02-07-2015, 05:23 AM
Homes off my personal list
It is hard not to notice the Castle of Seaview Estates, and the Justin Hilton homes.
Hilton built 4 homes across from Kehena Beach, and about 5 more around Puna.
Both builders worked very hard on their homes. However, largely they were pounding square pegs into round holes.
The extremely tall Hilton home in Seaview is more like a multi-story flat. Like the Castle Home you walk away with questioning why it is here.
Hilton by far invested the most in the homes across from Kehena and the largest one in particular. However, a tour of these home interiors will reveal very foreign materials like Brazilian cherry flooring and river rock walls. Puna has no rivers Justin.
Ironically, Hilton invested the least amount of money in a small single story home. It is along side the tall one in Seaview and almost appears to be a garage.
It is this home with a with a strong triangular shape that deserves the most attention.
Hilton's "Wedge" Home
The sharp near 30 degree angle of one corner is easy to spot.
Visually this home appears very much like an oversized park sculpture. The kind built of steel and perfectly balanced on a pivot. I can't help but see this home without thinking of turning it. This may account for the tension this work gives me since I personally believe it is set at the wrong angle to declare independence from the tall neighboring home.
Perhaps overtime this particular home will grow on me, however, if I learn Hilton purchased a set of blueprints and didn't personally design it.. then no.
Another builder in the area was Peter. Peter had an excellent knack of buy low - sell high. Homes he built exploited the land and were built on the cheap. I don't think even he would say much thought went into his creations. One home in Puna Beach looks to all extents to be a plywood garage on a slab of bare concrete.
It is hard not to notice the Castle of Seaview Estates, and the Justin Hilton homes.
Hilton built 4 homes across from Kehena Beach, and about 5 more around Puna.
Both builders worked very hard on their homes. However, largely they were pounding square pegs into round holes.
The extremely tall Hilton home in Seaview is more like a multi-story flat. Like the Castle Home you walk away with questioning why it is here.
Hilton by far invested the most in the homes across from Kehena and the largest one in particular. However, a tour of these home interiors will reveal very foreign materials like Brazilian cherry flooring and river rock walls. Puna has no rivers Justin.
Ironically, Hilton invested the least amount of money in a small single story home. It is along side the tall one in Seaview and almost appears to be a garage.
It is this home with a with a strong triangular shape that deserves the most attention.
Hilton's "Wedge" Home
The sharp near 30 degree angle of one corner is easy to spot.
Visually this home appears very much like an oversized park sculpture. The kind built of steel and perfectly balanced on a pivot. I can't help but see this home without thinking of turning it. This may account for the tension this work gives me since I personally believe it is set at the wrong angle to declare independence from the tall neighboring home.
Perhaps overtime this particular home will grow on me, however, if I learn Hilton purchased a set of blueprints and didn't personally design it.. then no.
Another builder in the area was Peter. Peter had an excellent knack of buy low - sell high. Homes he built exploited the land and were built on the cheap. I don't think even he would say much thought went into his creations. One home in Puna Beach looks to all extents to be a plywood garage on a slab of bare concrete.
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