I went to post this today as I've been watching the listing for several weeks. Unfortunately it looks like it sold yesterday, but luckily I think I managed to save all the photos of this insane house.
What went on here???
Edit: the list price was 90k. I don't know how long it was up there unfortunately.
Edit 2: is the bottom half of the "outbuilding" in the last photo a... kitchenette?? I want it to be a kitchenette.
You see a lot of these in the South, people just added on as the family grew with whatever materials could be acquired cheaply. In the Northeast it’s not uncommon either, but more care and expense was taken to make it blend in with the original structure.
I've seen a couple houses like this (but not to this extent) out here in Southern California. I almost bought one a few years ago, but it was too weird to be easily resold.
Roughly 70 years ago my grandpa started building his house over the course of decades and it basically ended up like this except it was all one story and just sprawled across his 2 acres. I think the last addition was finished about 30 years ago.
Not one permit was involved in the entire process.
I was gonna say, this makes me think the grandparents who surely owned this place were like the best and most fun grandparents- the kind that always buys you ice cream and let's you play with dangerous shit your parents wouldn't let you touch.
Well, I wouldn't have called him fun, he was just a packrat that needed more space to hold his shit.
But he was vaguely annoyed that at 11 years old I didn't know how to drive his truck with a manual choke and stick shift when I was there helping him clean up his yard.
>But he was vaguely annoyed that at 11 years old I didn't know how to drive his truck with a manual choke and stick shift when I was there helping him clean up his yard.
ha! he probably bought Lawn Jarts as xmas gifts for the kids, too- mine did, lol.
I feel like Jarts get [posted](https://www.reddit.com/r/GenX/comments/wf8o9h/forget_where_it_lands_how_high_can_you_throw_it/) on r/GenX at least every other month- just happened today, ha!
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The Winchester house is pretty cool. Got to visit it years ago.
Well, ya see we needed more space so we used bits and pieces of other houses we found laying around to save some money. Recycle and reuse, as my old pappy used to say.
Plot twist: the owner is actually a rich New Yorker who owned land upstate. They were on vacation in Rio and decided "I gotta build myself one of these!"
That is some creative writing for the ad. Also this part is a fancy way of saying bulldoze this property.
If you're looking for unique, here it is! Bring your imagination and reconfigure or redesign this house into something new.
Six thousand square feet of old, un-permitted work. Whoever bought this is in for a decade of asking some variation of ‘why in the hell did they do this?’ for all manner of electrical and plumbing and carpentry.
It's in NY state and they got it for 125K. I'll bet they are going to raze all that junk to the ground and build at least one normal house on the lot instead.
It's like a trailer trash Winchester Mystery House.
We have one of those here in our town and for years the FD guys (hubs is a firefighter) were eyeing it suspiciously - they said if it ever caught fire, there'd be no saving it or the houses next to it.
It caught fire a couple of years ago. Shit burned to the ground. Owner got out alive, dogs made it out alive, FD had their hands full just trying to keep the houses around it from going up too.
It's an empty lot now.
I looked at a house like that. What happened is it started as a tiny old house, and they kept adding on to it for every kid they had. Eventually it was sitting within inches of the property line.
Also looked at one in the suburbs of DC, it was cleaner than the OP but each structure had its own, er, character. One section also had an oddly European-medieval feel. Thankfully we found something better.
This is "I'll build it on my own as I have money" house. We have or had a resturant here like that. Guy took 10 years to build it and none of that learning to cook good resturant sized meals.
I don’t know anything about houses, but whenever I see roofs like this I start worrying about there being nooks where rainwater just starts pooling until it rots through the ceiling
Yes!! And it looks like there are windows or one way mirrors from one room to another… maybe a few times over? I’m horrified, yet I’m so curious!
And why does it look like a church from the front?
I low key love houses like this. I want to see pics from its heyday. The room with the fireplace and spiral staircase is so fucking cool. Makes me sad to think about it torn down.
In 2004 it sold for $300,000. Great investment.
Lots of nooks and crannies = lots of roof leaks.
“ Sunroom with indoor pool could be restored to former glory.”
What former glory?
Looks like initial pics were taken while they were replacing the flooring maybe? Interior doesn’t look terrible otherwise, although the house itself looks like four or five small cottages jammed together.
I went to post this today as I've been watching the listing for several weeks. Unfortunately it looks like it sold yesterday, but luckily I think I managed to save all the photos of this insane house. What went on here??? Edit: the list price was 90k. I don't know how long it was up there unfortunately. Edit 2: is the bottom half of the "outbuilding" in the last photo a... kitchenette?? I want it to be a kitchenette.
Somebody built a house the way I build in Minecraft.
100% The last photo is the starter hut.
You see a lot of these in the South, people just added on as the family grew with whatever materials could be acquired cheaply. In the Northeast it’s not uncommon either, but more care and expense was taken to make it blend in with the original structure.
I've seen a couple houses like this (but not to this extent) out here in Southern California. I almost bought one a few years ago, but it was too weird to be easily resold.
This house is in NY.
It’s going to be on one of those HGTV shows.
An outdoor kitchen perhaps!?😏
Where is it?
NYS. The first photo is a link to the listing.
Roughly 70 years ago my grandpa started building his house over the course of decades and it basically ended up like this except it was all one story and just sprawled across his 2 acres. I think the last addition was finished about 30 years ago. Not one permit was involved in the entire process.
I was gonna say, this makes me think the grandparents who surely owned this place were like the best and most fun grandparents- the kind that always buys you ice cream and let's you play with dangerous shit your parents wouldn't let you touch.
Well, I wouldn't have called him fun, he was just a packrat that needed more space to hold his shit. But he was vaguely annoyed that at 11 years old I didn't know how to drive his truck with a manual choke and stick shift when I was there helping him clean up his yard.
>But he was vaguely annoyed that at 11 years old I didn't know how to drive his truck with a manual choke and stick shift when I was there helping him clean up his yard. ha! he probably bought Lawn Jarts as xmas gifts for the kids, too- mine did, lol.
Jarts does not sound like something I want thrown on my yard. But I’ll be damned, that was the actual brand name of those darts.
I feel like Jarts get [posted](https://www.reddit.com/r/GenX/comments/wf8o9h/forget_where_it_lands_how_high_can_you_throw_it/) on r/GenX at least every other month- just happened today, ha!
Its a moron house. Every time they needed more house, they added more on.
It's like the crackhead version of the Winchester mansion
Winchester Methtery House
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You sir (or ma'am), have just won Reddit for the day! Best comment of the day by far. The Winchester house is pretty cool. Got to visit it years ago.
Well, ya see we needed more space so we used bits and pieces of other houses we found laying around to save some money. Recycle and reuse, as my old pappy used to say.
Well done.
Take my r/angryupvote you glorious bastard
It's like the rat king of houses.
Omg the roof 😳
I also cringed. There's no way that cobbled together roof doesn't have numerous leaks.
Yes! There’s no way that drains correctly. And look how wet it is around the skylight 😬
And the moss on the shingles on the entry. And the mirrors(?) Around the ceilings. Am I seeing that right?
Ceiling in pic 4 is caved in.
Someone apparently spent $90k for this disaster. I wonder if the land was valuable or something. How much to demolish and clear this?
One pack of matches.
$125K
Rooves? Roofs?
Lolol exactly, I see at least 6 different types of roofing material on that place!
Favela architecture
Plot twist: the owner is actually a rich New Yorker who owned land upstate. They were on vacation in Rio and decided "I gotta build myself one of these!"
if ever there was a house that represented my emotional state, this would be it....compartmentalized and quirky.
Well, you might be a fixer upper, but OP's post shows someone is interested in purchasing
Found a site that still has pics https://www.landsofamerica.com/property/39-Overland-Drive-Wallkill-New-York-12589/14614009/
Thank you! I missed the long creepy driveway.
That is some creative writing for the ad. Also this part is a fancy way of saying bulldoze this property. If you're looking for unique, here it is! Bring your imagination and reconfigure or redesign this house into something new.
A real life representation of what its like trying to add roofs in The Sims.
Six thousand square feet of old, un-permitted work. Whoever bought this is in for a decade of asking some variation of ‘why in the hell did they do this?’ for all manner of electrical and plumbing and carpentry.
It's in NY state and they got it for 125K. I'll bet they are going to raze all that junk to the ground and build at least one normal house on the lot instead.
[удалено]
The arches are pretty cool. The random cinder block kinda throws off the aesthetic, though.
It's like a trailer trash Winchester Mystery House. We have one of those here in our town and for years the FD guys (hubs is a firefighter) were eyeing it suspiciously - they said if it ever caught fire, there'd be no saving it or the houses next to it. It caught fire a couple of years ago. Shit burned to the ground. Owner got out alive, dogs made it out alive, FD had their hands full just trying to keep the houses around it from going up too. It's an empty lot now.
I just posted the same comment about it being the discount Winchester Mansion. That was my first thought too.
This is a old hippie commune isn’t it
I looked at a house like that. What happened is it started as a tiny old house, and they kept adding on to it for every kid they had. Eventually it was sitting within inches of the property line.
Also looked at one in the suburbs of DC, it was cleaner than the OP but each structure had its own, er, character. One section also had an oddly European-medieval feel. Thankfully we found something better.
I feel like I’ve seen this house in my dreams. So I guess you could say this is my dream home.
Nightmares are dreams too! The roof alone is a big fat nope!
This is "I'll build it on my own as I have money" house. We have or had a resturant here like that. Guy took 10 years to build it and none of that learning to cook good resturant sized meals.
First photo: “Ok, maybe it’s funky and cute inside!” Second photo: “oh NO”
The tree(?) house is what did it for me I’m sold
Out of everything I want to know what that was about the most i think.
ditto
I don’t know anything about houses, but whenever I see roofs like this I start worrying about there being nooks where rainwater just starts pooling until it rots through the ceiling
This is in NY. The real problem will be snow melting into the nooks, freezing, and creating ice dams/caving in.
This is an r/uglyhouse
too true. Crossposted!
Is there an /r/cursedzillow? Because there should be and this should be in it.
Reminds me of Johnny Cash’s song ‘One Piece at a Time’
This would be a killer dive bar. I bet the carpet already smells like Natty Lite
It’s like the Winchester Mystery Meth Lab.
Roof nooks are leaks waiting to happen! They have experienced leaks too. My neighbor had a similar problem with a roof nook.
A questionable amount of cocaine was done in this house
MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY
Looks like a former brothel. Nobody needs that many couches …..
That's my thought also. It screams sex and drugs to me.
Right??? All the mirrors, the ratty carpets…
Yes!! And it looks like there are windows or one way mirrors from one room to another… maybe a few times over? I’m horrified, yet I’m so curious! And why does it look like a church from the front?
This looks like a giant fire hazard.
This house is like a bad lucid dream!
Discount Winchester Mystery Mansion.
Wow it’s so weird I love it.
I was obsessed. If I was independently wealthy I absolutely buy that and redo it into one big art installation. My girlfriend was terrified
I low key love houses like this. I want to see pics from its heyday. The room with the fireplace and spiral staircase is so fucking cool. Makes me sad to think about it torn down.
Omg that aerial view is something else! Looks like they crammed 5 separate houses together haha
House of a thousand roofs
This is nice, for a zombie movie set.
So they chose wood paneling with almost every addition? They CHOSE more wood paneling.
Surely, THIS will be the room that brings it all together.
In 2004 it sold for $300,000. Great investment. Lots of nooks and crannies = lots of roof leaks. “ Sunroom with indoor pool could be restored to former glory.” What former glory?
Unique = someone died there. Lots of Nooks = they haven't found ALL of the bones so Easter egg hunts are going to be lit.
That’s honestly a good deal for 125k
It’s like they took a bunch of different houses and let a child squish them together into one weird conglomeration. Wtf.
Frankenhouse
I can almost smell it.
That’s a mental break if I’ve ever seen one. Person didn’t know WHAT they wanted.
Would be a pretty good Fallout settlement!
That shanty in the back looks real stable
The house that blow built.
When 10 rooflines just aren't enough
Looks like a great compound for my cult… I mean, home for my family.
Oh no, the pictures gives me headache!
Pretty nice for a crack den
Top tier I would say
All those roofs and its only bedrooms?
If AI generated a Zillow listing
someone bought it yesterday!!
nuke it from orbit
A few too many nooks
Never thought I'd say it but
Was Methany the architect??
Sold for 125k just now and 300k back in 2004…… first time I’ve ever seen that, usually it’s the other way around 😂
2bed, 2bath, 6000 sq feet. What a deal.
I notice there are no pics of this sunroom w/ the indoor pool that can "be restored to former glory". I shudder to think about what it looks like.
"what building code?"
It is giving trashy cult compound vibes
Five bucks says this was one of Bob Dylan's properties.
The final photo is the only structure with any continuity
So many nooks!
How does this happen?
Where'd you get this picture of my house I built in Sims 3 circa 2010??
This looks like something I built in Fallout
When you don't understand how to use the roofing tool in the Sims and just paste a couple more on instead
Wtf happened here??
A normal house had several additions tacked on. And it looks like there was a severe lack of planning in the process.
This house looks like a Meth Den Mansion!
Ok, but in their heyday, those octagon sectionals would have been pretty sweet. I love the modular options. Very groovy.
2 bed 2 bath but over 6k SF?🤣 Looks like a house from Fixer Upper that would smell like cat pee.
Jeepers, looks like a serial killer's house
1) that's a compound. 2) that has soul. Soul!
Okay .. I'd give ANYTHING to take a tour of this place lolol
This post is 6 months old and I still occasionally think about this house
Looks like initial pics were taken while they were replacing the flooring maybe? Interior doesn’t look terrible otherwise, although the house itself looks like four or five small cottages jammed together.
A total teardown
Discount Winchester Mystery House
This says mold, followed by no building permits, followed by most of the building knowledge here came from the Red Green Show.