Would You... Could You Live Here - Home & Housing Options...
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horseless carriage
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More money than sense........................or what?
That nautical home does have some serious competition though. Perhaps a case of, even more money than sense.
I just had to save the best until last. I wonder what the agent thought when they saw this place:
"I wonder who lives in this sh*t hole." (look again, it's shaped like a lavatory pan.)
That nautical home does have some serious competition though. Perhaps a case of, even more money than sense.
I just had to save the best until last. I wonder what the agent thought when they saw this place:
"I wonder who lives in this sh*t hole." (look again, it's shaped like a lavatory pan.)
Marie5656
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- Batavia, NY
For a younger couple, or family yes. But now, when people our age are downsizing, nope.
horseless carriage
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What we need Marie, is something like Doctor Who's Tardis.
feywon
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- Rural North Central NM
If i could afford any of those homes i would more likely use the money to build an Earth bermed house on my land--with some skylights, and solar panels for power. Or at least to go 'off the grid and make upgrades to current house.
If I was going to live in a 'houseboat', I would prefer that it was already on the water.
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horseless carriage
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Feywon, back in the 1960's, the UK lost about a third of it's rail network. Most got levelled and lost to industrial estates and such like. Some enthusiasts bought small sections of a branch line and now run heritage railways with steam trains, others turned old stations into a private property. One couple who did just that, turned Horsebridge Station into one of the most popular wedding venues in the area. My wife and I went to such a wedding there.
Only being allowed five pictures I really can't do justice to the owner's efforts. This link will give you many photos from back when it was a working station through to it's closure, then into dereliction before rising like the phoenix from the ashes. It's utility supply is mostly self-sufficient but it is connected to the water supply and sewage disposal.
https://www.google.com/search?q=ima...&bih=625&biw=1366&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB749GB750
Only being allowed five pictures I really can't do justice to the owner's efforts. This link will give you many photos from back when it was a working station through to it's closure, then into dereliction before rising like the phoenix from the ashes. It's utility supply is mostly self-sufficient but it is connected to the water supply and sewage disposal.
https://www.google.com/search?q=ima...&bih=625&biw=1366&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB749GB750
feywon
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- Rural North Central NM
@horseless carriage:
Thank you for posting that link. Probably would have searched for it. i have long been interested in architecture and the notion of preserving and repurposing sturdy buildings, but then i'm big on 'upcycling' or repurposing as much as we can.
Thank you for posting that link. Probably would have searched for it. i have long been interested in architecture and the notion of preserving and repurposing sturdy buildings, but then i'm big on 'upcycling' or repurposing as much as we can.
SmoothSeas
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GAlady
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- Georgia USA
this seems to me like it is photoshopped, can someone enlighten me?
feywon
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- Rural North Central NM
I'd like to visit but don't think i'd sleep much if stayed overnight.
jujube
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jujube
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There's a TV show I watch called "You Live in What?", which features "repurposed homes", trains, planes, boats, water towers, department stores, filling stations,schools, churches, etc.
feywon
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- Rural North Central NM
I'll have to look for that.
SmoothSeas
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just googled it. it's aired on HGTV...
Tish
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- Rural N.S.W. Australia
I am pretty sure I could live there.
Ruth n Jersey
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- Northern New Jersey
I don't care for any of them. All I want is a cabin by a lake or stream and the nearest neighbor 100 miles away.
SmoothSeas
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just thinking about climbing up all them stairs is exhausting...
feywon
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- Rural North Central NM
If you could be 90% self-sufficient up there it would certainly contribute to privacy and reduce uninvited guests.
WheatenLover
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- Georgia
I would do my best not to live anywhere that was over one story high. In my younger days, yes.
RadishRose
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- Connecticut, USA
All of them are way too ugly for me.
That Toilet House makes me feel flushed.