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Terrible Estate Agent Photos

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Terrible photos listed by estate agents/realtors that are so bad they’re funny.

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[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 118 points 6 months ago (4 children)

The whole point of these types of places is to save on heat/cooling.

[–] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.one 46 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I don't know. I looked at the photos, and I'm pretty sure this place is built for drugs.

[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 29 points 6 months ago

I didn’t specify what the heating/cooling was for 😂

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Is it the suspicious barrels outside?

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 26 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I have one of the larger barrels pictured. It's a 68G that I pump water up from the creek into for bathing, washing up, etc. Throw a couple of the small chlorine tabs in there, good to go. Just don't drink it.

Mine came from imported Kalamata olives. Kinda greasy to clean out, excellent water storage. Money says that was the intention for those. 300+ gallons of water lasts forever if you have a creek to tap. I fill my 68 every month in the summer, and that's only because it has a slow leak.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 5 points 6 months ago

The property has a 500 gallon water tank.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Background: I know nothing

Am I really bathing if I’m using water I cannot drink?

Am I really bathing if I’m using still-undrinkable—but chlorinated—water?

[–] Slatlun@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Am I really bathing if I’m using water I cannot drink?

Yes, drinking water is cleaned to the point that it will not make you sick to drink assuming a normal immune system. That is extreme over kill for bathing (and toilets, laundry, etc). The only reason we use drinking water for everything is because infrastructure is expensive and laying non-potable water pipes would cost tons.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago
[–] StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah this was definitely not somebody's primary living space. It is extremely barebones and industrial looking. Something illicit was happening here.

[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.run 26 points 6 months ago (1 children)

From the article, the owner died before completion. Just seems like someone who wanted to off-grid at a glance (and didn't care a ton for permits/beaurocracy)

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Just for your future reference, the "o" in "bureau" (and therefore "bureaucracy" and "bureaucrat") is spelled "eau" because French. The really confusing part is that the u is spelled u.

And why is it a bureaucracy? It's all about the desks.

[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.run 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I knew it was french but swapped my parts and gave up when even autocorrect was lost

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's why the simplicity of u being u is the worst part! Goddamn Frenchies.

[–] Skunk@jlai.lu 2 points 6 months ago

You’re welcome mon ami !

[–] proctonaut@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago
[–] ElCanut@jlai.lu 2 points 6 months ago

because French

Damn right

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I can see the value in that, basically nature's insulation - though I'm not an architect nor an engineer, but that looks like a flat roof - so would overgrown grass or sodden soil put some crazy weight and pressure on the structure?

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 17 points 6 months ago

It has to be designed for it, yes. A friend of mine built a house with a living roof. They even host parties in the second floor yard.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 6 months ago

The point of this place looks more like it's for building bombs without having the government find you.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

And enjoy some nice surprise moisture I'll bet