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Illinois ‘goth home’ listing draws gasps, jokes on social media
WGN TV ^ | 21 Dec 2021 | Kevin S. Held

Posted on 12/22/2021 9:38:39 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT

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To: poinq
I have to say, I don’t understand the choice.

The dark exterior absorbs the heat in the cooler months to save on heating bills.

41 posted on 12/22/2021 11:23:24 AM PST by BipolarBob (WHY are there no Democrats on Mt. Rushmore?)
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To: Hatteras

Oooh...wouldn’t that be cool?


42 posted on 12/22/2021 11:55:23 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (81 million votes...and NOT ONE "Build Back Better" hat)
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To: Bobalu

—”Thomas Edison’s Black Maria Movie Studio, “

Very nice, thanks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison%27s_Black_Maria


43 posted on 12/22/2021 12:27:00 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: BipolarBob

We have no heat. This is Wisconsin. We are on the shores of a great lake. Most of us don’t even have air conditioning. It’s not heat. Its aesthetics. I am not sure why, but grey and white is. Its like living in an institution. Charcoal grey outside is showing up everywhere. I wonder if this house will sell. Of course some one can always paint it. But you would think another color choice would sell better.


44 posted on 12/22/2021 12:30:50 PM PST by poinq
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To: Delta 21

—”What does anyone on the planet care what Twitter user Zillow Gone Wild thinks or does?”

EVERY newsroom has a twit feed for the editor...
If you want to stay current with “the news”; gotta follow twit.


45 posted on 12/22/2021 12:31:19 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Black Eaves Matter.


46 posted on 12/22/2021 12:42:55 PM PST by rfp1234 (Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
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To: poinq

I just hope the homeowner can find his way home in the dark.
Better leave some lights on.


47 posted on 12/22/2021 12:52:37 PM PST by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

It would suck in Texas in the summer.


48 posted on 12/22/2021 1:51:36 PM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: alternatives?
"Also can you wallpaper the ceiling?"

YES! LOL

When I bought my house (built in 1860, victorian) the ceilings had wallpaper. I believe it kept the cracked ceiling plaster from falling down! At one point the wallpaper was painted.

49 posted on 12/22/2021 3:03:40 PM PST by 1_Rain_Drop ("There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration” - Pompeo)
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To: 1_Rain_Drop

I can’t imagine trying to fix that. Maybe that is why they developed tin ceilings.


50 posted on 12/22/2021 3:22:49 PM PST by alternatives?
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

SOME people watch TOO many movies


51 posted on 12/23/2021 6:03:44 AM PST by SMARTY (Republics decline into democracies & democracies degenerate into despotisms. Aristotle)
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To: alternatives?

You may be quite right about that!


52 posted on 12/23/2021 7:05:37 AM PST by 1_Rain_Drop ("There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration” - Pompeo)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The exterior doesn’t bother me. The house I grew up in was painted a similar color when I was a teen. The interior is not a place I would be comfortable in. It feels oppressive just looking at the pictures.

What surprises me is the seller is a realtor who bought it as an investment, not his personal home. I thought the usual advise from realtors was to go neutral on colors so buys could envision how they would live in it. I can see this appealing to only an extreme fringe of the population thus limiting sales opportunities.


53 posted on 12/23/2021 7:54:22 AM PST by Flying Circus (God help us )
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To: Flying Circus

There are many realtors, but fewer successful realtors. I guess one will find out which this one is.

A side problem is what the neighbors think. They may freeze out using this realtor for future sales. On the other hand, this realtor may only have his license to reduce fees on their flipping. Some sellers may be reluctant to sell their home to this realtor. Perhaps money talks.


54 posted on 12/23/2021 9:20:38 AM PST by alternatives?
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