the house that gbs built

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ClamdestineBoyster: Aug 15, 2015; Can't post for 10 years!

It�s got funky stairs, like for giants or something.

# ? Aug 1, 2019 19:29

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# ? Apr 29, 2024 00:14

Palpek: Dec 27, 2008; Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.

The Protagonist posted:

House on the left, outside on the right...

House on the right, outside on the left...

The tree box doesn't even match the tree angle...in fact, it seems to be built exactly opposite...

There are 2 different trees growing inside the house, duh.

# ? Aug 1, 2019 19:48

The Protagonist: Jun 29, 2009; The average is 5.5? I thought it was 4. This is very unsettling.

load-bearing grove

# ? Aug 1, 2019 19:54

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

Mozi posted:

at least they have ADT protection

here I assume that ADT stands for 'a dang tree'

# ? Aug 1, 2019 20:03

Qwertycoatl: Dec 31, 2008

The Protagonist posted:

load-bearing grove

grovehaus

# ? Aug 1, 2019 20:09

Nut to Butt: Apr 13, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

Qwertycoatl posted:

grovehaus

# ? Aug 1, 2019 21:44

Frank Frank: Jun 13, 2001; Mirrored

PsychedelicWarlord posted:

I'm fascinated by the fact that it was taken off the market. I hope the new owner doesn't raze it to the ground

They like to delist/relist it with arbitrary prices every week or so. You can see the history on Zillow. There was a time period where the owner was delisting it and dropping the price by $1.00 weekly. It was offered to rent, delisted and then offered for sale 2 days later. The owners are as insane as the house.

# ? Aug 1, 2019 21:56

Archenteron: Nov 3, 2006

redm posted:

That's a lot of rusty nails.

# ? Aug 1, 2019 22:25

ClamdestineBoyster: Aug 15, 2015; Can't post for 10 years!

Archenteron posted:

That's a lot of rusty nails.

Yeah but they�ll fall out and roll under the rug after a while, reckon. :clint:

# ? Aug 1, 2019 22:37

Play: Apr 25, 2006; Strong stroll for a mangy stray

Giant_Pupils posted:

The owners are as insane as the house.

yeah i cant say im super surprised by that

# ? Aug 1, 2019 22:37

El_Elegante: Jul 3, 2004; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS; Biscuit Hider

buglord posted:

Yeah I saw that one but this is for the gbs crowd who is probably incapable of DIY anything besides autofellatio

# ? Aug 1, 2019 22:58

Moridin920: Nov 15, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

buglord posted:

Yeah I saw that one but this is for the gbs crowd who is probably incapable of DIY anything besides autofellatio

I'm not even capable of that

:smith:

# ? Aug 1, 2019 23:02

Flowers for QAnon: May 20, 2019

Moridin920 posted:

I'm not even capable of that

I can loan you my car, bro

# ? Aug 1, 2019 23:19

PsychedelicWarlord: Sep 8, 2016

Giant_Pupils posted:

They like to delist/relist it with arbitrary prices every week or so. You can see the history on Zillow. There was a time period where the owner was delisting it and dropping the price by $1.00 weekly. It was offered to rent, delisted and then offered for sale 2 days later. The owners are as insane as the house.

the house is making them do that

# ? Aug 2, 2019 00:21

SatansOnion: Dec 12, 2011

PsychedelicWarlord posted:

the house is making them do that

that would just be silly

clearly it�s the house itself that has somehow developed an unearthly sentience, and it interacts with the Zillow listing in an attempt to communicate with others like it

it�s like whalesong, on the internet

# ? Aug 2, 2019 00:36

LongDarkNight: Oct 25, 2010; It's like watching the collapse of Western civilization in fast forward.; Oven Wrangler

Archenteron posted:

That's a lot of rusty nails.

I appreciate this joke.

# ? Aug 2, 2019 00:49

Tetramin: Apr 1, 2006; I'ma buck you up.

There are copies of the Navidson Tapes in those walls

# ? Aug 2, 2019 01:04

Frank Frank: Jun 13, 2001; Mirrored

Tetramin posted:

There are copies of the Navidson Tapes in those walls

Oh hey I get that reference. Man, I loved that book.

# ? Aug 2, 2019 01:09

Jay_Zombie: Apr 20, 2007; We're sealing the tunnel!

# ? Aug 2, 2019 02:55

Knormal: Nov 11, 2001

Mozi posted:

at least they have ADT protection

here I assume that ADT stands for 'a dang tree'

They're just letting people know it's A Deciduous Tree, actually.

# ? Aug 2, 2019 03:41

Escape From Noise: Jul 27, 2004

This house was built by traction doctor, wasn't it?

# ? Aug 2, 2019 05:29

super sweet best pal: Nov 18, 2009

Mozi posted:

at least they have ADT protection

here I assume that ADT stands for 'a dang tree'

The Protagonist posted:

load-bearing grove

Qwertycoatl posted:

grovehaus

# ? Aug 2, 2019 12:03

Sekenr: Dec 12, 2013

Yeah, the pricing history is interesting, original price was 549900, ultimately sold for 305k to apparently The Wiley Companies Inc who now list it for 529k, its the cycle of life.

# ? Aug 2, 2019 12:35

Frank Frank: Jun 13, 2001; Mirrored

Sekenr posted:

Yeah, the pricing history is interesting, original price was 549900, ultimately sold for 305k to apparently The Wiley Companies Inc who now list it for 529k, its the cycle of life.

Look at the length of time between price changes, listings and delistings. It's batshit insane.

# ? Aug 2, 2019 12:57

autism ZX spectrum: Feb 8, 2007; by Lowtax; Fun Shoe

gently caress with that pricing I'm guessing someone tried to min/max the list pricing. House flippers do this all the time. Find a cheap-ish house in an area, add a tiny claustrophobic bedroom or two along with another bathroom (usually in a former linen closet) and then re-list it as THREE BEDROOM TWO BATHROOM and immediately add at least 20k to the price.

It's clear someone got a screaming deal on a church about to be demolished and took all the parts worth taking. Some of the veneer furniture/cabinets just scream 1960s church, same with the huge wooden frames around the windows and obviously the stained glass. It would explain the insane number of baseboard heaters, too. They bought it for ~300k and then thought they'd be clever by doubling the loving size of it.

# ? Aug 2, 2019 13:00

MasBrillante: Dec 3, 2005; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

https://twitter.com/mcmansionhell/status/1157681905007022081?s=21

# ? Aug 4, 2019 05:27

The Lord Bude: May 23, 2007; ASK ME ABOUT MY SHITTY, BOUGIE INTERIOR DECORATING ADVICE

Magnificent. A four poster bath to go with the four poster bed.

# ? Aug 4, 2019 05:31

The Protagonist: Jun 29, 2009; The average is 5.5? I thought it was 4. This is very unsettling.

MasBrillante posted:

https://twitter.com/mcmansionhell/status/1157681905007022081?s=21

thats loving glorious

im the shag carpet that wraps up the sides

# ? Aug 4, 2019 05:34

Escape From Noise: Jul 27, 2004

I am dead. The carpeted bathtub killed me. In accordance with my will please feed it my remains.

Edit: This was in the replies and holy poo poo!
https://twitter.com/billyboy14/status/1157693890687852545?s=20

Escape From Noise fucked around with this message at 06:07 on Aug 4, 2019

# ? Aug 4, 2019 06:04

SupSuper: Apr 8, 2009; At the Heart of the city is an Alien horror, so vile and so powerful that not even death can claim it.

The Protagonist posted:

thats loving glorious

im the shag carpet that wraps up the sides

im the heater thats either a fire or an electric hazard

# ? Aug 4, 2019 06:13

Rarity: Oct 21, 2010; ~*4 LIFE*~

SweetWillyRollbar posted:

Edit: This was in the replies and holy poo poo!
https://twitter.com/billyboy14/status/1157693890687852545?s=20

# ? Aug 4, 2019 06:13

Escape From Noise: Jul 27, 2004

Not only can you streamline falling and breaking your neck while getting out of the bath, you can also probably more easily get that cartoon effect of water flowing down your stairs from somebody letting the bathtub overflow.

# ? Aug 4, 2019 07:02

MasBrillante: Dec 3, 2005; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

In the responses he says the little cabinet there is filled with electric appliances and glassware.

This is how buildings are constructed in my bizarre nightmares when I subconsciously have to pee and can�t find a functional, non dangerous bathroom.

# ? Aug 4, 2019 08:07

Shaman Tank Spec: Dec 26, 2003; *blep*

buglord posted:

See, the wall on the right edge of the picture is pretty straight vertically, which probably means the picture was taken with the camera relatively level.

So why the gently caress does the rest of the room look like it's a) slanting to the left like crazy, and b) not even slanting steadily but all over the place. The kitchen(?) surfaces are not on the same angle as the fire place which is not on the same angle as the floor which is not on the same angle as the ceiling.

This house is a non-euclidian nightmare.

E:

Government Handjob posted:

Our house
In the middle ~~of the street~~ is a tree

lmao

# ? Aug 4, 2019 12:16

Olympic Mathlete: Feb 25, 2011

MasBrillante posted:

In the responses he says the little cabinet there is filled with electric appliances and glassware.

GLASSWARE ??

# ? Aug 4, 2019 12:26

mikulas: Jul 3, 2019

That is some engineering marvel.

# ? Aug 4, 2019 13:54

Zamboni Rodeo: Jul 19, 2007; NEVER play "Lady of Spain" AGAIN!

buglord posted:

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/11621-Purse-Dr_Manassas_VA_20112_M59014-44384#photo2

That listing says this is a neighbor to The Spy House.

Wait... WTF is The Spy House?

Actually, it's pretty interesting (although not nearly as wonky as whatever the hell is going on here).

quote:

Victor Purse, the man who built the hillside compound, was once a charismatic protocol officer for the U.S. State Department in the late 1950s. He befriended the Queen of England and the King of Saudi Arabia, to the chagrin of some of his superiors.

Purse and his wife, Alice, transformed a one-room log cabin he bought from a murder suspect desperate for money into a lake-front retreat where they hosted lavish parties, entertained U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy and later rented it to the CIA as a safe house for defecting Russian spies.

# ? Aug 4, 2019 18:20