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So, my friends and I decided to go house hunting, but instead of visiting real homes, we ended up touring a quirky neighborhood that looked like it was plucked straight from a Sims game. The houses were absurdly colorful, some had roofs that looked like they were held up by toothpicks, and one had a giant inflatable flamingo in the front yard—because why not? We spent the entire time pretending we were Sims, making ridiculous sound effects and mimicking their weird little dance moves as we walked through each house.
The fun peaked when we found a house that had a “dining room” full of inflatable pool toys instead of furniture. We couldn’t help but burst out laughing at the thought of a family trying to have dinner on flamingos and rubber duckies. It was like we were auditioning for a reality show called “Sims in Real Life,” where the only requirement was to have the most absurd living situation possible. By the end of the day, we were exhausted from laughing and had to admit that the only house we really wanted was the one with the flamingo!
W
That attic over the carport is certainly unique
C
And a two car garage at the other side that just faces onto the garden!
M
With property like that, I’d imagine there’s lawn mowing and snow moving equipment in there.
F
Turns out there’s actually a road right in front of the garage, just out of frame. My guess is that they aren’t allowed to build a second driveway connecting to the road in that spot?
L
I wonder if maybe they just put in big doors on both sides of the garage along with an extra cement pad so they could park and work on equipment when needed while still keeping the main entrance clear. The men could hang out there in the back out of hte way, set up a bbq while working on vehicles, etc while the wife could still easily park her vehicle in the garage without distrupting anyone.
P
Maybe a ride on mower, but that wouldn’t make sense to have snow moving equipment in there. Unless you’re snowblowing the yard, it doesn’t connect to anywhere you’d want snow cleared from like the driveway or front walkway.
Z
Maybe they have dogs. I have to snowblow a few paths through the yard when we get dumped on.
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Or maybe their winter vehicle is a whole team of dogs
B
I’m guessing 4 wheelers/dirt bikes
V
Get out of here with your logic.
E
That’s the fire station
W
I’m guessing it’s a drive through style, so there are identical doors on the opposite wall.
H
Architect: AI Sims.
F
So are the multiple window AC units. Imagine paying for a house this big, and skipping on the central air in favor of a window units.
L
Central air is one of the things that’s a PITA to add to a house if it wasn’t originally built with it. // Also, this house is like 50% attic so it’s not that big :\^D
F
Yeah, I know. If you’re the second owner or something window air is the only way to go without a major cost sink. I was more making a point about why the original builder would make such a stupid design decision for what looks like a warm climate. Maybe Texas? Also, imagine parking a lifted bro truck under the attic, and hitting one of the supports. And speaking of dumb design choices, why is this house so long? Like, you have to either walk down a really long hallway with every room off it, or walk through every room in the house.
L
I wonder if the part on stilts was added latter. Maybe they had more kids or needed a place to put grandma so figured they just put extra rooms over the carport.
Z
This looks less like a house and more like a pair of double-wides stuck together with a makeshift roof bolted on top.
T
It could have central air and just use the window units for additional cooling. I see units like that every so often when the AC doesn’t hit one of the rooms as well as the others (or one person just likes it way colder than the rest of the household)
L
The other issue is that electricity has gotten so much more expensive, a lot of people have decided to just climate control one room they are spending time in but not the rest of the house. The other issue is if the main house unit breaks down and the HVAC guy tells you it will be $20,000 to put in a new one, you might decide eff it, I’ll just get a $500 window unit for the living room and call it a day.
O
Choices were certainly made, they were the wrong choices, but somone made them.
M
An adult talked to another adult looking at the blueprints and said “LETS DO IT”
F
I’m hoping they put a hot tub in there. I like to imagine the extra weight on the four . . . 4x4s? 6x6s? Holding it up. Man I hope this is AI.
R
There’s a place in Pigeon Forge or somewhere nearby with a children’s house just like that carport. When I was there for work it was my landmark to know where to turn to get back to where I was staying.
M
Never skip leg day…
D
Good place to wash your vehicles. Not sure about the space above though where is the access
W
You probably just access it from where it attaches to the house.
R
Specifically a bungalow. It must be awful for temperature control in there.
S
They probably park the boat under there?
D
The boat is literally not parked there
S
Well not now, probably moved it for the listing photos.
N
It’s actually behind the house – you can see a bit of it.
S
Yes, i saw it. That’s why I suggested the portion might be the boat’s usual place (when not staging the house for photos or in inclement weather.
A
It looks like it has no central HVAC because of the two window units, probably multiple trailers put together and furbished to look like a house.
R
I think it would be cheaper to just build the house than to start with two trailers and end up with all of this.
I
The house is listed on Zillow with nearly 3.9k square feet. That indicates an upstairs and a finished basement. Seems unlikely to be a couple of trailers.
5
Look… I don’t want to be that guy, but this is so stupid it HAS to be AI or photoshop. Atrocious if real.
F
Somehow this is real, this photo is from a zillow listing, and the house is also visible on google street view.
5
Ahh Gawd no
F
I think I’ve figured out the method to the madness? The garage faces a nearby road just out of frame, but they likely aren’t allowed to install a 2nd driveway connecting to the road in that spot.
5
That’s the only way this works, but the attic space has to be useless.
Y
My friend had a room like that. It was originally storage and they converted into a playroom for the kids. The door going into it was only like 4’x2’
L
I wonder if maybe it was a later addition. Maybe they wanted more bedrooms for additional kids.
T
“It’s not a driveway, it’s a patio. Look, there’s furniture”
R
But even in that case, why wouldn’t they just build the garage where the carport is and face it in that direction?
S
That cantilever is insane. Can’t be legit.
C
My guess is they get a very slight property tax discount on the square footage for the car port instead of the enclosed garage.
C
But there’s a garage on the other side.
C
Listen, if they can save $100 a year they will take it. They might not value protecting their vehicle but might want a space to do work on vehicles such as four wheelers with air conditioning. It might be worth it to save that $100 a year in taxes and expose their vehicles paint to the elements rather than have it fully enclosed.
C
I think it’s a dressed-up modular home. Take a modular, add the dormer windows, add a short prefab piece turned 90 degrees at the end. The carport is normal except for the same add-in dormers, probably done all at once. Like done pursuant to a local code mandate to have modular homes not look quite so…modular.
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