50 Pics Of Interesting, Horrible Or Weird Designs That Made People Say ‘What The House?!’
Interview With AuthorRecently, there’s been a new fascination with questionable architecture and dubious interiors spreading around social media.
Combining an uncanny appeal with cringe, these monstrosities have gained almost a cult following, and Bored Panda covered quite a few of them: from ugly Belgian houses, ridiculous real estate photos, and homes that made people say ‘that’s it, I’m home shaming.’
This Instagram page titled ‘What the Crazy House’ follows the trend by sharing some of the most bizarre and insane house exteriors and interiors people spotted on real estate websites.
From over-the-top Zillow mansions to cheesy interiors, it will make you doubt everything from aesthetics to common sense. Scroll down below for the most wowza crazy houses shared on the page and be sure to upvote your favorites!
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Sneak Level 9.5/10 (Coolness Level 10/10!!!!)
I Approve Of The Sass. “On A Huge Block Of Land Surrounded By A Housing Development Lives A Defiant Sydney Family Who Refused To Give Up Their Beloved Property"
"The two-hectare stretch of land at The Ponds sticks out like a sore thumb after rows of hundreds of houses sitting side-by-side sprang up around the block in recent years"
I would have planted trees around the perimeter so they can’t all look in to the house, and gives them something nicer to look at!
No Way. I’d Fall
To find out more about the “What The Crazy House” project, Bored Panda reached out to the creator behind it, Robyn from Ohio. “I’m married with 2 kids and I work part time at a shoe store,” she told us. Robyn said that she has always loved to look at houses. Once, she saw a space bedroom which became her first post. “It was unbelievably wild and I thought that I see weird stuff in the houses I look at all the time.”
That’s how she came up with an idea to put them all in one place and start the page. “On a whim one day, I made Whatthecrazyhouse. I don’t even think I remember how I came up with the name! It was just a split moment decision,” the creator said and added that she started “What The House” back in February, 2019 but she really didn’t get a following until this past year.
When You See It
At 3201 Peach Tree At In Sarasota You Can Live Like The Jetsons! Check Out This Vintage Gem!
Pan. Tree
When asked how she’d describe her audience, Robyn said that they’re like her: “fun and snarky.” She added: “I’m proud to say they are nice and funny. I’ve never had a fight break out. Everyone is just here to laugh and make fun of stuff in a lighthearted manner.” Robyn really loves this page and she is super proud to run it. “It’s all for fun!,” she said.
I Just Want To Color It All In With Sharpies
This Mailbox
Omg I’m Dying
The creator said that she “hates '80s decor so she posts some of that.” “I am constantly seeing things I’ve never thought possible and that shock me. And then I think that someone did this… on purpose?! What?!!” she wondered.
We also asked Robyn what was the craziest house she has ever seen, and she said that “it’s a tie between the murder house and the cat poster house where cat pictures were EVERYWHERE. I mean it: they were all over the bathroom and kitchen and walls and ceiling. Just cats.”
If There Arent Butter Pillows With This Im Out
Please Enjoy This Crazy Concrete House In Ohio. The Inside Is Brighter Then I Would Have Expected But Still Not For Me
I Just Imagine It Yelling “Fire”
When asked what could be the motives for why people design and build such crazy houses, Robyn said that this is how they express themselves or that they’re simply weird. “We are all a little weird, but sometimes things just go wacky and we get the wild things I post.”
Someone Got Funky With It
You Couldn’t Pay Me To Sleep In Here
Swimming Up Stairs
Apparently #murderbanister Is A New Thing?
I Can’t Stop Laughing
No Bathtub? No Problem
As a temporary measure until a real tub is installed, I can see it. As long as it stays temporary.
Improvise. Adapt. Overcome
What Black And White And More Black All Over? This Mysterious Black Octagon House. Also I’ll Bet Y’all A Million $$ That Damn “Thankful Heart” Was Not There Before It Was Staged
Don’t Forget To List “Portal To Hell” In Your Zillow Page
A large black cauldron, with a brew bubbling in it, being stirred by the Three Weird Sisters from MacBeth, would give the look some polish. Don’t you think?
When You Take The Basement Tiki Bar Feel To A Whole New Level
Ummmmmm What
Thanks For Whatever The Hell This Is
It looks like some one tried to make shelves and a seat and a fireplace but they did kinda messy job ......
Ummmmmm…… What The Hell Is Going On Here
This Gazebo Kitchen Situation
I….i…. What The [hell]
I’ve Been Looking At This For 5 Mins And I Still Don’t Understand
Found A Suspicious Looking Fireplace And I’m Not Sure What To Say Here
Ok But Lasagna Is Delicious So I’ll Let This One Slide
I Have Questions And Concerns
Im Off To The Kitchen To Make Some Treets. Wood You Like To Help Me?
Todays Words To Live By
Ro_bot_ca Sent Me This Gem And Man Did It Throw Me For A Loop
Aside from some of the color schemes, it’s not half bad. Outside is really nice, though I’d go with pale blue or pale yellow instead of mint green.
No Need For That
I've seen the reverse of this too - where there is the air vent cover like this with just a hole through the wall behind it to another room (not leading to any ductwork).
@sisterlilith6
Just Snuck That Dishwasher Right In There Didn’t Ya
Why Use Stone When You Can Use Oyster Shells For That Fresh Smell
Whoah Baby!! Beetle Juice!!
Pots For Sinks! No
Well… This Is Confusing
That's clearly an illusionary floor. **Rolls investigation to check for traps**.
Ip384 Found Some Of The Most Terrifying Steps I’ve Ever Seen. First Of All- Why Are They So Skinny- It’s Like Walking A Tight Rope. 2. Is The Top Meant To Impale You?! 3. I Hate Them Thanks. #deathtrapstairs
Stop. Make It Stop
Thanks Tomatosixtyfour
Spaceship Spaceship Spaceship
I Am Screaming #deathtrapstairs
At first I was thinking "too many options" but after looking more carefully I see there's really only one way to climb these stairs.
Load More Replies...I think the idea is: if you're going to fall down the stairs, just get it over with quickly.
Honestly though, I can barely walk down normal stares
Load More Replies...Looks like one of those tiny houses. I love the idea, but I bet stairs like this (as well as the lofted bedroom where you have to crawl around on your hands and knees) gets old VERY fast!
I've seen this one before - it's actually a large shed on a farm & go up to a loft type storage area where the guy stores bags of feed. But yeah, those are awful looking stairs.
Load More Replies...Went to a covid vaccination centre that had steps like this up to the first floor (very old building in the UK - tiny staircase). The staff on the ground floor just looked at my walking aids and said ‘yeah, you ain’t going up there love, lemme get the doctor down here’.
I saw someone somewhere call these witch stairs. I guess as in it keeps them out OR only a witch can safely manage these! LOL!
Stairs like these are brilliant. They take a little getting used to, but they work wonderfully in small spaces.
Very much breaker of bones and doer of sprains. Definitely a money saver until the fall.
The safety feature is that you have to consciously think about every step ;-)
Actually this is genius, if i am assuming that the stairs were build like this to save space. Just look at it, consider how to take those steps and consider how much space there would have been needed extra if it had not been build like that.
I wonder what they're like to walk on once you get used to them. They might look difficult, but who knows, maybe they're even nicer to walk on then normal stairs, after the first few days. I mean as long as you start with the right foot, why would this be more difficult? I'm not going to judge them without actually having tried them, things aren't always as they seem.
There was one of these in a vacation house my bf and I rented some years back. We had our, thrn, only daughter with us and it stated in the description online that there was a baby high-chair. When we arrived we realised that the high-chair was on the 2nd floor and THIS type of chairs was what connected the 1st and 2nd floor. My bf went up, found the chair and was so nervous about carrying it down those stairs but he did it! By the end of the week he had to carry it back up those stairs as it was a must-do according to the welcome papers in the house. Never went back!
I have a recurring dream of stairs in a dusty , closeted stairway that look like this. It involves skin worms, terror, and aloneness with the darkness overtaking and swallowing me before I can reach the next light switch. ( Yes. I'm being currently treated for severe anxiety disorder and depression with therapy and meds) and those steps look like the ones in my dreams if they were dirty.
I think these are nautical - something about "stairs" (ladders) going from one level on a ship to another? Don't know why it's necessary though... Saw these in a beach cottage going up to a loft once. And yeah... no.
There's a superstition where you only want people to enter your house on their right foot. And people build stairs to force this to happen. There's a famous inventor in my country who was ... eccentric, and the stairs to his house are like this (but in stone).
Cecilythegreat And Betainjax Sent Me This Pink Bathroom And I Just… What?! Look At The Tiny Tub For Your Feet! And Carpet. It’s A Pink Paradise!!! It Belongs To Jamienelson6!
And Some More Nightmare Fuel From
This Basement Tropical Paradise Situation
Well Ok Then
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This is in my hometown. I screengrabbed this from the Google. :-) 1Finger-62...4d0025.jpg
You are 100% incorrect. ZGW steals them from me. Also they don't post individual pictures- only full listings.
Load More Replies...I used to sometimes ride past this house on my way home from work years ago. .. https://globalnews.ca/news/3980470/live-like-a-royal-in-upper-mount-royal-castle-for-sale-in-calgary/ calgary-ca...0dcbca.jpg
This is in my hometown. I screengrabbed this from the Google. :-) 1Finger-62...4d0025.jpg
You are 100% incorrect. ZGW steals them from me. Also they don't post individual pictures- only full listings.
Load More Replies...I used to sometimes ride past this house on my way home from work years ago. .. https://globalnews.ca/news/3980470/live-like-a-royal-in-upper-mount-royal-castle-for-sale-in-calgary/ calgary-ca...0dcbca.jpg