There’s some truly imaginative houses that have been designed and created all around the world – that are amazing to look at but just not sure if we’d want to live in them. Here’s five that really caught our eye:
1) The Keret House – one of the world’s thinnest houses that is 48 inches wide at its widest and 36 inches at its narrowest. It was built in a small gap between two houses in a street in Poland.
Property investment fail: Limits your market to: models; the very thin and 2D animated cartoon characters.
Link: http://www.archdaily.com/289630/inside-the-keret-house-the-worlds-skinniest-house-by-jakub-szczesny
2) Cabin hidden inside a boulder in the Swiss Alps –
This is a wooden cabin cunningly hidden inside a large concrete shell that looks just like a boulder from the outside. It’s otherwise a normal dwelling with a fireplace, bed and tables.
Property investment fail: Too prone to get caught up in avalanches; if you come home from a big night it’s too easy to pass out on the wrong rock.
Link: http://www.dezeen.com/2014/12/18/bureau-a-antoine-mountain-hideaway-concrete-boulder-swiss-alps/
3) House built like a 380 airbus
This house in Lebanon is an exact replica of a 380 airbus down to the portholes, nose cone and wings and tail fins. It’s a 2 storey house and can be found in the tiny village of Miziara.
Property investment fail: Won’t appeal to renters who get travel sickness; renters may complain of always having to eat food from trays and too easy for luggage to get lost and end up in the jet house next door.
Link: http://metro.co.uk/2015/05/22/want-to-live-in-a-house-that-looks-like-a-plane-5210395/
4) House on rock in middle of river
This very lonely house is perched on a tiny rock in the middle of a raging river in Serbia. It’s only one room but has great water views.
Property investment fail: Flooding can get annoying; Neighbourhood street parties bound to be disappointing; any sleepwalking renters likely to wake up very wet.
Link: http://www.amusingplanet.com/2013/02/house-in-middle-of-drina-river.html
5 ) Soccer ball shaped home
This was developed in Japan following the success of their national taem in the World cup. It comes in a large 540 foot size home and a smaller doghouse version. It’s 34 sided and designed to withstand earthquakes (we imagine by being kicked away).
Property investment fail: Prone to being used as practise by local kids; won’t be popular with renters from countries which don’t play soccer well (looking at you New Zealand).
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