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For the discerning homebuyer/vampire who hates the idea of natural sunlight!

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1119-E-Puma-Ln-Lincoln-KS-67455/128506191_zpid/

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Finally, someone with a good grasp of the proper ratios when comes to house space vs garage/workshop space. Chuck in a few exterior windows and I would be fine with something like this.

I would be checking how much weight above the living space can handle though - I suspect it might not be up to suitable floor loadings for workshop usage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 51 minutes ago)

Yeah, this is amazing. I’d buy it.

Some won’t understand—especially if they live in a matchbox apt in a concrete jungle and have the mechanical aptitude of a liberal arts student with hobbies to match.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I've installed Internet once to a warehouse like this that had a full on house built inside of one corner of it. Like we totally thought it was pretty normal, since we mostly installed for farms and the highest point to install the radios was usually a barn, shed or warehouse like this. But then when we went inside to run the cable, it was like a movie set. They even had a fake lawn.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

It probably was a set for video productions. Of a certain kind.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

i kno it's evil to say, but when people genuinely have an american flag on their property i immediately assume it's a shidpost or at the very least ironic. but it's not, which makes it fun.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Here I'm just thinking that'd be an amazing place to have my boardgame collection and nerd space.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 hours ago

For real. This would be incredible and it's significantly cheaper than the value of my little 1/8 acre starter home.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Holy shit that crucifix wall on image 32 is insane

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

As someone who lusts after Dirk Pitt's studio apartment over a private hangar, I see absolutely nothing wrong with this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 hours ago

I can see the appeal. I also like sunlight though, so might have to put some windows in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

I can finally start an anti-vampirism compound. It is already fully stocked with crucifixes.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I've been sitting here trying to decide whether or not "shouse" was a typo.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 hours ago

"Does it have an attached garage?" "Brother does it ever"

ngl I kinda like the idea of having a house inside my shed lmao. I feel like that one "Race it, Break it, Fix it, Repeat" sign really says who the target market is.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 hours ago

"shouse located in the quaint town of Denmark, KS"

This is one of the most absurd sentences I'll read this week despite republican efforts.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

With no egress windows (or windows at all) I’m surprised they are allowed to classify this as livable space..

Around me they have to be suuuuuper careful to not refer to any room lacking egress windows as “bedroom”, because it’s not up to code and thus isn’t living space. I assumed that was everywhere in the US.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 hours ago

The rooms do have windows… that lead to the shed. So checkmate, you northern yank.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (4 children)

(looking at pictures) Huh? I don't understand. They're storing their stuff in there, what's so bad ab- ah, there's the, uh, living quarters, I see. Well okay then, it's not my style but I su- oh lawdy lawd a bunch of ~~crucifixes~~ crosses.

Edit: those are "just" crosses.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 12 hours ago

So they bought this place, but it's lack of natural sunlight kept attracting vampires, so they had to put up crucifixes everywhere to keep them away?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Those look to be just crosses (popular with Protestants), crucifixes generally refer to a cross with ol’ J-dawg on it (popular with Catholics)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 hours ago

Huh. TIL.

(Thinking about it, the remnants of my Latin knowledge from school say that makes sense.)

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Minus the interior decoration this is like ideal for me.

My dream house is basically a garage with a house attached. But I guess a house inside a garage works too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

There are private small airports with garages and hangers at each house. (At least in the US). Often grass runways and often self built houses. There’s always since folks that don’t fly but just want the hanger as a shop. Good communities at these places too

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 hours ago

It's not terrible. It's definitely not for me, but I don't hate the living space.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago

That wall... Jesus Christ!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago

What the hell did I just watch...

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It's weird but frankly I'd live here as long as it had high speed internet.

No people and I could probably shoot off my back porch... Living the dream.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 54 minutes ago

shoot off my back porch

What did that porch ever do to you? Certainly there are more efficient was to be rid of it.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Christ that's a lot of decapitated things.

I'm assuming the inner building has its own air supply or there's just so much volume in the outer part so all the ICEs don't make everybody sleepy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

Sleepy sounds nice

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 hours ago

TBH to me this is very appealing. I want a lot of space that is isolated from others and protected from the elements. This picture shows all those things.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I think it's cool. This would be an outdoorsman's dream

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 hours ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I knew of a house like this in another state and I'm guessing this one was done for the same reason. Hiding from the tax man. Buy some land, build a barn, get it on the tax rolls as an uninhabited structure and finally build your fully functional home inside.

I'm guessing this will be a headache of a sale. The taxes on Zillow didn't make much sense.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

The property tax? I checked a couple other listings of traditional homes around $160k in tbe same town and they showed nothing for taxes with assessed values around $10k which doesn't make any sense to me either.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Huh. That, uh, headboard has some interesting adornments, there, pardner.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago

Had to go back and look. I'm sure those are just assistive.

The horizontal could have easily been covered and I can't imagine it is comfortable to have there, even when not in use.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

What if your "guest" wants to leave early because they don't take well to the wall of crucifixes, the room of animal heads, the whole house in a barn feel or the fact that the neighbours are too far away to hear the screaming? Can't have them running off into the night missing skin now can we?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

Can't have them running off into the night missing skin now can we?

God no, that’d be terrible

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

How much would it cost to heat/cool this big, open warehouse!? Breaking Bad/Better call Saul spoiler:

spoilerIt looks like where Mike housed the lab construction crew.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

You just bother with climate control on the building in a building.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago

Not counting the cost of the HVAC equipment, probably 3-400 per month. Electricity and natural gas are cheap in this area.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago

Were you born in a barn!?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The garages have taken over.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago

1990s: If you don't do good in school you're gonna live in a van down by the river!

2020's: I'd you take on six figures of undischargable student loan debt and work 3 jobs, you and two other couples could pitch in and buy a million dollar shed to put your van in.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

America's obsession with garages has gone too far.

(Also I'm pretty sure that's very illegal.)

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 hours ago

From Kansas… we call this a barndominium and they are actually pretty neat. I guarantee they’re getting plenty of sun lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago
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