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A quiet suburban street in Rochester, New York with well-maintained split-level homes
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It's Certainly Seventies: Carpet. Everywhere.

In Rochester, New York, an original-owner contemporary split-level is hitting the market for the first time — and it is hitting it in full 1970s regalia. Carpeted doors. Carpeted bar. Carpeted bathrooms. Carpeted siding. Four bedrooms, two and a half baths, a wood-burning fireplace, and a kitchen that Reddit believes is begging for avocado appliances. Listed at $275,000. One commenter says they could happily live there without doing much. Just maybe get the carpets cleaned first.

A Time Capsule in Rochester, Fully Intact

This is an original-owner home, and it shows — in the best and most committed way possible. The 1,752-square-foot split-level features an eat-in kitchen, formal dining area, large family room with a wood-burning fireplace, lower living room with sliding glass doors to the back patio, first-floor laundry, a large finished basement with a utility and workshop room, and an attached two-car garage on a generous 90-by-180-foot lot. The bones are solid, the layout is practical, and the location puts you close to Wegmans, Greece Ridge Mall, Route 390, and Lake Ontario. Everything about this house works. Everything about this house is also carpeted. The doors. The bar. The bathroom walls. The exterior siding. The original owners had a vision for carpet's potential, and they did not stop short of seeing it through.

The Carpet on the Doors, Specifically

Reddit's thread moved quickly from general appreciation to specific fixation on the carpeted doors, which earned their own dedicated exclamation from at least one commenter. The bar — also carpeted — drew less comment, perhaps because by the time you reach it, the bar has already been set. The kitchen, free of carpet, was noted as having tremendous potential, specifically for avocado-colored appliances to complete the aesthetic. One commenter, in the most generous take in the thread, said they'd get all the carpets cleaned and could happily live there without doing much else. At $275,000 in Rochester, that may genuinely be the correct move. The carpet, after all, is probably very well insulated.

The Internet Has Thoughts

Naturally, this listing caught the attention of Reddit's r/zillowgonewild community. See what people are saying about it here.

A fully intact 1970s time capsule in Rochester — carpeted doors, a wood-burning fireplace, and a kitchen ready for avocado appliances. View the full listing here.

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