hideous Incongruity but they are so ubiquitous now I guess I've gotten used to them.

The house is old, probably 1920s.

I think it's in a sort of meh part of Montgomery county, not quite in the right place to appeal to everyone. It's address is Mainline but when you look at the map, it's really not.

In theory, a kitchen like this should work. The majority of these slick European kitchens, in Europe are put in old houses or buildings. Maybe it works there because the houses are often so much older that there's no such thing as an appropriate kitchen.

But in general theory it seems like a kitchen that is more modern or contemporary than the house itself, should be an okay fit as a sort of natural progression. However, this kitchen doesn't seem to be an okay fit. I am wondering if a Boffi kitchen in the context of the old kitchen room, with the old kitchen envelope with original details surrounding the cabinetry would work better.

Oh, that hurts my eyes. I just don't like glossy modern European kitchens, except in apartments or very contemporary homes. It is a good point that they are often installed in old European houses, and seem to work in that situation. Yes, maybe it is being installed among the original details-- and also, maybe it is that European kitchens are typically smaller and more tucked away, rather than being a large room full of cabinets, in an attention-seeking focal point design like this one?

I would not expect (or want!!!) that kitchen in that house.

I really cannot stand the tiled walls.

Dear me! I love red, but that just doesn't work at all! The tile floor looks cheap, although I'm quite sure it isn't, that thingy on the ceiling just makes one go 'what the?!!?', and the shiny red might be ok for the island if the other cabs were toned down considerably with wood or even matte white.

It seems like when I see a super modernist kitchen in a centuries old building, the installation usually juxtaposes the modernist finishes against original stone walls or rough-hewn beams or original wood or stone floors. I suspect it is that contrast that makes those installations work. In my opinion, this house is too new to live comfortably with a modernist kitchen like the one installed especially with those walls and that flooring.

Yes, the cabinets could have probably been put in a Norman-revival room--rather than putting an entire contemporary room in a Norman-revival house.

Isn't it more a Cotswold style? A Norman of that period (and pretension) should really have a turret.
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Probably, it has half timbering, too. I guess a Norman revival would have an entry or stair hall turret. There are some interesting ones with Deco touches like corner windows in a different suburb.

I think it's the large scale wall tiles (with the little black and white prints).

The wide angle lens throw the tiles askew. The near left sided tiles appear rectangular while the right side floor tiles seem to be square. Someone mentioned a morgue. My first thought was a butcher shop. I presume they thought the tiled walls would serve as a stone walled feature, and maybe in real life it doesn't look bad. We rented a Cotswold stone house last year. They plastered over some of the interior walls with the original stone as accents. Much to my surprise they installed a Miele kitchen, including Miele appliances and blue Miele cabinets. It was quite charming, but not in any way high gloss or reflective.

That is heartbreaking.

I don't think the original kitchen in this house, given its age, size and likelihood of having a cook, was anything too fancy or romantic Cotswold looking. So at the very least tcurrent kitchen probably didn't cause the ruin of anything too historic.

I have to say that I don't find the kitchen too bad. The wall tiles and the counters are jarring and that contraption on the ceiling.
And it may look better in real life when there's less reflection.

It's not my taste but I'd like to play around in that kitchen to see how it feels - smooth gliding drawers? Nice solid feel when closing the cabinets? It's so different than any I've been in. Then no doubt I'd have to wipe away all my finger prints.

Outside of the house? Lovely. Around here that would be a huge bargain and worth an extensive interior rehab.

It looks like this may have an offer on it. I couldn't find it in the listings when I went back to check on something. I think the price had something do do with the maybe less than optimal location, (It was listed in a suburban area that I would not consider quite accurate--there were more accurate locators--which always makes me think they know a more accurate address won't attract buyers). But if you hop in your car to do everything anyway, maybe it's not a big deal.