#Real Estate Sales at Victoria

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This is the house from HGTVs "The Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge," but as soon as the show wrapped they changed it. “The investors thought it would have higher resale value being a modern, beautiful, newly renovated home,” said the real estate agent, “They obviously weren’t going for the serious Barbie fans.” I'm a Barbie collector and there are lots of us. Someone would've bought it. Here are the befores and afters.

This is what it looks like now, and priced at $2,049,995 it just sold for $1.845M. I am so disappointed. Built in 1997, the 5bd, 5ba home is located in Canyon Country, California. HGTV looked at about 50 houses and finally bought this one for $1.750M. Each designer star team did a room and the team of  Mika and Brian Kleinschmidt of “100 Day Dream Home” won. When I was looking for before pics, a lot of the sites were no longer available- they didn't want us Barbie people to see the befores, I bet.

The family room before. I don't really care for the retro look.

Family room after. But, I don't like this white, either.

In the living room, the major features that the designers installed remain, like the two-story fireplace and the updated circular staircase. Everything else was changed to neutral gray, black & white.

The dining room. Man, they must've used an awful lot of white paint to cover up the deep colors.

The ’50s kitchen was stripped of the pastels and replaced with neutrals, but the retro Big Chill appliances—refrigerator, oven, dishwasher, stove, even the hood—are still in place, b/c they're very expensive. And, the pop-up appliance lifts on the island are still in place, too.

Ken's den wasn't changed much b/c it was cool, but they did remove the disco floor. Allison Victoria & Ty Pennington dancing on the disco floor.

Looks like they turned the walk-in closet/dressing room into an office.

It already had an office, so now it has two. Wow, they left the striped ceiling intact.

The new dull bedroom.

And, home gym.

The realtor wanted to buy the big brush on the wall, but was told that all the props had to go back to Mattel Toys.

And, finally, the pool. Mika and Brian Kleinschmidt won for their design on the pool and yard. Well, I see they kept the pink spiral stairs, yellow lifesaver and umbrella.

The dog elevator went back to Mattel, too.

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0064: Doctor Strange #169

Cover Date: June 1968 On-Sale Date: February 29, 1968

Doc is finally in his own magazine at last. Dan Adkins continues as the artist in residence while Roy Thomas takes over writing duties. We pick up directly from last month's Strange Tales story, but Victoria Bentley, while mentioned does not appear. For his first solo outing, Roy chooses to rehash Doc's origin with a bit of elaboration. I can't decide if this is lazy or brilliant. Lazy because it's a pre-written story that Roy just needs to throw in some additional details. Brilliant, because it reintroduces that character to what is a new magazine and offers a jumping on point for readers who haven't seen the character in Strange Tales.

In the last instalment The Ancient One told Doc to take a nap and that's just what he's doing here. Doc is ruminating about how tired he is, how he must be forever vigilant, how be many never see Clea again and also Vicky, for some reason. As he does this, Roy and Dan treat us to a nice candlelight striptease as Doc gets ready for bed.

Doc has some doubts as he falls asleep. This is actually an important little detail that will be made clear later.

Then Dan treats us to a lovely full page image that doesn't really provide any new information.

While the origin rehash may or may not be lazy this definitely is. We burn an entire page of real estate without moving the plot forward. Maybe Dan REALLY wanted to draw some clawed monsters.

As his self-doubt grows, we discover something a bit startling. Doc still smokes!

This seems to drive him to recall his past. We start in an operating room much like Lee's and Ditko's original version. Doc makes a callous remark about where to send his bill and walks out of the theater. Doc is approached by a Doctor Benton about some charity work. The doctor isn't named in the original version, but it becomes a plot point in the near future so pay attention! Doc scoffs and takes a call from a wealthy potential client, Mrs. Van Heusen. Perhaps she is the heir to the clothing company. I always liked their shirts. Mrs. Van Heusen needs a minor operation and this is the perfect networking opportunity for the world's greatest neurosurgeon who happens to like money more than anything. The ladykiller elements of Doc's past won't show up for quite some time. Doc is distracted by his thoughts of rolling in piles of green and his fancy convertible is suddenly plunging off a cliff. This is a bit more specific than the original origin, but Roy and Dan do have more pages to fill.

Doc gets beat up pretty bad in the accident. Next thing he knows he's waking up in a hospital bed.

This doctor has bedside manner just as bad as our magician. I don't really think it's wise or empathic to give such bad news to your patient the moment he wakes up! The origin proceeds like the previous version. Doc is too egotistical to work for anyone else, is unemployed, has a bunch of operations to try and restore his hands, becomes an alcoholic and a drifter.

The alcoholism isn't specifically mentioned in the original version, but could be implied by Doc's sorry state. Doc then eavesdrops on a pair of sailors talking about a mysterious old duffer called The Ancient One who can fix anything without using duck tape. I gotta say, Adkins' sailors look a whole lot cooler than Ditko's. Adkins pays homage by using some of the details from the original image although he switched those details around a bit. The giant earring is a nice pirate-y touch! Doc even has a cigarette hanging out of his mouth in both versions.

You and Dan then insert some details of Doc's journey to The Ancient One's pad. He includes a beautiful two page spread that is unfortunately broken up by a border through the middle. I don't know if this was an artistic choice or was the cheap printing process used at the time not precise enough to line things up correctly over the spine.

Doc makes it to the old guy's pad. The Ancient One is presented as much more sinister and he has a more impressive throne. He also gets much more dramatic lighting. Was Adkins a frustrated cinematographer at heart?

The Ancient One then levitates Doc and reads his mind. This version is told in a more linear fashion so the preceding events weren't a flashback. The Ancient One says he can't heal Doc's hands but offers to allow Doc to study with him. Doc naturally refuses, but is stuck at the old guy's pad until the snow falls. The Ancient One's attempt at a joke is omitted in the retelling.

The Ancient One then summons the receptionist, er, his student Mordo to take Doc to his room. Mordo is definitely more intimidating than in the previous version highlighting his greater size.

As in the previous version, Doc is bored and wanders around when he stumbles onto Mordo being a bad boy. Mordo realizes this isn't a good thing and casts a spell to prevent Doc from ratting him out. As before, the spell can't stop him from talking about everything or else the old dude will get suspicious. Mordo proceeds with his attack on The Ancient One. The mode of attack changes from The Vapors of Valtorr to The Flames of the Faltine and Adkins uses an entire page to depict this.

The order things changes a bit here. In the Ditko version, Doc sees the attack on The Ancient One first and then stumbles across Mordo being naughty which is when he casts the gag spell. The reverse happens in the retelling. The Ancient One dispels the flames. Doc is like "I gotta get in on this" which the old guy accepts and removes Mordo's spell. He then reveals that he has been aware that Mordo is a bad little boy and it's best to hold onto him where he can keep an eye on him. Doc's reminiscing ends as he hears The Ancient One scream. It was very polite of him to wait until his memory reached the end of the tale. What is in store for Doc next issue?

Like I mentioned at the start, I don't know if this is lazy or brilliant, but it is very well done. It's mostly faithful to the Lee/Ditko original with enough embellishment to make it more realistic and flow better. There's only so much that can be accomplished in eight pages. Adkin's illustration's are more than Ditko's using more shading and abstract color. His more imaginative panel layout also helps and gives us more expansive views of the action. This story being mostly grounded in a real location plays to Adkin's skills. Ditko still wins by a mile when it comes to weird. Roy Thomas inserts a few elements that will grow to plot points in future arcs. It's a great job overall.

I can't wait for the return of Nightmare. It's been far too long since we've seen him.

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I don't know if you've already mentioned this in any of your posts about Tower Bridge, so hopefully I'm not repeating the same idea back to you, but there's a detail I feel supports your theory regarding Queen Victoria reallocating the Phantomhive resources to that project. It's the abandonment of the Phantomhive estate and land.

I was reading this post and it occurred to me that the Phantomhive manor not being in use when O!Ciel returned with Sebastian is a sign that Queen Victoria didn't care about the Phantomhive's property so much as their other resources. O!Ciel returned to his manor in the same state it was left in during the attack, and Sebastian fixed it. Perhaps Victoria sent someone there at one time, but it seems to have been abandoned throughout the twins' captivity. Furthermore, O!Ciel and Sebastian were able to use the manor in secret for a time. No one came to check on the place until their presence was known.

I find this to be a reasonable sign that Victoria only had use for their other resources. Or none of them, but I feel your theory about her using the Phantomhives' resources is more plausible than that.

Left to decay

I've talked about it before but not with much detail.

Not only was the manor itself left in ruins, but the roads apparently needed repairs. Bridges, too, and getting trenches re-done. All the work that had been done while Vincent was there (ch132) was left to deteriorate. Only a couple months, probably, but weather and constant use will create a lot of wear and tear to roads and bridges. The roads are probably mostly dirt/gravel anyway, and those need constant maintenance to keep ruts from forming where the wheels usually roll along. And erosion, debris, etc. will start to refill trenches. Besides, we don't know what repair/building/digging projects were still just in the planning phase when Vincent was killed.

Some of the estate dwellers were still on the property, like the old man who was probably deemed too old and infirm to work on Tower Bridge, as well as some of his grandkids, who were too young/not skilled enough. I imagine that the vast majority of people who stayed would have been too old, young, or weak to be of much use to the queen.

Our earl might have found out that some of his residents left to work on the Tower Bridge project in London, but he might have figured they left simply because there were better work opportunities in London and elsewhere; he might have not known the queen relocated them... and allocated them. Or, if he knew the queen had used funds and resources (people), he might have automatically accepted it since Phantomhive Manor and the surrounding estate was in such a sorry state of affairs. It had been relinquished to her, so she had "every right" to do with it as she pleased. It's probably just never occurred to him she could have caused this to happen, with the intent to take the money and move people around.

He probably hired more people on as soon as he could. Perhaps a few previous residents returned once they found out it had been restored. And he made repairs as soon as he could, in order for the workers to transport their goods to market with ease again. Even in ch120, that old dairy farmer we see again and again is praising him for repairing those roads.

Even now, there are some younger adults, but a lot of the residents are very old or very young.

Real Ciel says that it looks like cheap goods from the US were having a negative impact on the sale of Phantomhive estate goods, and that might be true. However, if the workers on the estate had trouble even getting their goods to market, and if the workforce was reduced, the issues were way worse than whatever real Ciel realized.

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BPTP Amstoria Verti Greens is an upcoming luxury residential project in sector 102,Gurgaon, on the Dwarka expressway, which is an emerging area. This project forms part of a larger development dubbed BPTP Amstoria Township, a 200-acre project designed to provide a refined living style amidst a nicely planned green landscape.

Project Overview

Verti Greens launched a new project for vertical gardening services and visualizes introducing the natural aspect, the vertical gardens, into the high-rise Arkas. The project consists of seven high rises, with ground + 45 floors having 12 acres of land. Apart from giving residents of the building a nice view of the surrounding environment, this design also allows the rooms to be aerated with natural light and free fresh air circulation.

Key Features

Vertical Gardens: The two towers contain elements of the green sculpture of the vertical gardens, taking greenness to each floor and improving people’s quality of life.

Luxurious Clubhouses: Club facilities for residents will be 2 lakh sq. ft with 3 luxurious clubhouses for various indoor and outdoor leisure and wellness facilities.

Spacious Apartments: The project comprises a set of 2 and 3 BHK luxury apartments for sale, which allow buyers to enjoy comfortable living in large and bright houses.

Strategic Location: Located on the Dwarka Expressway, the Verti Greens enjoys excellent connectivity to most places in Gurgaon and Delhi, including the Indigo Airport.

Amenities and Infrastructure

BPTP Amstoria Verti Greens is designed to provide a holistic living experience with a range of amenities, including:

Sports Facilities: Tennis courts, a little sports hall, and special playgrounds for children to help them stay active.

Recreational Spaces: Amenities include lounge bars, gyms, and clubhouses with the most modern amenities to facilitate relaxation and fellowship.

Security: A robust security framework consisting of three levels will guarantee the permanent safety of all the dwellers.

Educational Institutions: It is home to institutions such as Delhi Public School (DPS) and Gurugram Global Heights, where education is offered at your doorstep.

Investment Potential

The Dwarka Expressway is fast becoming a preferred real estate location, as major developments boost the road’s accessibility as well. Investing in BPTP Amstoria Verti Greens offers potential appreciation due to:

Proximity to Key Areas: The proximity to Gurgaon and Delhi business districts, malls, and eat-out places.

Infrastructure Growth: Indications that property values will have to be raised have emerged from current construction projects along the Dwarka Expressway.

Reputed Developer: Recommending some of its projects. BPTP is recognized for its quality, which provides credibility for potential investors.

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The thing that distinguishes BPTP Amstoria Verti Greens from other building projects is the firm’s focus on the environment. The incorporation of vertical gardens not only adds to the beauty of the building but also takes a step towards making the apartments have a weaker carbon footprint by allowing photosynthesis to clean the air and providing insulation by the plants. It also adopts rainwater harvesting systems and energy-efficient designs to make Victoria Gardens an environmentally friendly living complex.

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How to Successfully Complete the Agent’s Representative Certificate

It is important for those who seek a career as an agent to start with the Agents Representative Certificate course. This licence is necessary if you wish to work as an agent’s representative in Victoria and provides you with the knowledge to begin a career in property sales or management. Regardless of whether you see yourself becoming a fully-fledged licensed real estate agent or as part of a team this certificate unlocks numerous opportunities in the field of real estate.

Understand the Course Structure

The first thing that you have to do if you want to achieve your Agent’s Representative Certificate is to understand the structure of the course. This course is generally comprised of different topics relating to the real estate business including property regulation, agreements, and ethical considerations, and sales skills. It will also be beneficial in organising time and effort to complete the course as will be explained below successfully.

A Real Estate Course Melbourne or any Real Estate Courses Victoria will help you understand the legal obligations and practice of an agent’s representative. These concepts are best understood at the onset to understand the requirements for working in compliance with real estate regulations. To be very precise and straight forward, ensuring that you have understood these basics before you complete this course will make you more prepared when you are in the industry.

Stay Focused and Stay Organized

The completion of the Agent’s Representative Course is a process that demands effort and organization of time. A lot of people can find that doing the online study and applying what you are learning is difficult, so time management is crucial. Make an effective timetable that can enable you complete your study program together with other activities you might have.

The course is structured to require you to deliver some assessments and tasks, so you will need to be very organized and monitor your time. If you also have another job, you should set a separate schedule for studying. If you maintain your learning consistency, you will not cram and will ensure you are ready for all the tests that are coming your way.

Use Support and Resources

Another advantage of finishing an Agent’s Representative Certificate is the backing you will get. Training providers such as Validum can help you find resources on any of these stages. From notes, videos, and readings to questions and answers from professors and instructors in real time, help makes all the difference.

If you are confused and you can’t find your way, do not hesitate to consult your instructor or fellow students. There are many other things which can be discussed in the online discussion forums, study groups and through webinars that can help to clarify and motivate. With the right support you are likely to undertake your certificate with a lot of confidence and efficiency.

Gain Practical Experience

How to get practical experience when the Agent’s Representative Course is based mostly on the received knowledge? Most of the training providers organize practical learning through work placements, internships, or other related arrangements. These experiences are important to apply what you have learnt in a real estate setting.

Completing practical placements will allow you to get a feel for the routine of an agent’s representative. The experience you will get will include keeping records of clients, interacting with them, and working on property sales. The practical exposure will assist you in having better views of the industry once you complete your certificate.

Explore Career Pathways

Once you are done with your Agent’s Representative Certificate, you may wish to continue with other certificates in a bid to have an enhanced job market. One of the most used is following the process of getting your Real Estate Licence Victoria. This means that you can function as a salesperson and a broker and be fully responsible for property transactions.

For those of you who want to specialize in another field, like property management or buyer agency, you might have to take other courses, including Certificate IV in Property Management or the Buyer Agent Course. These qualifications will help you avoid areas that do not interest you or are irrelevant to your career path in real estate.

Conclusion

Passing the Agent’s Representative Certificate examination is the initial requirement toward beginning your career in the Victorian real estate market. You will be ready to take the course and face the industry if only you have the right attitude, organization, and support in place. The Agent’s Representative Course helps you understand all the basic information that is necessary to achieve the goal and become an agent’s representative or to take the next step further and receive the Real Estate Licence Victoria. At Validum, we make sure that you get all the courses and help necessary for you to excel in your chosen real estate profession. Don’t wait and become a real estate agent now – start your career and apply for license today!

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Fans Confused After Alison Victoria Lists ‘Dream Home’ For Sale. Wait. Her GA loft didn't sell, and she was supposed to be selling that to finance a new place in the Cabbagetown section of Chicago. Now, I'm confused, too. Anyway, this is an ugly ass building. The 4bd, 3.5ba, property is listed for $3.5M. Let's have a look (if you recall, Alison is the designer who did the "Ugliest House" I posted yesterday.)

Victoria worked to transform her office space into a residential home, which she envisioned as “the biggest, the baddest, the sexiest live-work dream home I could ever imagine.”

Although she’s called it her “Dream Home” home for several months now, fans online noticed that Victoria is quietly planning to part ways with her live-work space. What is going on?

She has posted photos from her dream home as recently as April 9, just before the building hit the real estate market. Well, I like the muted green chairs and planters. The floor is reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland.

One fan brought the home’s listing to an HGTV fan community on Reddit, where other users chimed in with their thoughts about the sale. (I'm an avid Redditor.)

“I thought she was building this to be her dream home/workspace? Or was this always to sell right away?” one fan wondered, with another guessing in response, “In reality it was always just content for her show.”

So, that's just a mantel with candles, then.

“I don’t think many people would be interested in buying this but it might work for someone who has a business and can live on the premises like what she claimed it was intended for," said another fan.

"I think more than likely it would be an event space esp for a wedding w/the option to stay overnight," said a 3rd fan.

Interesting wall with the big niche for decor, oven and 2 wine fridges.

One user pointed out in the comments, “There are no windows! I’d go crazy ! No, the sky lights not enough." Yeah, it's like an underground house.

Shoot, no matter how nice it is, I like the lighted shelving, no windows is a deal breaker. I'd feel imprisoned.

Interesting en-suite.

“The closets are full of clothes and shoes. Not staged stuff, real stuff," said a fan.

Nice little home theater lobby with a snack counter.

This is it? I was expecting a home theater, not a TV room.

Interesting light strand in the powder room.

Long hall to the wide industrial stairs.

One of the other bedrooms. I can't deal with just skylights, I gotta see what the weather's like and all.

One of the other baths. My love of floating sinks is kind of leery of something this big. I feel like it would break loose eventually.

"The mudroom looks like it has a little kid's jackets or maybe they’re just tiny women’s jackets. regardless, it looks like Alison or a family is living there. Interesting,” another fan pointed out.

Exercise depresses me enough, let alone doing it in this room.

I'm gonna say that this is the work area, where the team gathers to discuss design. Interesting that this is the area that has the windows.

The garages in the back of the building.

I'm no designer, but this building wouldn't have appealed to me as a home/work space. I would look for an end unit with more windows.

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[doctorstrangereview]

0066: Doctor Strange #171

Cover Date: August 1968 On-Sale Date: May 2, 1968

This issue we enjoy what is to be Dan Adkins final outing as Doc artist in residence. Next month the soon-to-be legendary Gene Colan will take over introducing a true bat-crap crazy surrealist style. Dan's final ride is wild, however. The story takes Doc to numerous mind-blowing scenes.

Doc is finally returning home after numerous adventures in Tibet, the Dark Dimension, Stonehenge, the Planets Perilous, wherever the heck Yandroth was and the dream dimension. While The Ancient One's pad is probably a nice place to stay, there's no place like home. Doc flies to his home carefully avoiding any onlookers. I'm guessing he hasn't learned those invisibility spells yet. Sadly Dan isn't any better than Marie Severin at depicting the exterior of the Sanctum Sanctorum.

Wong answers the door to let his master in. Doc isn't actually rude to the faithful retainer, but he isn't exactly nice either. Turns out he's got other things on his mind. Yup, The Ancient One gave Doc a secret little spell to read which may help him locate Clea. No wonder he's in such a hurry.

Mr. Adkins uses this as an excuse to draw another full page, real estate chewing panel. This one has more plot advancement than usual and he even gets to include a sinister robe-wearing dude.

While this event isn't directly tied into a near-future story arc, said arc will involve Satannish. Coincidence? I think not. He bids the sinister robe-wearing dude to show him where Clea is, which he does. Then he asks to send him to her and he's like "Not happening, dude! You're on your own now."

Doc reveals that The Ancient One told him that he needed to rescue Clea with a woman with whom he's had a previous mystic rapport. Yeah, that's what they called it in those days. Conveniently this means we get to drag Victoria Bentley back into the plot. Poor Vicky hasn't been seen since the last issue of Strange Tales. It turns out he must have dropped her back at her swanky English castle on the way home. Doc sends a mystic summons to Ms. Bentley interrupting a sexy party she happens to be throwing. After oodles of trauma inducing events, she gets right back into the swing of things. What a resilient woman she is! (For now.)

After receiving the Aquaman-like summons, Vicky excuses herself (somewhat rudely) to another room to be alone. A portal appears. She and her delightful mini-dress jump on through without hesitation.

Vicky arrives at the Sanctum where Doc immediately apologizes for ruining her sexy party and going into an overlong and poetic explanation of the danger he's about to put her in. Then he explains about Clea which Adkins draws in detail. Oddly enough, rather than swiping Ms. Severin's original drawings he has actually redrawn them in tribute.

All things considered, it wouldn't have been unreasonable to use Ms. Severin's art. I applaud Mr. Adkins for his effort in illustrating this tribute. Vicky is secretly jealous of Clea, but the hots she's got for Doc know no bounds and she accepts the mission without hesitation. For the second time in a few minutes, Vicky steps through a mysterious portal floating in the air. She and Doc are in a truly bizarre place.

A sphere approaches the sphere. Doc warns that it's evil. Vicky doesn't take the master magician who just transported her to this place seriously and gets absorbed into it. Doc has no choice to follow and inside the sphere is yet another world. Of course, Adkins give us a wild two page spread of this. I think this may be Mr. Adkins most famous image.

Odd things happen. He thinks about using his amulet and suddenly he is surrounded by eyes. Next, he's blinded by shafts of light. He casts a giant shield of darkness to protect him and flies around some more. He eventually finds his way to Vicky, or so he thinks. Vicky is floating on a platform in space when Doc says they must go on. Suddenly, Vicki is like "Nah. I'm a bit too frightened. Just leave me here and pick me up on the way back once you've rescued Clea."

Doc's like "Uh, okay." He casts a shield around her while thinking "This don't seem right." The woman who just jumped through two portals within a couple of minutes and approached a giant throbbing sphere against Doc's warning is suddenly afraid. Yeah, something's up.

Whatever he thinks, Doc moves on. His next challenge is a armored, fiery skeleton. As is usual for this series, the prototype Ghost Rider is clad in majority green. Doc and Skeletor continue their battle. Doc grows weaker with each spell he casts. The Green Death is about to administer the coup de grace when he suddenly shrinks out of existence. A voice booms out which Doc recognizes and our true villain is revealed at last. It's none other than Dormammu with Vicky and Clea his prisoners. Yup, the Vicky Doc left behind was a fake. Dormie is ready ready to crush Doc when up pops that annoying Next Issue blurb.

Dan goes out with a bang! Once we get past the Earthbound scenes everything goes crazy! Adkins goes all out giving us the most bizarre stuff yet. He gives us an absolutely amazing amount of detail in these panels and is definitely emitting a Ditko level of weird. Roy Thomas' story is a good first installment to this arc. He's been planting seeds to future stories here and there and there aren't any major plot holes to speak of. Roy may use too many explanation points even for this era, but even things like Vicky's sudden change in attitude have a purpose.

I think Roy wrote this as gift for Dan's last hurrah. He definitely went hog wild on the opportunity Roy gave him. He didn't let us down. It's a very good issue!