… Until You Open A Door And Fall Out The Second Story
Found By: Lori. (One of my LOLcat overlords wrote this putting it up on the voting page, and I left it just the way it was.)
(That last line is to be said in a Jackie Kennedy voice.)
(That reference will make sense to very few people. Way to work with the big Nightline publicity, Sara. The hip young people of today love Vaughn Meader, I’m sure. And then you go nuts with the parentheses. Plus you’re referring to yourself in the second person. Time to sober up, lady.)
Loveliest comment, by TeratoMarty: Permits? Plans? Inspectors? Escher Winchester House knows not of these things.
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Sara, I still have those records! 8) It’s the Malaysian Ambassador for dinner! Too cool.
Hurray! I had it on a tape when I was little — no idea where it came from. I didn’t get any of the references but loved it anyway.
I have both of Vaughn Meader’s First Family recordings.
On vinyl.
Love. Them.
This is the second listing seen on LL I’d seriously consider if I were looking for a house in the area. 2 acres, lots of room and lots of light. Why are these never in my area? Guess I’m just weird.
There is something very… Frankenhouse about this listing.
It seems that when contracting a few add-ons to the house you might want to consider going with the same style for all of them… and have them match the existing house.
I guess there are other schools of thought on this though.
The scariest thing about that house is the staircase without railing in the third photo. To fall out the second story door, you first have to open it. To fall down those stairs, all you have to do is take one step back…
Otherwise I agree with CarmenT. It might look like a window manufacturer’s sample house but it could be made functional with not much effort.
Also, I spy Chair in the last photo.
Ooh, ooh! That sounds like a cool game. I Spy Chair! We can win stuff. Waddya say, Sara? Got any swag? Can we play? Huh, huh? Can we?
OMG! I am not the only one who knows who Vaughn Meader is!! (“I, ah, believe I ahnswered that question at dinner LAHST night: Oo de wa, dee biddy doo. Dee wa dee dah. Widdy waddy woo.”) When I and my two sisters were kids, we used bits from those records to order at restaurants (“I’ll have a chee-kon sandwich…with a LIIVE chee-kon,” or “I’ll have the eastern half of his Vestern sand-vich!”). We confused and concerned more waittresses that way!
And, when you mentioned the “Jackie” voice, the first thing I thought of was “Well, there’s this one, here…and that great big one, over there…and this little teeny one, down here.” Might be a good reference for those windows…
My family and I STILL quote those records! Hee!
I had to search for Vaugn Meader on Youtube (watch?v=Rs9gOrGU8wE) to find out. I can just about imagine the Malaysian ambassador coming to visit this residence and having the message pass from room to room.
Please! Not to mention that name!
Tell him, it’s tomorrow night.
Family, family, family.
I found this to be an enchanting listing. It looks like it might fall into some kind of odd dimension at the slightest seismological provocation.
It reminds me of my own house, how to get to it, and the link thereto.
M.C. Escher-ish? Or that widow of the the gunmaker who built onto her house every day for years. I think it was Winchester.
Is that a lot of water damage in the pic with the ceiling fan that is facing the wrong way?? As in falling down almost?
I gotta agree with TacoMagic – looks like they just threw up additions with salvaged materials whenever they could afford it. I just bet there’s a ropeladder in there somewhere…
Winchester Mystery House on the cheap.
Ha! You are totally right! It’s the Poor Man’s Winchester Mystery House!
Good heavens, what is going on in the fourth picture on the realtor’s page? Is that mold? Or fire damage? Or…BOTH? Did the fan blades melt, or have they been attacked by mildew so badly they’re drooping? And the windows…yikes. Sometimes I’m glad I live in such a dry climate in SoCal.
Becky, its fire damage.
It looks like smoke damage! Something caught on fire in that picture, and it caused some havoc. See how it spreads upwards and outweards from the door? It looks like they tried to paint over it to conceal it, but the soot seeped through the paint and discolored it. It’s all over the window in the left-hand side of the pic, too. Maybe that’s what caused the fan blades to droop.
Either way, I’d be reeeeeeeeally suspicious of the soundness of that structure, after seeing something like that. >___>
Let me just say this about that: my mother went to high school with Naomi Brossart. So I have not only the original LP, but also the Rich Little/Ronald Reagan one, and the Khrushchev one (“That Other Family”) as a bonus.
Also I have a turntable upon which to play them; I think that’s what actually makes me old.
OR you could actually be a DJ in disguise. *waits for some awesome beats*
I think my brain is coming our of my ear right now. That’s what I get for looking at this when I already had a headache.
Definitely black mold in the fourth picture – look at those windows. The room without a staircase railing is the least of your worries. There is a room which doesn’t even have a staircase – you’ll need a ladder to get up there! (pictures 8,9,10) Maybe the ceiling fan generates enough suction that it lifts you up.
I was wondering about that. Rope ladder, anyone? And in the space that None Shall Enter (because there is no way to get there), there is a trap door in the ceiling. So, another rope ladder is needed!
Michael, its fire damage not black mold.
“Here is a home for the handy person who wants acres of natural land & a project w/plenty of promise! 1200 sq ft of new home alongside 720 sq ft of existing home.”
So, they built new sections without bothering to fix the moldy old sections? I would think the mold would be a top priority. And railings.
Does this mean that they are leaving everything else up to the new “handy person” homeowner?
Safety and health are issues that are ignored according to these photos.
It appears that, in an attempt to escape the danger/horror/confusion of this unfinished place, either the previous owner or maybe the realtor escaped into the attic & is still living up there (note the open attic acces in pic #8). They are probably still up there, curled up in a fetal position sandwiched between layers of insulation.
I think the main selling point of this house is the ” 125 species of bamboo” that surround the property. Who knew there were 125! I had only got to 120 last time I counted.
You gotta’ keep up with these things.
If not for all the windows, this would make a great home for an eccentric hermit.
White lace curtains hung over all the windows and problem solved.
I’d love to see the building permits for this ‘addition’. You do know you need permits, right? And to get permits you generally need plans. You know, those things that keep you from building doors that empty out into thin air? Or unsupported rooms? Plans that need to meet codes for earthquakes and stuff like that. Oh yeah the code inspector is going to have a grand old time at this place…
Permits? Plans? Inspectors? Escher Winchester House knows not of these things. Good point, though- how are they gonna get an inspector to sign off on selling this crap-heap?
Beetlejuice House !
From the outside, it looks kinda like it’s made of Lego …
This is not your average family’s home. Oh, no this is for trapeze artists or something like that. People who can ally-oop and catapult themselves up into the air. Or perhaps if it was filled with water…
So, really, one wouldn’t need a rope ladder as much as they would need a few trampolines.. hmmm, sounds more fun now!
Post about signs has disappeared in to web land
One of us is confused.
Gallifreyan architecture at its finest! A house that could make any Time Lord’s hearts melt from homesickness.
Imagine all the money saved on drywall.
It’s The Burrow! I wonder if the ghoul in the attic is included in the asking price.
I like the periscope on the right side. Or maybe it’s an outhouse with a full moon instead of a crescent one.
I don’t know about you folks, but, from my past experience I’ve found that the addition is generally smaller than the previously existing “living space”.
Did anyone else notice that the hood fan for the stove is about 3 to 4 feet above the stove? There’s a fabulous roll of paper towels on top of the stove for us to gauge measurements, too.
The listing also states “baseboard” heating. Perhaps it’s just me but I *think* I see only 2 baseboards and perhaps 2 wall mounted propane burning heaters. Perhaps the cause of the fire?
Additionally, I was also impressed to learn that there are 125 species of bamboo! Perhaps the new owners could use some of that to build their rope ladders?