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Brick – Fail
The other day I saw this garden wall . It looks like mowing the lawn could be dangerous! I certainly wouldn’t like to catch my ankle on that sharp piece of brick. A few years ago a kiln fused brick like…
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Bell Push – Fail
Over a week I would probably visit between 150 – 200 homes. That’s a lot of door bells pushed……..and if the bell doesn’t work it can be a lot of sore knuckles knocking. The bell push in the picture above,…
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Stuck On Decoration – Fail
I was walking through one of the Western Suburbs the other day and came to a sudden stop when I saw this facade with stuck on decoration. The owner must like it after all it would have cost them extra……………
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Spot the Garage
Can you see the garage? Not just one, but two! Perhaps this second photo helps This is a device called a Cardok which I hear is coming to Australia. Its quite expensive at around $60,000 each, but probably cheaper than having…
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Hobbit Apartments
It’s not in Middle Earth, or even New Zealand, it’s in Florida. The Building, called the Dune House, is actually two apartments that were designed by William Morgan in 1975. To find our more including internal photos visit the enpundit.com…
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The Simpson House
Location – Fail
One of the things I like about Australia is that once you get Development Approval on a new subdivision you can pretty much put up any type of house you like. You can walk around an area and see a…
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Fake Shutters
Here is something I just can’t understand, Fake Shutters……They are hugely popular in the USA, and I do see quite a few examples over here. I don’t understand them because: As they don’t come anywhere near being wide enough to…
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Facade Fail 2
Think some of the builders facades are a bit plain?…..How about this? This is another of those crazy Japanese houses. For more photos of this and to find out more visit Blank White Box on the dornob.com web site. For more…
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Garden Statue – Win
I have occasionally put a statue in the garden, Normally one of those slightly abstract figures, or a Budda, from Bunnings……..but nothing like this: Life sized statues of; an Aboriginal man , a Kangaroo, and an Emu together with a…
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