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Houses Unusual and Strangely Weird!

admin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:51:00 +0000

Houses Unusual and Strangely Weird

Click here to Search the complete Phoenix Metro area MLS for FREE. Bette Zerba – GRI, and Trisha Brooks, GRI Re/Max, are ready to help you find that Phoenix metro area new home, sell your home, or look for commercial property. With today’s real estate market, bank owned, REO, Foreclosures, you need a Realtor who is knowledgeable, can negotiate and is ethical. You also need a sense of humor, and Bette Zerba, and Trisha Brooks not only will meet your real estate needs, but also will make you smile. It’s A Great Day In Phoenix Real Estate! Put a smile on your face, Call Bette 602-791-1766 and Trish 602-618-3053 today .

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Strange But Wonderful Homes

admin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:47:00 +0000

Strange But Wonderful Homes
Homes in the weirdest of places …but all beautiful!

Click here to Search the complete Phoenix Metro area MLS for FREE. Bette Zerba – GRI, and Trisha Brooks, GRI Re/Max, are ready to help you find that Phoenix metro area new home, sell your home, or look for commercial property. With today’s real estate market, bank owned, REO, Foreclosures, you need a Realtor who is knowledgeable, can negotiate and is ethical. You also need a sense of humor, and Bette Zerba, and Trisha Brooks not only will meet your real estate needs, but also will make you smile. It’s A Great Day In Phoenix Real Estate! Put a smile on your face, Call Bette 602-791-1766 and Trish 602-618-3053 today .

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Weird Homes Video

admin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:42:00 +0000

Weird Homes Video
This a video on some weird things people have done to their homes. Hey, you may get some decorating ideas:-)

A short movie taken several years ago of my Magic cottage. Please make sure to watch till the end…..there is a black space (which should have been edited out) and then more of the video afterwards! I hope you enjoy the video as much as i enjoyed being filmed for this segment!

Click here to Search the complete Phoenix Metro area MLS for FREE. Bette Zerba – GRI, and Trisha Brooks, GRI Re/Max, are ready to help you find that Phoenix metro area new home, sell your home, or look for commercial property. With today’s real estate market, bank owned, REO, Foreclosures, you need a Realtor who is knowledgeable, can negotiate and is ethical. You also need a sense of humor, and Bette Zerba, and Trisha Brooks not only will meet your real estate needs, but also will make you smile. It’s A Great Day In Phoenix Real Estate! Put a smile on your face, Call Bette 602-791-1766 and Trish 602-618-3053 today .

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Odd Homes. Sliding House. Moving Walls Home.

admin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:34:00 +0000

Sliding House. Moving Walls Home

How cool is this home. It actually moves its walls…….

This video was filmed for Wallpaper* Magazine:

The brief was simple: to build a house to retire to in order to grow food, entertain and enjoy the East Anglia landscape. The outcome was as unconventional as they come. A structure that has the ability to vary or connect the overall building’s composition and character according to season, weather or simply a desire to delight. Wallpaper* took a trip to the site to capture the physical phenomenon in the only medium that serves it justice – film.

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Humor Sells Real Estate.

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:07:00 +0000

Humor sells Real Estate! Realtor puts a funny, uniqe spin on selling a fixer upper. Lot’s of homes on the market…this one certainly stands out!

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Basket Building. Straw Basket Office Building Design

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:23:00 +0000

Straw Basket Office Building Design

What started out as a dream by Dave Longaberger, Founder of The Longaberger Company, has been built into a giant basket to house the entire corporate offices of the company. Dave believed the idea was one of his best and would draw attention to the company, while simultaneously helping to build our brand. However, when he started spreading the idea of building a Home Office that was really a basket, he found that most people just thought that Dave was making a joke as Dave was a notorious practical joker. Not only did the bankers, architects and construction companies not take Dave seriously, neither did many of the employees who worked for The Longaberger Company, but Dave persevered. One of Dave’s most admirable attributes was that when he had a dream and believed in it, he always found a way to accomplish it, and he did. Dave’s dream was achieved on December 17, 1997 when the Home Office that is designed to resemble a basket finally opened for business.

In 1998, The Longaberger Home Office also received a Build Ohio Award for its synthetic plaster system. The building is made of stucco over a steel structure, which helps create the look of an actual Longaberger Basket®. The Home Office continues to attract the attention of media from around the world, even as far away as Tokyo.

While the exterior of the Home Office is a marvel in itself, the building’s interior is truly breathtaking. A grand staircase, player piano and marble floors are just part of the beautiful décor of the building’s seven story atrium. The majority of the cherry woodwork used in the Home Office was harvested from the Longaberger Golf Club in Hanover; dried in our facility; sawed and shaped at our Construction Woodshop; finished in our Construction Paint Booth and installed by our Construction Division.

The Home Office is a site worth touring whether you are on your way to Longaberger Homestead or any other Longaberger destination. To learn more about the Longaberger Home Office and other Longaberger attractions, please call Longaberger Guest Relations at 740-322-5588, or e-mail them at guestrelations@longaberger.com http://www.longaberger.com/ourCompany.aspx

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Strange, Weird, Odd Homes

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:16:00 +0000

Strange, Weird, Odd Homes

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Ice Hotel. Hotel Made From Ice

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:11:00 +0000

Ice Hotel. Hotel Made From Ice

FOOLING THE SUN
Rule 1: Heavy building materials should not be transported over long distances.
Rule 2: Shelter should only be there when necessary.
Rule 3: Transience provides a sensation of rebirth.

So why not build a hotel out of ice?
This is exactly what the Finnish firm SnowHow Ltd. does. It was founded in 1997 by architect Kimmo Kuismanen and engineer Seppo Mäkinen. Ice and snow have been in use for building huts and sculpting for a long time, but these two entrepreneurs wanted to systematically explore the architectural qualities and structural properties of frozen water. Kuismanen: ‘Our aim is to bring building art to snow building.’

And so they do. Every year a hotel, chapel and exhibition halls, 3500 square meters of it, is erected in Jukkasjärvi in northern Sweden. The construction method is up to date and patented. It is based on shooting snow on steel molds in the shape of early gothic arches. After the snow has set in a few days the mold is moved to the next position, and so on. In this way long tunnels are shaped. The roof is supported by ice columns made of segments drilled out of a nearby river.

It is becoming a tourist attraction – there are already more like it – and a peculiar one too. The outside of snow and ice buildings can hardly be discerned within a polar landscape. No, snow architecture, more than any other kind, is a matter of experiencing interiors. And it’s cold inside. Body heat is not capable of raising the temperature any higher than 5 Centigrade below zero. This is a temperature of keeping on the move to stay warm, and not one of contemplation. Paradoxically this is exactly what one would prefer to do, because of the special way in which the ice treats light.

In spring the experience comes to a slow end, when every penny invested in the hotel construction just beautifully melts away, to be continued next winter.
(excerpt from the book Trespassers; inspirations for eco-efficient design www.amazon.com)

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Airplane Homes. Turining Airplanes Into Land Homes

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:05:00 +0000

Airplane Homes

Now you don’t have to go visit someone else to have your own airplane house. You can buy your own and have it erected on your property.

Below is from http://www.airplanehomes.com

We are offering a B727-200 aircraft for reuse as a home. It is our intention to deliver and set the airplane up on a column and bearing arrangement so it weathervanes. We have tried to define what we consider a “basic” airplane home. This project has all the complexities of a normal home and we will try to deliver and install it to the buyers needs, within the following limitations.

Deposit: A $2000 deposit is required to hold an Airplane Home in your name. Our team will dispatch an Architect and/or General Contractor to your land to survey, inspect and permit the site for installation. Let our experts find out if this project can be done. If for any reason we are unable to put an Airplane Home on your property we will cheerfully refund your entire deposit. If you decide for any reason that you do not want to build the Airplane Home, you will forfeit the deposit.

Boeing 727-200 Aircraft Fuselage Includes:

Exterior includes everything to make the outside look finished including radome, cockpit windows replaced with Lexan, all cabin external doors, all cabin windows, both wings removed and reinstalled at the wing root, includes the center engine inlet. Both upper and lower rudders and tabs are included to give the vertical stabilizer a complete appearance. Rudders are secured so they will not move. Landing gear doors are included and are in the up and closed position to give a streamlined external appearance. If your home is erected at 4 ft above the ground you will use the air stair doors to enter the home. If you want your home erected at elevations 5-20 ft we will construct wing stairs for your entrance. Wing rails will be an available free option.

Interior includes a basic finished interior as shown in the interior photo. Interior includes a center ceiling air conditioning duct and ceiling panels with fluorescent lights. A $5,000 budget is allowed for a basic kitchen. Overhead bins are available on request at no additional charge. Sidewall panels with window shades are included. Aircraft is delivered with a $3,000 budget for flooring; we recommend carpet or wood flooring. We will include one fully functional bathroom using conventional home fixtures. There is a $3,000 budget for painting the outside of the fuselage to the buyer’s requirements.

A 375,000 lb. capacity bearing is included (empty airplane weighs about 45,000 lbs). This auction includes the local architect, general contractor and mechanical engineering fees required to complete the project and the work Max Power Aerospace, Inc. has to do coordinating their efforts to complete the project successfully.

The expense of boring a hole for the footer is included. The bolt ring to be buried and cemented in the footer hole is included. Also included with the supporting steel column is steel flanges attached to each end. The steel flanges fasten to the footer bolt ring on the bottom and the inner ring of the bearing on the top. Crane rental fees to assemble and install the aircraft on the bearing are included. A heating and air conditioning system are included. A multi-port swivel is included to pass drinking water, electricity and phone lines up and waste water down. Max Power makes a “carrier” that connects the aircraft to the outer ring of the bearing and it is included. A conventional circuit breaker box is included and wiring to accommodate normal electrical requirements.

Does not include: Any aircraft parts that can be sold back to the aviation industry. This sale does not include aircraft engines. Center engine inlet (#2) is included, both pod engines (#1 & #3) are removed and the engine pylons are removed and the pylon areas are covered for a smooth external appearance. No landing gears or related parts are included. All the aircraft hydraulic and electric pumps and motors are removed. The cockpit has the pilot seats removed and all the avionics and instruments removed. Site preparation is not included in this auction. The buyer shall be responsible for supplying necessary utilities to the base of the column. We will take the utilities from the base of the column inside. The swivel cannot accommodate LP gas and therefore we recommend electrical appliances be used. This auction does not include any kitchen appliances.

Utilities: Bidder will provide utilities to the construction site.

Shipping: We will ship all required parts to the final location.

Options are available over and above the basic model offered in this auction.

Wing Stairs (second set – required for commercial use) $20K installed.
A functioning cockpit can be installed, based on the Microsoft Flight Simulator. $11K

Rebate Available: A $2000 rebate is available for owners that advertise our logo on the Airplane Home Tail.

Owner Financing Available: To qualified buyers.

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Treehouses. Odd Treehouse Homes

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:56:00 +0000

Treehouses of the world

From tiny shacks made with driftwood beside a river, to treetop observatories and towering cathedrals spanning several trees, the range of designs and styles of houses built in trees is breathtaking. A connection with nature and use of reclaimed or salvaged materials can inspire an environmentally sensitive process of building. Many of these structures are built as a temporary escape from the rat race and the pressure of busy lives and can be fitted out with beds, wood burning stoves, solar powered lighting and hand made stained glass windows

Within the world treehouse list you’ll find a compilation of treehouse stories with all sorts of tree structure from fort to mansion.

Click here to Search the complete Phoenix Metro area MLS for FREE. Bette Zerba – GRI, and Trisha Brooks, GRI Re/Max, are ready to help you find that Phoenix metro area new home, sell your home, or look for commercial property. With today’s real estate market, bank owned, REO, Foreclosures, you need a Realtor who is knowledgeable, can negotiate and is ethical. You also need a sense of humor, and Bette Zerba, and Trisha Brooks not only will meet your real estate needs, but also will make you smile. It’s A Great Day In Phoenix Real Estate! Put a smile on your face, Call Bette 602-791-1766 and Trish 602-618-3053 today .

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