Wednesday WTF

The 80s-Era Ranch With the Laura Ashley Je Ne Sais Quoi

By Bethany Erickson / April 24, 2019 /

By now, if you’ve been playing along at home every Wednesday, you know that if we show you an 80s-era Ranch that looks completely normal on the exterior elevation, we’re going to basically bait and switch you in the interior, right? Good. Because that’s what we’re doing today with this house that came to me…

For a Buck Thirteen, You Can Own Property in Italy — and Get Famous

By Bethany Erickson / April 17, 2019 /

Wanna live in Italy? Wanna buy a house for roughly $1.13? Wanna be famous? Did you know it’s Wednesday so all chances of this being the boon it sounds like are slim to none? Yeah. Hi. It’s Wednesday. Anywho, the municipality of Mussomeli, in Sicily, has what we call in the industry a metric butt-ton…

We Want You … To Maybe Tell Us Where the Front Door Is

By Bethany Erickson / April 10, 2019 /

We love reader submissions for the Wednesday WTF. I’ll be honest — sometimes the weirdness seems like it might not arrive by Tuesday night, and I sweat a bit. But today, someone sent us a listing that has 28 pictures of a condo, with no pictures of a front door, but plenty of uh, you’ll…

This House Might Help You Live Forever (But Probably Not)

By Bethany Erickson / April 3, 2019 /

This week’s Wednesday WTF is a house in the Hamptons that the designers claimed would help you live forever. Artist couple Madeline Gins and Arakawa created the home with the idea that it would put the practices of their belief of “reversible destiny” into practice. The Life-Span Extending Villa, also known as the Bioscleave House,…

What Can You Get for $1M in San Francisco, the WTF Edition

By Bethany Erickson / March 27, 2019 /

It’s no secret that San Francisco’s housing market is one of the most expensive in the nation. One might even say that it’s very much the kind of market where you take what you get, and you don’t throw a fit — unless, of course, you’re stupidly stinking rich. Then fit away, I suppose.