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Lap Dog Window – Fail
Three horizontal windows, a Builder’s design “Wow factor” that was quite common in show houses around 5 years ago. What is the point of that bottom window? About the only thing that could see out of it would be a…
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Brickwork Fail 2
This brick wall is on a house opposite my bedroom window. To me its wrong on so many levels! Bricks are meant to be laid with a bond rather than stacked like this as it makes a stronger job. To…
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Tree Selection – Fail
The sight of this Norfolk pine towering over this single storey house caused me to stop the car! And the tree is only half grown. It breaks RULE 2 of suburban tree selection – “Don’t get a tree that grows…
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Roller Shutters – Fail
Sorry if you like them……….. but I just don’t get roller shutters! To me they just say someone has got it wrong. You have a house built with nice big windows and then you install shutters. Either the orientation is…
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Parcel Furniture – Fail
Do you like getting parcels?…..then this furniture could be for you! The photo is from the design site Dornob.com To quote from their site “The ‘Soft Parcel’ furniture series by TAF Arkitekter is incredibly simple, covering blocks of foam with…
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Water Saving – Fail
Obviously someone wasn’t happy with the flow from the water saving shower head. I only hope they have quick showers! This is from one of my favourite sites There I Fixed it – Red Neck Repairs at http://cheezburger.com For more…
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Fake Grass – Real Weeds – Fail
This is a reminder that artificial grass is a low maintenance surface Not A No Maintenance surface. The trouble with weeds in artificial grass is that once the roots get into the backing fabric its a major issue to get…
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House Photo – Fail
Do you get fed up with all those pictures in the magazines about fancy houses that are unattainable to the rest of us? Well this picture comes from the Unhappy Hipsters web site which posts pictures from posh houses together with funny…
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Dream House
This is me sitting in an armchair in the ‘Dream House’. It’s actually a sculpture by Frank Veldze. A full size representation of a miners cottage, but built with the springs from 65 mattress. Even the easy chair, which is surprisingly comfortable,…
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Driveway – Fail
Which came first the house or the pole? The moral of this is make sure the drawings are right – don’t assume anyone will have some common sense….they are more likely to follow the plan exactly, no matter how…
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