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probably short sale list. could not get a buyer, bank took it back and relist. i doubt anyone would flip right now and pay 499k for that place.
 
Cool pics of some Namibian fixer uppers.....





<a href="http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2008/01/kolmanskop-ghost-town-buried-in-sand.html">Fogonazos: Kolmanskop, a ghost town buried in the sand</a>





Watch the youtube vid if you can.





<img src="http://craphound.com/images/bamakogl4.jpg" alt="" />
 
<p>Hay presto! Farmer unveils the 'illegal' mock-Tudor castle he tried to hide behind 40ft hay bales </p>

<p><a href="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23434067-details/Hay%20presto!%20Farmer%20unveils%20the%20'illegal'%20mock-Tudor%20castle%20he%20tried%20to%20hide%20behind%2040ft%20hay%20bales/article.do?expand=true">http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23434067-details/Hay%20presto!%20Farmer%20unveils%20the%20'illegal'%20mock-Tudor%20castle%20he%20tried%20to%20hide%20behind%2040ft%20hay%20bales/article.do?expand=true</a></p>
 
reminds me of something i caught in hoa mtg notes few months ago. some guy built a patio covering that turned out to be a few inches too high. hoa rejected his appeal to keep it up. the notes mentioned he begged for an exception because his wife just lost her job and the cost of tearing the thing down and rebuilding would ruin them. sad...
 
<p>File under "<em>The High-End is Immune.</em>"</p>

<p>This 5700sq ft exec home was featured 11 months ago on OC Fliptrack. Price was $5.2MM and it was available as a rental on the MLS (S479087) for $20k/mo.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.redfin.com/stingray/do/printable-listing?listing-id=1468255">It's back</a>. $4.35MM this time.</p>

<p>Let's get started!</p>

<p><img alt="" src="http://i-0.rfimg.us/photo/46/bigphoto/157/S521157_17_0.jpg" /></p>
 
Look at all that mishandled wine. What a waste. Assuming it's any good to start with, all of it will be ruined by the time any sane person could consume it.



I have fourty bottles of storage and it's enough. Any more than that, you're not a drinker, your a collector. Collectable wines aren't to be seen or consumed, they are investments. That means climate control and no light.
 
<em>Assuming it's any good to start with, all of it will be ruined by the time any sane person could consume it.





</em>Well... I must be insane, because for some reason, I think I would be able to figure out a way to consume all that wine. I mean, I am friends with Eff, and I am sure he wouldn't mind helping in the consumption department. There are also quite of few other IHB lushes here, that would be banging on my door to help too.





<em>That means climate control and no light.





</em>This is a custom made temp controlled room. The lights are all low light/low heat, and probably are on, at most, an hour a week. At least I hope so, otherwise the owner should be shot, well... he should anyway with that WTF price.






 
"There are also quite of few other IHB lushes here, that would be banging on my door to help too."



We'd single handedly keep the cab industry in business 'till it was gone, I'm sure.



"This is a custom made temp controlled room. The lights are all low light/low heat, and probably are on, at most, an hour a week. At least I hope so, otherwise the owner should be shot, well... he should anyway with that WTF price."



I thought it was the kitchen by the picture until you wrote something!
 
<a href="http://irvineretail.freedomblogging.com/2008/02/13/investors-build-modern-supersized-house-in-60s-irvine-neighborhood/">The Register blogs about the Irvine "mini mansion"</a> that has been discussed on this board before.





<img width="300" height="125" src="http://irvineretail.freedomblogging.com/files/2008/02/bighousemv1_.jpg" alt="" />
 
<p>Ahhhhh! It burns us, it burns! </p>

<p><img alt="" src="http://i-0.rfimg.us/photo/45/bigphoto/353/C08006353_0.jpg" /></p>

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<a href="http://www.redfin.com/stingray/do/printable-listing?listing-id=1401945">http://www.redfin.com/stingray/do/printable-listing?listing-id=1401945</a>
 
I propose to add rose pink vertical stripes and a mustard yellow horizontal stripe through the middle of the house. And some purple polka dots. Couldn't be worse.
 
<i>"You have to wonder what the owner was thinking when the painted it that color."</i><p>


Hates his neighbors?
 
<p><img alt="" src="http://www.ziprealty.com/images_mls/SOCALMLS/P/62/09/01/_P/P620901_P00.jpg" /></p>

<p><img alt="" src="http://www.ziprealty.com/images_mls/SOCALMLS/P/62/09/01/_P/P620901_P02.jpg" /></p>

<p> </p>

<p>$<a target="_blank" href="http://www.redfin.com/stingray/do/printable-listing?listing-id=1454337">80k</a>, and I'd need to buy my Jeep back in order to get there.</p>
 
One advantage of the turquoise color is that the realtor could put "You can't miss this!" and be entirely honest. The listing agent missed the opportunity, though.
 
<p><a title="Permanent Link: Will Michael Jackson lose Neverland to lender?" rel="bookmark" href="http://lansner.freedomblogging.com/2008/02/28/will-michael-jackson-lose-neverland-to-lender/">Will Michael Jackson lose Neverland to lender?</a></p>

<p>http://lansner.freedomblogging.com/2008/02/28/will-michael-jackson-lose-neverland-to-lender/</p>
 
<em><a title="Permanent Link to PREFAB FRIDAY: iPAD by Andre Hodgskin" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/03/07/prefab-friday-ipad-by-andre-hodgskin/">PREFAB FRIDAY: iPAD by Andre Hodgskin</a></em>

<p><img alt="Andre Hodgskin, iPad, iPad prefab, New Zealand prefab, prefab pavilions, prefab kit homes, factory built home, modular architecture, BackKit, ipad1.jpg" src="http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-content/uploads/ipad1.jpg" /></p>

<a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/03/07/prefab-friday-ipad-by-andre-hodgskin/">Inhabitat » PREFAB FRIDAY: iPAD by Andre Hodgskin</a>
 
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