Personally, I don’t find Johnny Ventura’s house particularly charming or beautiful. If that was his dream house, then more power to him since he was the one who lived it. Notice no one says it’s a nice house, just that Johnny liked it, it was Johnny’s dream home and it’s sentimental to them (since they lived/live there, that is obvious); but none say it’s their favorite home or that they like it. Most likely the house is not designed as they would like, it’s designed the way Johnny liked it.
From the outside it doesn’t quite gets up there. On the inside other than several of the doors and the grand staircase when you enter, the rest of the house seem underwhelming. Have family members with multiple living rooms which I think is stupid since only one living room is actually used on a constant basis. The others are just there catching dust. One cousin converted the second living room into a sort of man cave, which now that room at least gets some use. The bathroom in the main bedroom seems too big. There is only so much that can be done in a bathroom and you want to spend the least amount of time in there. The balcony is quite nice and Jandy says before the trees grew there were vistas of the Isabela River. It would be interesting to see what’s the situation there when it cones to the breeze. One of the nicest things in my uncle’s house in Puerto Plata was the constant breeze that entered his balcony. I would sit there and in no time was asleep. Lol Something tells me that balcony in Johnny’s house doesn’t have the same breezes, but who knows.
I’m also disappointed with the red sofas. They look worn and have the usual degradations that cones with bonded leather, which is one of the cheapest leather there is out there. A house like that should have sofas with real leather. Just by looking at the sofas I can tell they have attached back pillows and cushions which is also on the cheaper side. They probably have pine wood frames or worst, composite woods frame or even combining cardboard. Usually stuff made in China. American hardwood frames are of much better quality, but they are also heavier. If you can lift a sofa very easily, that’s no hardwood regardless what the sales person says. Been there, done that. Had a sales person once try to tell me a particular sofa was American made with hardwood while I lifted one side of the thing with one hand and hardly any effort. Was careful putting it down, don’t want the frame to break. Lol
Except for turning that house into a museum about Johnny Ventura, I only see it good for its location. Knock it down and build something else in its spot. Maybe conserve the grand staircases and the nice doors, that’s it.
