Weird Houses, etc.

#76

$179k in OK, not sure what they were going for here.

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#77

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2024 8:20 pm $179k in OK, not sure what they were going for here.
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I have no idea either. Wtf?

Year built: 1985

It was simply abandoned 40 years ago and never finished. The persons who were paying ran out of money?

#78

It's interesting that it's $179K now. Two years ago they were asking $500K. Yeah... no.

Shizzle Popped · #79

neonzx wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2024 8:53 pm
raison de arizona wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2024 8:20 pm $179k in OK, not sure what they were going for here.
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I have no idea either. Wtf?

Year built: 1985

It was simply abandoned 40 years ago and never finished. The persons who were paying ran out of money?

Shakespearean era theatre? That center section made me think a little bit of the Globe theater.

40 years vacant and presumably unheated and cooled is not good. I can’t imagine what it would cost to salvage this. I don’t see the vision and I don’t see it as worth fixing. Tear it down and start over.

#80

There are a couple rooms with furniture like someone was sleeping and watching TV there. Huh? Oklahoma is a hard no for me anyway.

Shizzle Popped · #81

pipistrelle wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2024 9:23 pm There are a couple rooms with furniture like someone was sleeping and watching TV there. Huh? Oklahoma is a hard no for me anyway.

We’re starting to look for our last house and I was searching for Elgin, IL but somehow ended up in Oklahoma. The prices were attractive but Oklahoma is never, ever going to happen.

Thinking of this house, never do metal siding on a house in Oklahoma. The tornadoes will think it’s a mobile home and target it.

#82

It's marketed to the "I want to live in a grain elevator" crowd.

BeastofBourbon · #83

I especially enjoyed the shopping cart with garden hose and the canon behind the recliner. An eclectic mix of furnishings and decor. Quite a tinderbox, though.

#84

pipistrelle wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2024 9:23 pm There are a couple rooms with furniture like someone was sleeping and watching TV there. Huh? Oklahoma is a hard no for me anyway.

Surprised the electric is on.
The makeshift accomodations are likely from squatters.

sugar magnolia · #85

neonzx wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2024 1:18 am
pipistrelle wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2024 9:23 pm There are a couple rooms with furniture like someone was sleeping and watching TV there. Huh? Oklahoma is a hard no for me anyway.
Surprised the electric is on.
The makeshift accomodations are likely from squatters.

Or the guys protecting the tools and equipment.
The shopping cart sort of makes sense but I can't explain the cannon, and can only assume the suit of armor standing guard is to intimidate people?

#86

Off Topic

My dad had a suit of armor. It was a drink thing too also, if you lowered the chest plate there was a Lazy Susan on the plate and a rack to hold bottles in the back.

Shizzle Popped · #87

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The caption on the photo was that the gas flex was pulling 275 amps and measured 1200 degrees. I have to wonder who was brave/stupid enough to take the time to grab a photo and measurements. I would've killed the power and gas and ran. I don't know how much heat flex can take but I think 1200 degrees can't be far off. The only thing keeping that flex from becoming a fireball is a lack of oxygen. It looks like the very not up to code Romex stapled to the floor may run under the back of the cabinet and a wire rubbed bare energizing the whole thing. But it's only a theory.

#88

#89

OMG, I hope that thing doesn't burn down the forum!

Run, run away, run for your lives! RUN!!