Submission and commentary by Emerald63. Thanks!
As a man once said, “If the directions to your house include the words ‘Turn off the paved road,’ you might be a redneck.”
Addendum: Even if you live in a “castle.”
Or, rather, a caricature of a castle.
What self-respecting castle owner has garage doors in the front? Or even a garage, instead of a carriage house?
More in the caricature mode – simulated stone ramparts via gray brick and The. Worst. Ceiling. Mural. Ever.
There’s also some decorative multiple personality disorder going on.
Perhaps most odd, it’s in no-where northern Illinois and is accompanied by some sort of maintenance shed that’s as big as said “castle.”
[Note from Marty: The listing describes it as a “10,000 SF HEATED BARN WITH 8 HORSE STALLS.” The “castle” is 8,500 square feet. That’s one big barn.]
Just because you like castles and want a castle, doesn’t mean you should have a castle…
Silly me. I thought this place was awful. However, I found and submitted today’s lsiting before we saw this: https://looneylisting.com/2014/09/09/crazy-connecticut-castle-crushes-competition/. Hmm… craptastic for around $1.1M vs craptasmagorical for $45M. I guess craptastic isn’t so bad after all, eh? :\
I shudder to imagine this place under snow cover, let alone trying to heat it. Brr!
I THINK THE DESCPTN IS MORE EXTRM THAN THE HOUSE ITSLF. IT’S ALL IN CAPS AND HAS AN EXTNSV OVERUSE OF ABBRVATNS.
@Frodo: OMG UR RITE!