It was on a 1930 house with a few Art Deco features.
It certainly made me smile!
Sorry about the picture quality but it was take with a basic phone camera from a considerable distance on a dull day.
I have since found out the chimney was in fact a ‘Secret Sign’ as this house was a “Sly Grog Shop’ (where you could get a beer when pubs had to shut on a Saturday)
I often hear people talking about ‘Our Forever Home’ . . . . . . . well this is a $2,000,000 Forever Home.
Some of the features include:
I can’t think of many people who would be keen to ‘Move In’ though!
It’s actually a crypt in Melbourne’s Springvale Cemetery.
One of my favourite ‘Waste of Time’ activities is reading the Not Always Right website.
Below is a recent post which indicates the problems of DIY house remodeling!
Me: “Warranty. [My Name] speaking. How can I help you?”
Caller: “Hello, my house has a structural defect. I want you to fix it.”
Me: “Okay, ma’am. Could you give me your address? And what exactly is the defect in question?”
Caller: “My address is [address].”
Me: “Okay, I see you in our system. Could you tell me the problem, and I will see what I can do about entering a ticket for you.”
Caller: “The walls are not strong enough. You have to send someone here to put in better walls.”
Me: “The walls are not strong enough? Are they bowing, or cracking?”
Caller: “No, the ones that are still standing are fine.”
Me: “The ones that are… still standing…?”
Caller: “Yes. I wanted to remodel to make my living room and kitchen one big room, but it was too expensive. I saw a demolition crew do wall removals on those home improvement shows, so I just got a chainsaw and cut the wall out myself.”
Me: “Okay… so you ‘remodeled?’”
Caller: “Yeah! But then my house caved in.”
Me: “… Ma’am, are you saying you cut down a load-bearing wall in your home with a chainsaw?”
Caller: “Well, I didn’t know it was load-bearing. But this is clearly a structural defect! The roof caved in, and I’ve been living here for 16 years! I could sue you for endangering my life all this time!”
Me: “Ma’am, it was not a structural defect.”
Caller: “How can you say that?! THE ROOF CAVED IN!”
Me: “Because you chopped down a load-bearing wall!”
Caller: “THIS IS NOT MY FAULT! I DESERVE A BRAND NEW HOUSE! IT WAS A STRUCTURAL DEFECT, AND I HAVE A WARRANTY!”
Me: “Your house was under warranty for 10 years. Your house is 16 years old. It was structurally sound until you made it structurally unsound, by CUTTING OUT A LOAD-BEARING WALL WITH A CHAINSAW.”
Caller: “YOU OWE ME A NEW HOUSE! YOU OWE ME A NEW HOUSE! I’LL SUE! I’LL SUE YOU!” *click*
What do you think of this house?
Roof look a little unusual?
Well the roof, and the walls, are built using seeweed!
The seeweed provides a long lasting external surface, which as well as being a natural renewable resource, has great insulation values.
To find out more, with lots of pictures of a spectacular interior, see the www.dezeen.com website.
This picture shows a Klemens Torggler Door
If you think it looks odd just click on the youtube video link below to see it open and close . . . . But be careful, I could watch it for hours!
A spirit level, or a builders square wouldn’t be much use in this house. . . Hardly any of the walls are vertical or the corners square!
This is actually a modular building designed by Studio Daniel Libeskind (who incidentally has one of the worst websites I have come across)
If you really want this house you may still be able to get one as they are available in modular form in a limited edition of 30 units.
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But when was this stuffed up?
It does show how carefully you need to thick about things at Selection/Pre-Start.
Thanks again to Herman Fong for submitting this photo. (If you see something funny on a house send it in and give us all a laugh)
What an imposing facade!
But why is it spoiled by that letter box in the middle of the path? . . . . . Perhaps it’s because the letter box is hiding the water meter!
It’s funny how those water meters always seem to be in the wrong place. We had the same issue at my last new house, but solved it by widening the driveway to avoid the meter entirely.
Thanks to Herman Fong for submitting this photo. (If you see something funny on a house send it in and give us all a laugh)
Why would you go to the effort of building that platform for the bed? . . . . .and why the curves?
This could be a major hazard if you need to go to the toilet in the night! . . . . . . Fall off the step on the way to the bathroom, and trip over it on the way back to bed.
I found the photo on Hooked on Houses an interesting site with a mixture of funny and interesting posts.
Like this set of unusual shelves I saw on the Dornob Site?
Well furniture like this doesn’t have to cost a packet!
This unit was built using components from standard Ikea Flat Packs assembled in a different way.
Interested . . . . well there are several sites like Ikea Hackers that have lots of ideas for furniture.
