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Darchangel posted:Edit: “Life? Don’t talk to me about life.” - Marvin The Paranoid Android THe first ten million years were the worst. The second ten million, they were the worst too. The third ten million I didn't enjoy at all.
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http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/361528/property-developer-jailed-after-gross-offending I was involved in some of the evidence gathering for this. They didn't mention that at the Mt Albert one he cantilevered a deck a meter out over a channelized stream owned by the council, walled it in with suntuff and turned it into a family room. I'm told the one without sewage provisions was absolutely disgusting. A drainlayer was there to determine the extent of the contamination and the sewage pretty much just discharged straight behind the house. They just ended up with one guy trying to operate a digger one handed with his other hand holding his nose while the other dozen people involved in the warrant stopped what they were doing and waited over the far side of the property.
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Jul 12, 2018 21:28
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Suntuff is corrugated opaque polycarbonate? That's quite the lovely cheap construction material
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I don't want to load full size photos due to privacy concerns but here's part of it with an old wooden gate being used to block off a 2m vertical drop into a fast flowing stream: I found a photo of the inside and it's even worse than I remember - one of the walls is a boundary fence with suntuff linking up to the roof.
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Jul 12, 2018 21:49
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That man was really determined to put the "slum" back in "slumlord", wasn't he?
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Jul 12, 2018 21:52
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Yeah, he must have been completely in denial to keep doing what he was doing, he must have interacted with the Council people dozens if not hundreds of times, including search warrants served by the police at widely separated intervals.
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Jul 12, 2018 22:04
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drat: https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/1017450295641755648
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Jul 12, 2018 22:11
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It's almost like the windows were the only thing holding it up. Once one went...
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Jul 12, 2018 23:54
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Someone should put some music over that.
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Jul 13, 2018 01:29
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Pipe update: My favorite part is that the cut out section (which wasn't even the problem) is rusted entirely through. That thing's been dumping water into the ground for probably years but it didn't happen somewhere that flooded anything so nobody noticed.
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Jul 13, 2018 02:26
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omagerd vvvv same peanut fucked around with this message at 11:49 on Jul 13, 2018 |
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Jul 13, 2018 10:30
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 I desperately want to see the interior.
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Jul 13, 2018 10:49
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Synthbuttrange posted:
Contractor ordered a bag o’ dicks.
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Jul 13, 2018 11:22
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Blue Footed Booby posted:
Ask and ye shall receive: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3716-N-White-Chapel-Blvd-Southlake-TX-76092/79918269_zpid/
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Jul 13, 2018 13:32
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Synthbuttrange posted:
Definitely not my taste; not very much of it anyways, but that is a far cry from a McMansion. Some of it is actually not bad. This is something though for sure. 
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Jul 13, 2018 14:30
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schwaa posted:Definitely not my taste; not very much of it anyways, but that is a far cry from a McMansion. Some of it is actually not bad. You seem to have accidentally posted a photo of a charity shop
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Jul 13, 2018 14:35
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Leon Black posted:Ask and ye shall receive: It's super weird that the realtor decided to take all those pictures with a sepia filter on. ....oh.
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Ashcans posted:It's super weird that the realtor decided to take all those pictures with a sepia filter on. It's like they told their interior decorator "I want to live in a well-lit colon."
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Jul 13, 2018 14:40
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Jaded Burnout posted:You seem to have accidentally posted a photo of a charity shop Classroom of some kind maybe?
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Jul 13, 2018 14:42
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Weembles posted:It's like they told their interior decorator "I want to live in a well-lit colon." peanut posted:ermagerrrrrd Also I accidentally bought 100 recessed lights, so if we could work that in I won't have to return them.
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Jul 13, 2018 14:51
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Leon Black posted:Ask and ye shall receive: Good lord it looks like something you'd make in the Sims. It's not quite as horrible as some of the worst offenders, but it sure looks miserable to live in all the same. Also, judging by the proximity of the house next door, it's definitely oversized as hell for the lot. That's the kind of house you build in the middle of nowhere, both so you can mope all by yourself in your depressed and vain life and also to spare others from having to look at that eyesore
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Jul 13, 2018 14:54
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Now I want to see what kind of McMansion a neuronet would create
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Jul 13, 2018 14:54
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It looks like the walls are covered in contact paper or linoleum or something
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Jul 13, 2018 14:56
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I wasn't joking, I am 90% sure they've covered that place in gross fake leather wallpaper. It's exactly the sort of thing someone would do because they wanted to ape some 17th century family home, which also goes with the insane turret design.
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Jul 13, 2018 15:05
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:It looks like the walls are covered in contact paper or linoleum or something Were they going for a copper patina or something? 
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Jul 13, 2018 15:09
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schmug posted:Definitely not my taste; not very much of it anyways, but that is a far cry from a McMansion. Some of it is actually not bad. Yeah, I found that room to be super-weird too. The many-turrets plan is ghastly, but what I find remarkable about the interior is that it's ostentatious in design but so very bland in color. There are some remarkable spaces that could be striking if someone actually put some thought into their details instead of just adding frills ... in brown. Look at the interiors of the gilded age mansions, for example. They are also ostentatious in the extreme, but the details are beautiful and intricate. (It helps that they didn't just cover the floors in beige tile.) What I love most about this particular house by the way, is how pissed off the neighbors must be:  loving  at a house a bit over six times the square footage of mine on a lot twenty percent smaller.edit: holy poo poo, from this angle it looks like it's brandishing its spires to scare off a larger predatory house. tetrapyloctomy fucked around with this message at 15:19 on Jul 13, 2018 |
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Jul 13, 2018 15:17
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schmug posted:Definitely not my taste; not very much of it anyways, but that is a far cry from a McMansion. Some of it is actually not bad. If this is a Sims house, this is the room where they keep the art slaves.
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Jul 13, 2018 15:42
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why the gently caress would you want a house like this next to baseball fields
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Jul 13, 2018 16:02
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moist turtleneck posted:why the gently caress would you want a house like this next to baseball fields If they could afford a better location it wouldn't be a 0.5 acre house on a 1.5 acre lot.
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Jul 13, 2018 16:05
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Is that like 8 AC units in the bottom left of that house and another 4 AC units on the right side?? Or are some of those just trash bins?
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Jul 13, 2018 16:10
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extravadanza posted:
Good eye, I'd agree that they're AC units.
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Jul 13, 2018 16:13
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This wall treatment looks similar to something I have in my building. It's a textured plaster product finish and in our case uses a dye to create a multi-color depth effect.  I'm not sure if it's not just a wallpaper or vinyl product, but making it all the same color sure does make it look terrible. I hate the stuff I have in my building, too. Even though I think it's kinda dumb looking, it's not too offensive in small quantities, but having it repaired requires a special product and someone who knows how to apply it, which is a lot more expensive than having my apprentice just mud and paint.
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Jul 13, 2018 16:14
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Just noticed the huge discolorations in the shingles. Did they run out of that particular color, or did they add like a 15,000 square foot addition at some point? The more you look...
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schmug posted:Just noticed the huge discolorations in the shingles. Did they run out of that particular color, or did they add like a 15,000 square foot addition at some point? My guess is that they're the same color, just different lots.
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Jul 13, 2018 16:29
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8 bedrooms. loving 8 bedrooms.
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Jul 13, 2018 16:35
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Towers are one thing but that house as crenelated battlements 
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Jul 13, 2018 16:38
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deoju posted:8 bedrooms. loving 8 bedrooms. I don't know, it could be bigger.
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I think it’s supposed to look like Venetian Plaster.
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