Filed under: Famous Homes, Celebrity Homes
The "Gossip Girl" actress lists her home and tacks on the option of renting it fully furnished. For a quite unfair cost.
Charles Eshelman, Getty; AOL Real Estate
Dear Kelly,
How are you? I know you don't get a ton of press in relation to your Gossip Girl castmates (who can compete with shocking red hair?) so I'm glad to see your face on AOL Real Estate. I mean, congratulations on listing your West Hollywood home for sale or rent -- it's a lovely place in a great neighborhood so I'm assuming that the jump only means you're headed to greener pastures (or in LA-speak, an even better zip code).
But Kell, I have one issue. While I have no gripes about the house's $1.29 million price tag or $4,995 rent (it is a two-bedroom Spanish bungalow, after all), I am a little confused at the price of the "furnished" option. $5,995. A full grand more.
Now, I don't mean to diss your (or let's be honest, your home stager's) taste. Its a perfectly nice place. But that "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster, your wrinkled slipcovers and boho curtains do not justify a rent hike of that magnitude. Perhaps you're getting your real-life home confused with the one you live in on TV. Now that place, with its millions of dollars in art and over-the-top decor, would warrant the extra cost for renting it furnished. But when it comes to fairly standard decor like you've got here, someone could easily furnish the place on their own for the cost of two months of the extra rent. Or three months. Or four months. (Depending on how expensive their taste is.)
A peek at the best parts of the house. Photos: AOL Real Estate
Kelly, I'm not trying to hurt your feelings. The house really does look lovely. But the best features -- that dining room skylight, the kitchen's limestone countertops and stainless steel farmhouse sink or backyard barbeque -- are the ones you already had built into the house. Smart thinking, my friend. And until you can figure out a way to charge renters for using those utilities (a backyard fee?) I'd advise going a little easier on the furnished cost. Just a thought.
Xoxo
ShelterPop
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