#odd architecture

[hometoursandotherstuff]

What would you do with this room? An office would be too common. Hmmm.... I'm impressed w/all of your creative suggestions. This could be a very cool space.

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World Building Prompt #458

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Visual Writing Prompt #216

[hometoursandotherstuff]

This ridiculous 2025, (the buyer will have to finish it), 5 story single family house in Dallas, TX is back on the market, having not sold. I'm almost sure I posted it over a yr. ago. 5bds, 5.5ba, 4,293sqft, $629k.

They are calling it a townhouse, it does have an elevator, and it's entirely electric- stove, heat, etc., which is usually more costly.

The entrance to the home is on the sidewalk. It's difficult to figure out the layout. There's no yard, just a little grass area, fenced in, in front of the garage. I think there's another garage door on the side, and a driveway.

Here is the hall w/the stairs. Lots of stairs.

Not sure what this is. Storage? I don't see the elevator, so I don't think it's even installed yet.

This may be for the roof top deck. Why does all the molding look so sharp and unfinished?

This place is like a maze.

No further work was done since I last posted it. No bath is finished. The toilet is probably not hooked up yet and is just pushed against the tub.

The scaffolding is still here.

Another unfinished bath.

A storage cubby and more stairs, I think to the smaller 5th level.

This is probably a living room or dining room and it has an unfinished terrace.

The kitchen has some black tile, same as the baths. What is that door doing up here? There's an inner window, but the stairs going down to that room would make it too high to be a serving window. It looks like they put up the light but didn't put it together.

Why is the kitchen so narrow and there's a stair by this cabinet. The whole room drops off. The cabinets they already put in look like the paint is ruined, or just sloppy.

Stairs in the kitchen.

Looks like this is going to be another bathroom.

More stairs.

This looks like a bedroom.

This house is so weird.

I'm confused b/c this room has floor tile, so it's not the kitchen, but it has cabinets. Maybe its a bedroom w/built-ins? It already has mini blinds up in the windows. Or, it could be a living room.

Here's a shower room. I have never seen a house w/so many stairs and doors.

Could this be a living room? It looks like there're going to be built-ins. Unless it's a primary bedroom, or a dining room. The house is so confusing.

This is the garage. According to the listing, it has the possibility of tiered parking. Don't you need a lift for that, though? Or, according to the listing, it can be used as a rec room.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1401-Seegar-St_Dallas_TX_75215_M99799-74708

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Real estate listing photo. What do you do with this? And, almost $2m.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

WTH House has been removed from the market. Built in 1932 in Westmont, Illinois, it's been renovated, but whoever did the reno must've been on shrooms at the time. 4bds, 4ba, and they're asking $849,900, which is probably why it's been taken off the market, b/c no one would pay that much for it, and it can't possibly pass a home inspection. Take a look.

Weird entrance. I don't even know if the door clears that first step, but there's this ersatz elevated platform w/a small door and angled stairs so you can display a lovely collection of large vases. (Also note the off-center pot light shining brightly.) That abstract painting is a prophesy of things to come.

The platform continues on around to the side entrance. Why do they need that thing at all? Unusual features: Light fixtures under the window sills and another one under the stair railing.

I don't know if this is the family room or main living room, but it's normal.

Observe the obstacles in the hall to get to the kitchen steps. The frame around the windows doesn't look right.

You can see it better from here. They made an elaborate kitchen entrance, there's some room off the stairs, maybe a toilet, and the fridge is too close to the edge.

Double doors in the dining area open to a bedroom.

Floor tile on the bathroom walls.

By the wild wood grain on the door to the primary suite, it looks like they used plywood to make the doors. There's a simple homemade kitchenette behind the door.

PeeWee's Playhouse doorway to the en-suite shows the shower in full view. (Nope.)

The mirror continues the theme of the ceiling angles and there's a long window seat.

Okay, this deck off the primary bedroom is nice.

This is another large bedroom.

These angle-lovin' folks must've had all the mirrors cut to order.

A monolithic column with niches stands in the middle of this bedroom.

The best part is the basement, though, where there's a castle-like feel. Love the walls and the fireplace. I must say that the mason they hired was superior to the carpenter.

This bath is nice and carries through with the castle theme.

The levels and angles continue on the exterior of the home.

Nice big yard. The house is on a .49 acre lot.

312 N Washington St, Westmont, IL 60559 | realtor.com®

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[hometoursandotherstuff]

I don't know who designed, built, or remodeled this home but it's whacko. The 1971 2bd, 1.5ba condo in Lenexa, KY was taken off the market. They were asking $209,900 + $237mo. HOA fee.

It's not very large, only 1,022 sq ft, so it has a small living room with doors to a deck. And, there's a fireplace. Note the angles in this home. There's a step up to the kitchen and the cabinetry is in the way.

In fact, it's infringing on the living room floor. WHAT is that structure? There's storage under it. What would you do with that?

It's pretty high and there are no stairs to get up there.

It's just in the way. It would've been better off as an enclosed pantry.

The main floor has the kitchen and living room. The stairs to the basement are here in the living room. Or, more likely the dining area.

Upstairs is a tiny hall to the bedrooms and bath.

This is bedroom #1.

This is the full bath. Toilet's a little too close to the sink. The door on the opposite wall is the medicine cabinet.

Bedroom #2 is the primary bedroom.

The living room stairs go down to a small unfinished basement.

And, there's also this weird little room.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8111-Halsey-St-Lenexa-KS-66215/75527518_zpid/?

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Very interesting architecture- this 1984 home’s roof is part of the landscape, complete with grass plus a structure. It was recently sold in Garfield, Arizona for $219K and is a unique home, but the bath is the best part. Check it out.

You can either enter from here, or the sliding glass doors in the back.

Architectural features include stone walls, cement flooring, and a very unusual ceiling. 

Pretty nice stairs go up to the structure on the roof.

That room in the distance- is that a cement wall? 

The kitchen appears to have a corrugated metal ceiling. 

Or, is it plastic, b/c it looks like it has a serious leak. 

There are 2 bdms. and I hate the drop ceiling. 

The main bathroom is also built into the landscape- look at the rocks.

I think that this is the structure on the roof. 

There is a shower and a walk-in closet.

I don’t know what this is that’s covered up. Is it a tub? 

This would be a garage/workshop. A most unusual house.

https://www.weichert.com/105450922/