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Boundary Fence Fail
Driving along a quiet Werribee Street I had to stop to take a picture of this! Are they trying to recreate the Berlin Wall? Is it a World War 2 buff trying to create his own Colditz? Is that square…
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Toilet House
Yes this house really has been built to look like a toilet . It was built in 2007 by the late Mr. Sim Jae-Duck (Mr Toilet Duck??), Chairman of the ‘Inaugural General Assembly of the World Toilet Association‘. Located in…
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Seashell House? or Cave House?
This Russian house is supposedly modelled on a seashell. At 230m2 on three levels its got a similar floor area to many typical Australian Houses. The main problem is from the inside it feels more like a cave. To see…
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Solar Design – Over the Top?
This modular pavilion has a floor area of 154m2. It has an average daily consumption of about 20kWh . . . . but with all those solar panels its expected energy production is 100 kwh. OK its efficient but it…
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Laundry Door Fail
I don’t know if builders are still providing patio doors in the laundry. It was fairly common in 2005 when we last bought a new house. I really don’t understand the concept! What’s the point of a full length window…
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Beer Bottle – Recycling?
I was walking along a street and saw this unique garden edging…….Upturned beer bottles. Apart from showing everybody how much you drink I don’t think its very safe if you slip when you are digging…… all that broken glass. Although…
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Display House Window Fail
Two of the things that the human eye likes are: Symmetry. Regular repeated patterns. For example: If you split something down the middle the left side is a mirror image of the right. If you are going to have several…
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Lego House Fail
Was this house design based on a model made using lego bricks? Is it based on a Picasso Cubist Painting? Whichever method they have used it seems one of the weirdest houses I have seen recently. It gives me a headache just…
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Advice – Fail
When I saw this Billboard the other day I had turn round to drive past it again, as I didn’t believe it the first time! They are making it appear that it’s a big deal that they are selling what are…
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Cubby House – Fail
What do you think of this Cubby House that someone built in their garden, soon after moving in? Well it looks pretty good…………………………. Solidly constructed building, nice colourful paint job, and securely bolted down to a convenient concrete slab. So why…
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