Friday, January 18, 2013

Well no wonder they went out of business.

If you're going to buy a former mortuary, renovate it and re-purpose it, I strongly suggest not using dark or muted colors, stay away from red velvet, and most of all, don't create -- forgive me for saying this -- dead-end halls.  No one wants to be in the room down the end of a dead-end hall, in a former mortuary, no matter how good the spa is.

So it's no wonder, this spa went out of business in less than five years, and the building failed to sell (first listed in February 2010) at lower than the original price (in 2006), finally ending up with the bank one year ago and now listed for lease.

I point this out, not to denigrate the property, but to demonstrate that some properties require design expertise beyond your run of the mill designer, and that in some cases, some types of building use, are not appropriate.

I get the heebee jeebies just looking at the pictures! :P

NOT APPROPRIATE: Spa
APPROPRIATE: Mortuary-themed bar

Gah!  Do morticians drain bodies here?

We use these gates to lock you in!

Blood-stained red flooring and creepy slime walls?

Visitors go in, but they don't come out!

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