Beach Sounds Cassette Tape Not Included
This $1.2 million home is located in Port Orchard, which is just east of Seattle. Apparently it’s a location that doesn’t get quite enough sun…
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When One Shrine Just Isn’t Enough
I don’t recognize the object of this home seller’s adoration. But wowzers do they ever adore him. Not one, but two full-on shrines, plus a…
Care For a Round of Virtua-Golf?
Who doesn’t want a whole room in their house dedicated to virtual golfing? Oh right. Pretty much everybody. I could go for a two-lane bowling…
Tirelessly Treading on Tigers
This seller really likes tiger rugs. Where do you even find tiger-patterned carpet? Tiger throw rugs in the kitchen… …in the living room… …and in…
See-Through Concrete Box in the Desert
This see-through concrete box in the Arizona desert has been off and on the market for over five years. Number one reason it’s not selling?…
Half an Acre, A Whole Lotta Crazy
There is so much one could say about this house, but let’s start with that sculpture above. Body of a lion, plus wings, plus the…
You Can Never Have Too Many Marble Columns
That is one seriously column-tacular living room. And the marble excess isn’t limited to the columns… Good to know that faucet works. Okay, back to…
Lions and More Lions and… More Lions (Oh My)
The sellers of this $3.5 million South Florida pad are really proud of their lion fountains. I mean really proud. Just look at them. Gaze…
Don’t Look Up
And here we have the lovely enclosed patio, where you can relax, enjoy good company, and maybe hang someone in effigy from the ceiling. You…
“Enjoy the views…”
This one went off the market yesterday (although it can still be viewed on Trulia as of this morning), but it was just too good…
If Barnabas Collins Moved to SoCal
Submission and commentary by Emerald63. Thanks! Ever wonder what Collinwood Mansion would look like if it were sited in the, er, shadow… of LA? Take…
Dig Those Groovy ’60s Curves
Check out those groovy ’60s curves. Inside is just as groovy, if perhaps a bit of a brick overload… Those large white overhangs certainly make…
“Name Your Price” for this 20,000 Square Foot Game-Centered Home
The owner who built this home in 2003 has been trying to unload it since 2010, with no success. According to the listing agent’s website,…
This is (apparently) how you sell a $5M Malibu Estate
Crooked, blurry primary photo, taken from an odd angle? Check. Weirdly-sparse, poorly-lit interior shot? Check. Horribly exposed shot of the view, taken through a window…
$85 Million Buys a Lot of Goodies
Do you ever get the feeling that some listings are less about selling the house… …and more about showing off the owner’s cool toys and…
Caricature of a Castle
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,’…