knightly

A queer linux admin that goes "mow"

One of those furries that makes the internets go.
Loves to argue politics, but sometimes doesn't know when to quit.


kda
@kda

Let's see:

  • McMansion in a valley with a north-facing view, with the neighbouring house, up the hill, blocking most sunlight

  • An early leaker, built in 1985

  • It's got an indoor pool

  • Thanks to being built in 1985, it's also got asbestos everywhere in it

  • You can just tell it's a cheap knockoff of Arthur Erickson's style

  • The basement, about the size of a large apartment, still stinks of the grow-op that was silently shut down in there back in 2016

  • There's a hundred grand worth of uselessly outdated home theatre wiring and dodgy fibre optics in the wall, making even just installing Ethernet (or overhauling the electrical system) intractable

  • Aluminum wiring and polybutylene pipes

  • The previous owner has "upgraded" it from six bedrooms to ten, carving size out of the immense garage and at least two washrooms in the process

  • At least one staircase in the house has just fucking rotted out โ€” but at least it's entirely redundant with two other staircases, one of which is on the outside deck, and which is just a year or two away from a similar fate. That one's been painted up all nicely so you can't tell, though

  • There's a new washroom! It's what used to be the nanny suite's foyer, still with a (bolted shut) outside door, door handle and all still installed

  • Did I forget to mention that it's also got an outdoor pool? It's actually one indoor-outdoor pool. They've had to put an electric fence around the property because bears have, at least twice, broken into the house via this

  • You can only access the house by walking down 200 steps, or by getting down a 20ยฐ driveway


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