Here is a photo of the monstrosity on the front lot. The guy on the motorcycle is a friend who helped us pick up the windows (and sliding door) and transport them to our house (not on his motorcycle, though).
As you can see from the photo, it’s big. A big load of... well, the guy building the house told us the other day what he was going to list it for. Guess. The house is 3300 square feet. Four bedrooms, 3 baths, and a 3 car garage. Come on... guess. $750,000.
I checked on Zillow.com and there isn’t a house in a 2 mile radius that is valued at that price. The highest I found was $669K. And the market is softening. And the house is ugly. And it’s poorly built.
A our friend said (the one on the motorcycle), "That house is all about screwing somebody over."
As you can see in the photo, fences have been built on the north and south property lines. The annoying guy and his posse built the fences themselves (no cheap, under-paid sub-contractor for the fence). We don’t think they’ve ever built a fence before. They screwed the fence slats in place and left an approximately 2 inch gap in each section. The slats are 5 and a half inches wide. They are filling the gaps by cutting little 2 inch filler slats. This approach, combined with the fact that the gaps are uneven from top to bottom and that the tops of the slats have chamfered corners, looks quite bad. We’re even afraid that the fence might fall over onto our driveway!
Just to have some fun, we’re going to put some blue tarps and tires on the roof of our house.
You know what will be EXTRA COOL! When the small narrow boards warp and twist and the big ones don't! That would be like sculpture!
ReplyDeleteIs there any way you can attach blue tarps and tires to the fence? When agents come to show the house you can come out and rant about the commercialism of our modern world. Drop the term 'eco-terrorist' or ‘bohemian period’. I will give you a dollar if you film the encounter. If we all chip in maybe you could afford a hot tub!