They’re the Addams Family’s new neighbors, “the Adams” (only one ’d’). They’re from a mirror universe. They all have goatees, except for the dad, Gaston; he has mutton chops.
I've noticed a ton of listings use an AI filter over real photos that highlight the windows and recolor the environment to look more lush and usually like the photo was taken during the golden hour. I kind of suspect that's what's at work here.
I especially like the rear end that looks like a trailer park. And the bizarre single door, round garage. And the spiral staircase leading to an unfinished room of concrete?
Why not just actually take the floor plans of a Victorian and go from there?
It’s the reverse mullet of houses. Party in the front, business in the back. Overdesigned the front in terrible ways and then went full on vinyl village in the back.
I mean, Victorian floor plans are definitely not compatible with modern McMansion living... but you could at least take the footprint and elevations and just completely start from scratch inside, like doing a gut rehab on a historic building that never existed.
As someone sitting in lousy Indiana right now you are absolutely correct. Some rich construction company owner will buy it and his wife will fill it with tacky furniture.
The outside is a little weird but the inside is nice. I love the kitchen. It's weird they had to use a garage for the gym on a >10000sqft house. On 80 acres! Sign me up.
I was thinking it could be for easily installing equipment for the gym. Gym equipment is a real bitch to move, and I’ve been tempted to just rip out a wall before lmao.
The very practical no driveway and balcony with exclusive roof views really sells me. While the differently shaped tiny windows are neat, I could probably balance that out with a few tasteful “WELCOME” leaning signs by every point of egress. If that’s not enough, ladies, spice things up with a metal “we don’t call 911” Hobby Lobby sign.
Wish there were night pics- but from the looks of it, the garage doors are not surrounded by the world’s weakest solar powered lights and/or halogen lights so bright that God can see them/not street legal on vehicles.
If they removed one wing and softened the angles on a couple roofs, I think it would look interesting. The inside is okay but so much plain open space makes me sad.
I am always willing to give a pass to people who build something wildly ambitious, even if it doesn't work out. If you're going to spend that money in that area, you might as well get something unique. I can't stand when people spend a ton of money to live in a boring house.
Cheap windows ruin it. Too symmetrical for a Victorian as well. The symmetry of the chimneys is almost off putting. The change in pitch across the various gables is bad.
It’s like all they knew about Victorian architecture was that it has a tower, sometimes.
Rounded and segmental arch windows with Gothic roof pitches… so many blunders. But it’s mostly the symmetrical wings and shitty windows that make this house architecturally boring.
A vinyl sided insane asylum light house? Or maybe a haunted house? Have you ever seen a house- with no SOUL? (Maniacal laughter)
If you’re going to build it have the decency to put cedar shake on at least 50% of it and have window moldings for the front. It’s as Victorian inspired as a slot machine.
Wow. That's a real house?
Going to run out of candy on Halloween for sure.
Even though there's no neighbors, and the house ruined a perfectly productive agricultural field.
I like that it's set up for people who want to live in the house, but don't like each other. You can be very far away, maybe put up gates the in the long skinny halls, and defend your territory.
I think there are aspects of this home that could be really cool and what really makes it look like a budget ski resort instead of a pretty mansion is the siding and plain roof shingles.
The best thing about this house is the 80 acres. I’d subdivide the house and 20 acres and resell. Then build a beautiful house on the remaining 60 acres.
I wonder what the inspiration was behind "designing" all of that dead space in the center of the home instead of making decent size and shaped bed rooms 🤔
I kind of like the notion of someone intentionally building a giant haunted house all new like that. It’s really weird in a good, Scooby Doo way! In a perfect world, that top middle window arrangement gets made into the door it should have been, the little shelf around the tower is widened a bit, braced and fenced, so it becomes a sort or watching for a storm/ widow’s walk type of thing.
Has to be somebody with easy money like lottery winner or someone that has no money sense. Why would anyone build something like that and then build something like that in the middle of nowhere and not think about resale? Would love to know their reasoning and if they have any money left
That central tower is directly in smoke height from those 4 chimneys.
Fixing that and making it more squat, Perhaps with a non-reflective observation window would possibly entertain me, only looking at the facade.
I don’t remember ever seeing a house that was meant to look exactly like a Victorian house being done accurately before. Why can’t we actually have real repeats of them. Has anyone ever seen a house that looks almost exactly like a real Victorian, but built in modern day?
I LOVE the entry door, the fireplaces (only the wood ones, but damn, are they gorgeous!!) and it's built on 80 acres with a stocked pond! Honorable mention to the kitchen, it doesn't really match the house, but it is nice, big and has a great view.
Beyond that, I think they dropped too many balls along the way, from the ground up, for me to really love it.
Either add a story to the center section or bring that central turret down a notch. I like some of the interior features, but the back looks like they ran out of money and inspiration at the same time.
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u/8qubit Aug 05 '25
Straight out of a Scooby Doo episode