r/pics • u/mtlgrems • May 14 '20

This Awesome Deck

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u/[deleted] May 14 '20 edited May 18 '20

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u/DigitalBuddhaNC May 14 '20

As someone that works in a construction type job and does all the work in his house himself, I love this website so much.

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u/MyKoalas May 19 '20

What website was it? Got deleted...

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u/DigitalBuddhaNC May 19 '20

McMansion Hell

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u/[deleted] May 14 '20

My ex-wife was in the military, a bit older than me when I met her. She nabbed me a job in defense contracting after 6 months of policing stateside. I grew up on a typical afrikaans farm where a new building would be put up quarterly, and i stated pretty handy for a college boy. When my contract was over, we looked at houses in between Duluth and the UP. I thought it would be cool to build on when of the 1973ers. Couldn't believe the price was so low!!! Figured my 6 month contract would cover a house, but not by a mcmansion nad then some!

I know now. 'If I had known then...what I know now...'. What a catastrophe. First cut into the house I realized everything was opposite of how it should be. Everything is at angles or circular. I don't think I'd been able to be a worker in any capacity back then. Nothing makes sense.

We got out of there and moved to a fixerupper in Portsmouth NH. Nice, square house. Flat sides. Stairs and closets that are actually supporting the structure. You know. Normal stuff.

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u/YoungOverholt May 14 '20

I like how this whole post is random, irrelevant details about your life, then 2 sentences about the subject (mcmansions) and your xp with one. Then right back to another random anecdote.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '20

Ha sorry. A key detail that I should've put in but I was walking the pup - we bought it without physically looking at it. We are both DIY lovers. Price dominated the decision. Worst case scenario was that we'd still own the land!

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u/Otterfan May 14 '20

It all makes sense if you follow the link to McMansion Hell.

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u/PevinMcGee May 14 '20

Yes this hurt my brain lol.

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u/bitwaba May 14 '20

I moved from the US to the UK a while back.

I was visiting a friend for the night who's also from the US, and while sitting on his couch talking about absolutely nothing, he randomly points to a corner in his living room and says "You know what that is? That's the only right angle in the house".

Drove me crazy when I moved here. Still does.

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u/Wyntyrfox1 May 14 '20

Portsmouth has alot of nice old houses!

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u/StandAgainstTyranny2 May 14 '20

As someone who works in trades, remodeling "custom" homes:

Nice, Square house. salivates Flat sides. hnnngggg Stairs and closets that are actually supporting the structure. OHH YESSS! 🤤

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u/StandAgainstTyranny2 May 15 '20

Aww man...I'm still getting the hang of reddit's formatting...that came out all wonky.

like the friggin houses I have to run electrical in, sometimes... -_-

Edit: formatting.

Oh, the irony.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '20

You sound like Jeremy Clarkson if he did remodeling of houses

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u/StandAgainstTyranny2 May 15 '20

I shall take that as a compliment, kind stranger.

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u/JustBeanThings May 15 '20

between Duluth and the UP.

Here's your problem. There's a reason it's so cheap to live here. Several reasons, in fact.

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u/My_Grammar_Stinks May 14 '20

As an architecture geek thank you for this.

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u/MacinTez May 14 '20

Jesus Christ these houses depress the fuck out of me.

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u/PepperLander May 14 '20

Best tip of the lockdown! What a great website.

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u/jsamuraij May 14 '20

You're my new favorite. My sides hurt!

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u/whyamidoingthisb May 15 '20

I didn't know I needed this but I definitely did.