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When you have a planner drafting your house, a roof over your head is the bare minimum you expect. I wouldn’t call a set of windows a luxury either. But in reality, even in the most precise universe of architecture and engineering, errors happen. And the results are the monstrosities you’re about to see.
Thanks to the Twitter page “Bad Planning,” we have quite a split collection to look at. The page sarcastically describes itself as “a celebration of all the ‘smelly’ stuff imposed on our environment.” It adds that: “Perpetrated by Architects, Planners, Surveyors, Engineers & other environmental ne’er do wells.” Whoever created this page appears genuinely unforgiving.
Get ready to meet ‘Fencemageddon,’ heaters rising up the stairway, the house of all the planet’s windows, and other peculiar specimens. Scroll down, enjoy and upvote your favorites as you go!
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Lainie 3 years ago
Hahahahaaa but they are really too much with censoring stuff. (can't say Chit) :)
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Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago
That's what I was thinking. Possibly to keep the homeless away.
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Whitney Earl 3 years ago
I've never ever seen brick done like this. This is stunning and phenomenal craftsmanship.
SuperChicken 3 years ago
How? It's very impressive. That takes talent and skill and a lot of patience.
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Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago (edited)
If you are upset, you just had to do it the French way : unite to create a company that will buy and preserve the building.
Caro Caro 3 years ago (edited)
Maximise profit, Sigh. Some beautiful buildings are destroyed to stuff us in concrete ugliness.
Rosemary Probert 3 years ago
Why did the church which is being demolished close? I'm guessing it was because it was made redundant through a lack of interest by the community it used to serve. These old buildings cost a fortune to maintain, especially the "listed" ones, and the small, often elderly congregations can't afford to keep them going. Sometimes disused churches get deconsecrated and used as community centres, but I'm sure God would prefer the land to be used to house homeless families than preserve a pile of bricks and glass which has lost its purpose.
Load More Replies... Kira Okah 3 years ago
In my hometown, thy don't erase the original historical buildings to build flats - they keep the 17th/18th/19th century outside of the building, gut the inside of all features and live, and turn it into minimalist box flats. They do the same in places all over Kent too...and I think also Carmarthen in Wales. Ew.
Karin Gibson 3 years ago
Barratt homes are really awful. That is a brilliant sign though. I bet the contractors remove it ASAP.
Stoopham McFernybabes 3 years ago
So, it doesn’t look like that building has been loved, appreciated or cared for for some time. Many developers in my area, when aquiring old, beautiful buildings like this, integrate it into their new design. Obviously no one else is doing anything with it, why would it be so evenly for a developer to use it?
Oopsydaisy 3 years ago
That happens because investors buy them and deliberately let them fall apart.
Load More Replies... Glirpy 3 years ago
Not sure why it’s a big deal for people to preserve buildings? Humans built buildings on billions of acres of land over the centuries and that land could have been used by wildlife, which is now extinct or in danger of becoming extinct. Natural habitats are being destroyed year by year and humans are concerned about a church. Ask yourself, “Is that what God really wants?”
In order to find out how bad planning and design examples like these end up in public and private spaces, we have to break down where they start from. Maybe it’s a client who ordered a questionable design and turned it into reality. Maybe it’s a designer who forgot the functional part of the design. Or it may well be the planners who didn’t take what was needed into account.
“We never realize how much even the smallest detail can affect our everyday lifestyle,” Laura Vanagaite, a Portugal-based graphic designer, told Bored Panda. She shared a couple of insights of what happens and why when objects, buildings, and spaces are designed with such big flaws. “Every single object we use from the morning until the night is designed specifically on how it is supposed to be. But that is not always the case. Functionality is the number one rule in the design and architecture world,” Laura explained.
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Parthania Dawson 3 years ago
Part of me thinks this was skillfully done. Part of me needs to lie down.
Susan Trevaskis-Owen 3 years ago
Since one can only upvote a comment once, consider this 15 more upvotes from me :-)
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Nathaniel 3 years ago
They are soap dispensers. Building like this where would you expect them to be?
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Yoga Kitty 3 years ago
I knew they would not work but felt obliged to try nonetheless!
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Bobert Robertson 3 years ago
Anyone else have a brain fart and try to click on the arrow to view the additional photos?
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GoddessOdd 3 years ago
Yeah... that grabbed me first too... I thought that was the mistake we were supposed to see, until I read Mimi's comment.
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GoddessOdd 3 years ago
My thoughts exactly... why would you want to walk down a long (wasted space) hallway past a bedroom to reception? If they'd just reversed bedroom 1 and reception it would work better... still not great, but better.
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Bored Birgit 3 years ago
Well, just give me a fridge and then I will sleep forever anyways.
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“But sometimes,” Laura said, “some creative choices are made that make the function not the priority.” And that is where the confusion happens. “From what we have seen in the past, some design solutions are made without thinking of the actual client, a person that will use the product. It applies to everything: website or app design, interior design, furniture, architecture and spatial planning.”
Laura also said that if any of the end product is made without thinking much about the user, it loses its value. “For example, a person downloads an app, it looks nice, the design is modern, it looks beautifully done, but the letters are done in a light color and it is hard to understand what information needs to be filled in. The client gets annoyed and decides to delete the app. In this case, the designer should have thought about the app function and how user-friendly it would be.”
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Deutschland Mädchen 3 years ago
🎶violets and purples, diamonds and circles🎶
Load More Replies... Susan Trevaskis-Owen 3 years ago
"Just a witch's window" they say, totally ignoring the misaligned roof design, the wall containing both a 9-pane and 2-pane window, the weird triangular windows on the side wall near the door, the oddly-shaped brick patio, the lines running across the walls of the upper story...
Phyzzi 3 years ago
I still kind of like it. Even if the thing they decided to commit to was "weird" they did really commit, and frankly it isn't obviously nonfunctional.
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Amber Bedard 3 years ago (edited)
Just a witches window. A ton of houses in the North East have these. Like Vermont, Maine, New England..
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Robert T 3 years ago (edited)
Is it my eyes, or is there a definite line in the brickwork where a wide porch directly under the arch might have been? This was then bricked up and an offset door and window added. I'm guessing it would have cost too much to move or remove the arch and re-roughcast it.
Dolly_of TheCowboy 3 years ago (edited)
There has definitely been different brickworking there. The colour is ever so slightly lighter
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Dorothy Parker 3 years ago
"We want the trim centered." They should have specified centered on what.
Shirley Heyn 3 years ago
I'm not sure the architect is at fault here, bet the plans were changed as it was being built, and the redesign was not coordinated between the construction work groups.
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Yoga Kitty 3 years ago
My first thought! They could also write "Dog toilet" on the sign or "X marks the spot"...
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Arthur Waite 3 years ago
I have a friend who's a midnight gardener - this would probably be a peony plant one morning.
Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago
I've lived on streets where a little square like that is all the greenery for the entire block. When two feet of weedy crabgrass is the only nature in your life, it becomes important.
“Another example can be spatial planning,” the graphic designer said. “Let's say that the architects were hired to create a modern working space for a tech company. The finished result looks modern, innovative and... not enough space for the workers to sit properly. Sitting areas are a crucial part of offices because the physical health of the workers determines how productive they will be.”
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Brian Bennett 3 years ago
And the hernia you will acquire pulling those drapes!
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MissyTheUniverse 3 years ago
When you want your house to look like a mansion but you have a tight budget.
Vicky Zar 3 years ago
? Are windows cheaper then bricks in the US? Or wood, I guess.
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Iva Sativa 3 years ago
I make curtains for a living and we have a lot of old castles in my area,they are so hard to maintain,change,hang,wash,iron that it brings in a lot of cash just to maintain them for the customers. Recently we had one curtain that was 4,5 meters tall and 27 meters long.
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laka puka 3 years ago
Imagine getting home drunk one night and as soon as you step out of the taxi you just fall into a pit
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
"Thank goodness I had the sense to call a cab instead of trying to drive home from the bar - I could have gotten really hurAAAARGH!" *thud*
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Solly 3 years ago
hahaha i was showing this to my albanian mans and i clicked the comments and saw this. laughed my ass off as i showed it to him
Load More Replies... Viki Short 3 years ago
I'm no architect but shouldn't the resident be able to get in that um...house?
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Clare C 3 years ago
It's just a new estate, I'm not sure what the issue is. This is normal for the UK.
Sarah Benedictus 3 years ago
what's the problem? sure it looks ugly, but all new estates look like this. everyone wants a fence. they are standard, and a good fence makes good neighbours.
According to Laura, these types of mistakes can be found in every area: “maybe the logo was wrongly designed and did not reflect the values of the company, maybe the cutlery was designed without thinking about whether left-handed people would be able to use it.”
She also stressed the fact that every designer should think first about the function and the person who will be using the product. “Whether it is a simple app or a huge architectural building, you as the professional should ask ‘What does the client need and what issues do I need to solve to make it easier for them to use it?’” Laura concluded.
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CD Mills 3 years ago
That looks like a perfect place to wear a toddler out! Up the steps, slide down, repeat until the child is tired!
Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago
Someone sued when they fell off the stairs and this was the cheapest solution.
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** 3 years ago
I'm sad Tesco lost a billion USD launching Fresh and Easy in So Cal
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Yoga Kitty 3 years ago
Thank god, I am not the only one who thought that! "Slooowly, slooowly, and nobody will notice me getting out of here..."
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Ozymandias73 3 years ago
Heaven forbid you let animals live in their natural habitat that we (humans) invaded.
Amanda Hunter 3 years ago
There are times, well most times to be honest, that I loathe humans.
Lord Mysticlaw 3 years ago
As a South African I'm baffled that everyone immediately jumped to the conclusion that the spikes are to deter birds. People do this in South Africa. It's not to keep birds out of the tree. It's so that intruders can't use the tree to climb over your wall/fence, or to reach your upper windows that might not have burglar bars. But I'm sure it's nice to live somewhere where safety and security isn't always the very first thing you think of.
Aaricia 3 years ago
I already knew this picture and the story, this one is indeed for birds in some USA rich gated community? If I remember correctly.
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Elliebean13 3 years ago
That’s actually mean. I think the birds now have official permission to poop on these peoples heads.
Sinkvenice 3 years ago
The reason behind them is even more preposterous. It's so the cars parked under the tree don't get covered in bird poop. PARK SOMEWHERE ELSE THEN! It's just mind alteringly idiotic.
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Caro Caro 3 years ago
Really. How anyone could think that this ugly crap is acceptable....
Load More Replies... Rachel Millington 3 years ago
This one's a bit unfair. What you can't see from the photo is that it's right beside the canal which leads to the Aylesbury basin, it would be impossible to put a jetty there because it would prevent boats being able to pass. The view from the windows is actually nice - there are trees opposite. The hotel is really there to accommodate visitors to the nearby theatre - for a budget hotel it's fine and the staff are really nice.
Aliquid 3 years ago
I don't know if I will ever emotionally recover from this tragedy.
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DuchessDegu 3 years ago
It's a Travelodge (a motel for those in the US), 99% of people won't spend more than a couple of nights there. Yeah doesn't look good but it's cheap and decently comfortable
Johnny Rodriguez 3 years ago
I guess this used to be a warehouse in the past. With short ways to load/unload ships..
Sarah Benedictus 3 years ago
again, what are you expecting? this is standard, keep-the-costs-low new building. they all look like soulless sh*t holes. do you think any of us actually want this crap? no. it's all about profit, always
Aaron Lopez 3 years ago
I don't know what the problem is. Picky travelers maybe. I'd stay here- looks close to other places and you get a view of the water from your room. Spoiled much?
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Heather Steinbrink 3 years ago
I did that once as a kid. My body still reacts when I see a picture like this😧
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Brian Bennett 3 years ago
In Canada no sign is needed the double double lines speak for themselves!
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Dynein 3 years ago
Yep. Big smudge on the lower right, lighter rectangle on the upper middle-left, vertical pixel artifacts around the windows when you zoom in, and the perspectives of the windows don't match up (compare the left sides of the window frames between the upper left and the lower left windows)
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Mazer 3 years ago
The schools of architecture need to show these all to students…how not to do your job
Sharron Lindsay 3 years ago
There's probably a conference about it somewhere near a handy clean cheap and dull hotel.
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Nathaniel 3 years ago
That one room is where they keep the deranged Brother, bricked in and away from society.
Robert T 3 years ago
Doesn't look old enough to be due to the window tax. You'll see quite a lot of buildings in the UK with bricked up windows, as at one point they were taxed on how many windows they had.
Katchen 3 years ago
I was going to ask if this was about the window tax! I don’t know when that was.
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KariLovesHerKat 3 years ago
Does that house look like it's leaning back or is it my new glasses?
Donna Gettings Apperson 3 years ago
One side of our house has no windows. We argued while building the house as to where to put them and decided to not put any on that wall at all. So odd.
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** 3 years ago
No Skating means NO,..always like those videos where they crack the nuts
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Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Can you imagine what the pyramids would look like if this guy designed them!
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Unless this is a skateboard park (all the different levels and surfaces would be cool, if that’s the case), it’s just cruel.
Cheri Aline Sydney 3 years ago
... And, so it is, cruel, for pedestrians, as well....
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Cheri Aline Sydney 3 years ago
Yeah, the difference between a gallon and a liter of whiskey....
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Memere 3 years ago
All it's missing is a couple of "Keep Off The Grass" signs at each end of the little seating area!
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Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago (edited)
In my language, it's the Devil who is in the details. We always try to see the bad in every thing, to see the clouds behind the silver lining, in order to be prepared for when the smallest defect in the greatest plan will make everything backfire and fail miserably.
Rissie 3 years ago
That's not what the English saying means. It means that details are what's most problematic when you try to accomplish something. You think you got it all and then some small thing arises. That's not what's happening here. Here the whole picture is problematic.
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Gray Lyden 3 years ago
Back your car up to the door then use your trunk as a step up into the house
Marc Dennler 3 years ago (edited)
With a car like that, you'd think he could find a descent architect.
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Béatrice Gallet 3 years ago
It's to protect people against one fourth of the rain during the time they are waiting 😈
Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago
Why do they have different capitals? If you're going to pay for them instead of just an unadorned 4x4, why not get the same style? Also, my theory is a HOA or town council type building code requiring all residences to have a front porch so they had to build a small one. The one farther up by the drainpipe looks like it has an awning.
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Katchen 3 years ago
It looks like it. I think it’s designed for trainspotting.
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Callie Dryer 3 years ago
Great, a people zoo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Rules of People Watching: stay on your side of the fence at all times
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Adriaan Verhelle 3 years ago
Luckily this is forbidden in Belgium, a lot that size needs at least 60% of its surface to remain free draining, non-paved soil.
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Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
There are laws against it here, you need ground that can absorb and store water.
Adrian 3 years ago
A sort of advertisers artist's impression when offering it up for sale, maybe. Should reduce the value by 50%
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Sawdust 3 years ago
Thank you for not using the more pretentious term for this.
Load More Replies... Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
Ran out of money for the rest of the building after they bought that hughe a$$ thing?
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Daniel Marsh 3 years ago
Ummm... odd looking, but I'd rather have it than a flat window and definitely more than no window.
Sheila Stamey 3 years ago
"see that there? That were the biggest wind ever blew through here, bless me, in 1976, took the steeple off the church and imbedded it there. Council decide to just call it good and brick it in. Looks nice dunnit?"
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Marcellus the Third 3 years ago
We call this bedroom, “the wind catcher”. Lively during storms.
AxleMunshine001 3 years ago
I hope they reinforced the roof, with all that extra weight, you mind find yourself in the lobby the moment you jump in the bath
Oopsydaisy 3 years ago
That's a really common design where I live, as tasteless developers seek to get around heritage controls.
Jennifer Potter 3 years ago
can you explain "heritage controls"? I think I know what you mean but it's always interesting to hear what is going on in others' necks of the woods...
Load More Replies... Glirpy 3 years ago
I’m more concerned with the zigzag white lines. But, there’s a spot in Detroit that looks like this strip of buildings.
Jon S. 3 years ago
In the UK the zigzag lines indicate a pedestrian crossing is coming up
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Daniel Marsh 3 years ago
Fantastically increased cost to build, heat and maintain... for what?
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Hannah Edwards 3 years ago
It’s so they can be described as “detached” and sell for more money
Sarah Benedictus 3 years ago
normal for UK, we have no space to spread out, they get more money for 'detached' houses as the noise from a shared wall is less. minimal living expense, they are insulated.
Mistralok 3 years ago
Not a bad idea actually. Next door neighbors in a condo can drive you crazy.
John Baker 3 years ago
I've really never gotten the allure of condos. If I'm going to buy a house, I'm going to buy a whole house, not a piece of one. Not to mention that condos usually come with HOAs attached, and I'm having none of that.
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Shirley Heyn 3 years ago
For the newly divorced couple who each got half of the house in their settlement. . .?
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Libstak 3 years ago
It looks like a drunk puked on every step on their way up to bed.
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Gin 3 years ago
Ugliest for sure and we will never know how dirty because I suspect it could be the cleanest in the world and still look like a 1000 people crapped on it.
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Sarah Benedictus 3 years ago
ffs, the house on the left is several hundred years old and would cost a fortune to build now. you probably couldn't build it at all now due to building regulations. the one on the right is cheap to build and run. it looks like s**t but that's all people can afford and is in fact 'posh' compared to many peoples homes
Adriaan Verhelle 3 years ago
and lets not forget, the one on the right is probably way more eco-friendly due to better insolation and healthier to live in due to better ventilation and moisture techniques. Way to many people here live in modern houses themselves and would never consider moving in the the one on the right. Yet, fight nail and tooth to keep them in place.
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Lukas-not-Luca (he/him) 3 years ago
I like them both- hard to belive they're the same house, though
Francisco Manuel Teruel Gutiérrez 3 years ago
Mr. Architect, I'm going to divorce and my wife will keep the house. This is my idea...
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Nijlenna Rusty 3 years ago
Oh yes! Who says modern and vintage don't go together? *feel the sarcasm*
Abyss Wanderer 3 years ago
Building owner: "We need to add on to this historic building, but do it as cheaply as possible so it doesn't match at all. Can't be wasting money! Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go back to underpaying my employees."
CMDR unematti 3 years ago
This took a while to understand it... It will be years until the trauma goes away ..
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Anet Marc 3 years ago
Politics notwithstanding, on a purely aesthetic basis, Texas 33rd is my hands-down favorite. 😊 2W3UYJVLLN...f-jpeg.jpg 
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Okatango 3 years ago
Something must be wrong with me, because I like it. Floor to ceiling windows, interesting brick colour, organic fence. Hoping there are small green spaces, balconies or logias off the back.
Jennifer Potter 3 years ago
Hey...if ya like it, ya like it! There's something out there for everyone...
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The Fairy Dogmother 3 years ago
Is it just me, or does it look like they converted a SFH into 3 condos?
Memere 3 years ago
Yes, it is. They took out the backyard tree on the left, probably so they could add on the second floor on the left. I've seen "remuddling" jobs like this in older neighborhoods where I live. People will buy an older home & try to make it look like a McMansion. Architects & contractors who are willing to do this should have their licenses taken away, & the building inspector who allows it should be fired.
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Memere 3 years ago
Yes, they did a major remuddling on a fairly decent little split-level house.
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Kylie Crawford 3 years ago
I mean I like the 1st one but instead of blue for the top it would be better black
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Beth L 3 years ago
Why does this look like badly-rendered CG? I don't think it actually exists; the shadows aren't right.
Memere 3 years ago
It is a rendering, and yes, very badly done. Reminds me of the real estate listings that show CG furniture in the rooms but nothing is actually touching the floor, lol
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Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago
Yeah,I can't wait to use that. Even though I haven't a clue what it means.
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Nijlenna Rusty 3 years ago
Worst part is, the neighbours also have such a house.... There are 2 of them!
lgbt_squid.12 3 years ago
Not pretty on the out side, but being honest it looks like the inside has some pretty sweet spaces
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Memere 3 years ago
To be fair, it's not badly done, just doesn't really look right in the room it's in. And what the heck is going on with the door on the left...the top is unfinished & there's an exit sign above it?
Jennifer Potter 3 years ago
It looks like a restaurant or a buisness of some type...
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Kira Okah 3 years ago
Much nicer alleyway than the weed, discarded needle, and broken glass filled ones back where I come from.
Robert T 3 years ago
This is perfectly normal. It provides access to the garden without going through the house. It only looks dystopian because they are newly built properties and the gardens are not yet established. Give it a few years and there will be trees and flowers.
Jennifer Potter 3 years ago
Ya - this is what a lot of backsides of houses in Baltimore City look like...
Load More Replies... Hannah Edwards 3 years ago
Just wide enough for you to take your wheelie bin out, but not wide enough to pass someone trying to take their wheelie bin back in. Perfect
Memere 3 years ago
And everyone has to sign up on a schedule to take their bins out & back.
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Amy S 3 years ago
This is to access the back garden, they'll have normal fronts.
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Debbie 3 years ago
It's quite normal, it is a sort of fire escape. Not meant to go around the back with your car or motorbike. Again, in some places room is scarce, why sacrifice bits of a garden for a wider alleyway which is probably hardly used? I bet there's space at the front for your wheely bin too. This looks Dutch to me, and by the looks of this, I think the houses have a little front garden too.
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Dorothy Parker 3 years ago
Trust me, you'll love the new vinyl windows. You won't be able to tell the dif...
Memere 3 years ago (edited)
Cheap a$$ landlord or owner didn't want to pay an expert to do an actual restoration of the original window frames, and the building apparently isn't historical enough to be listed so they weren't required to.
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Insert Generic Username 3 years ago
Looks like something I built in The Sims twenty years ago...
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Dorothy Parker 3 years ago
In the US there'd be a notice of a missing child on the side of this carton.
Load More Replies... DuchessDegu 3 years ago
Loft conversion, probably let a little daylight in along the staircase
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Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago
Why is Ronald McDonald leaving gloveprints on the back of every car? Where are they going that everyone needs a helpful push to get there?
Jennifer Potter 3 years ago
I think its to cover the licence plate numbers...
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Robert T 3 years ago (edited)
Looks like camera distortion - probably a Google Streetview image - or more specifically two image merged together wonkily. Sadly the same is not true of the house - it really is that hideous I'm afraid.
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DrNefariousMcFarious 3 years ago
The fact that they couldn't blend the two roof lines kills me
Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
It's like the house is raising its hand to tell the teacher Bobby is all in its face again.
Carsten Petersen 3 years ago
Wow - a 6 year old building lego could have done a better job....
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Mimi La Souris 3 years ago
I think this is more about height of smoke evacuation legislation. it’s still ugly
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Hannah Edwards 3 years ago
A hanging cage to put criminals, or the bodies of executed criminals in to set an example.
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Memere 3 years ago
I can just see people tossing all kinds of trash up there!
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Jennifer Potter 3 years ago
I...kind of like the bottom left one... just change the colors of the doors...
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
these are considered mansions- they should only be on line not in the real world!
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Alexandra 3 years ago
Actually, the renovated house is nice. The rest, depends of the context: if there were no parking place for the car, it's ok that they did that. They could leave some grass of course, or choose some environmentally friendly system for parking place
Robert T 3 years ago
There is almost certainly a private garden at the back.
Load More Replies... Hannah Edwards 3 years ago
I hate it when I see a normal suburban street with one incongruous house unsympathetically bastardised.
Joanne Hicks 3 years ago
Obviously someone doesn't like grass. Then the redesign got out of hand.
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Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
All the rainwater, where does it go? What about droughts? And flooding?
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Please note the Large green areas dividing the houses. One of our more spectacular points of this horrendous mess!
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Nijlenna Rusty 3 years ago
Especially as it was glued on above a doorway.
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Hugh Walter 2 years ago
I remember discovering the posh 'sandstone' lintels on Charles Church's development in Geoffs Oak were only sand-faced concrete, but at least they were set into the brickwork!
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Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago
It looks like the contractor shack for a new housing development that they decided to just stucco the walls and put up a fence when they were done to see if some fool would buy it.
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Kira Okah 3 years ago (edited)
=.= Hello again this picture. This is a building that was converted into a hotel, and this door is a fire safety legal requirement for all hotels. It indicates the level of the fire exit and blocks inescapable floors. Placed there so in the event of an emergency people don't run all the way down the stairs, end up in the basement with no exit, and die horribly.
Dorothy Parker 3 years ago
I'd be the one falling to her doom trying to climb over the railings.
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Cate Dalton 3 years ago
Um. Not much fire safety there. Most people die of smoke inhalation of burning chemicals. That door is totally useless for any kind of safety, with that lively OPEN RAILING right there. And, it would really confusing to firefighters and folks trying to get to a smoke free,, fire free area. This is neither.. I'd call this Death Trap. An insurance company must not have toured the facility before insuring the building.
Kira Okah 3 years ago
It's to prevent panicked guests running from a fire from running into the basement and getting trapped - panicked people tend to stop at closed doors. The open stairwell is a consequence of the building being converted. This is fully up to legal code without breaking any codes on the building.
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Hannah Edwards 3 years ago
My dad was on a jury for someone who flew a small plane under one of the bridges, before the motorway actually opened. Seeing this photo makes me think that he’d have been ok, even when it did open.
Clare C 3 years ago
J26 we now have 4 lanes and no hardshoulder, it's called a smart motorway!
James016 3 years ago
Smart, it ain't. they are having to adjust some sections of smart motorways as the emergency bays are too far apart.
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Memere 3 years ago (edited)
This reminds me of some of the housing developments from the 80's-90's. The builder has 4 or 5 basic house plans & as you drive down the street, you see the repeat every 4 or 5 houses. If the builder has any imagination, they sometimes reverse the plans for a little variety.
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Marcellus the Third 3 years ago
Well, no games this side of the fence, that is fine. Why would the sign apply to the other side of the fence? That’s not how signs work.
Summer Mason 3 years ago
Maybe they don't want a bunch of kids out their kicking the grass up and making tracks through it? That's reasonable. We have an area in my najbor hood who has beautiful green grass and a small path with a sitting bench to observe nature not for kidz running around and playing. Hell I'm a mom of 5 and know this s**t.
DrNefariousMcFarious 3 years ago
Yes please don't have fun where you live, children please don't act childish
nici schmidt 3 years ago
Why would there be an expanse of grass this large, so close to homes, if it was not meant to be used by the families living there..?
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Christine Roberts 3 years ago
If you forget your keys, there are three drain pipes you can scale.
Hugh Walter 2 years ago
Architect let the footballer do all the talking? "Yes sir, yes sir, oh, very wise sir, I'm sure it will look lovely when it's finished sir . . . "
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Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
That door had a bad breakup with the one across the street and now can't even look at it anymore.
Joanne Hicks 3 years ago
Mabel was tired of not finding her front door; so, she had it moved to the side of her home.
blue_molly 3 years ago
When you really don't want anyone to see how messy your house is when you open the door.
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T5n 3 years ago
I ended up having to look at older farmhouses and cabins after this to see good architecture and style.
I'mNotARoboat 3 years ago
One of them actually made my eyes all wonky which made mean little nauseous.
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This is named inappropriately. Should say, “what happens when no one was willing to fork over money for an actual architect.”
Wendy 3 years ago
I think a better title is what happens when you hire a terrible contractor. Most of these photos are not because of the Architect - they are either a terrible contractor or people with bad taste in renovating.
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John Baker 3 years ago
I'm far more concerned with the floor plan than I am with the exterior. So many newer houses seem as thought they weren't designed to actually be lived in.
Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago
Every building project should be submitted to Prince Charles for approval, in order to avoid... All that s**t.
T5n 3 years ago
I ended up having to look at older farmhouses and cabins after this to see good architecture and style.
I'mNotARoboat 3 years ago
One of them actually made my eyes all wonky which made mean little nauseous.
Load More Replies... GoldfishCrackers 3 years ago
This is named inappropriately. Should say, “what happens when no one was willing to fork over money for an actual architect.”
Wendy 3 years ago
I think a better title is what happens when you hire a terrible contractor. Most of these photos are not because of the Architect - they are either a terrible contractor or people with bad taste in renovating.
Load More Replies... John Baker 3 years ago
I'm far more concerned with the floor plan than I am with the exterior. So many newer houses seem as thought they weren't designed to actually be lived in.
Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago
Every building project should be submitted to Prince Charles for approval, in order to avoid... All that s**t.
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