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We at Bored Panda have a sweet spot for questionable European properties. First, we had ugly Belgian houses, then Irish, and finally Dutch. Now, it's time to take a look down south.
Enter 'Ugly Spanish Houses.' As the name suggests, this Instagram account shares pictures of some of the most peculiar structures that you can find on the Iberian Peninsula.
From bizarre color combinations to asymmetrical facades, grab your virtual passport, and let's embark on a tour of the most intriguing architectural wonders that Spain has to offer.
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#1
Almost Some Beauty In This But It Still Looks Like Howls’s Moving Castle
Mycroft1967 2 years ago
Looks like someone wanted a houseboat instead of a house. Disconcerting because of everything jutting out or sunk in. Uniformity please.
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#2
Thanks For Sending This In, I Hate It
Sue Denham 2 years ago
With all those windows it must be nice and light inside. (That was me trying to be a positive person.) Yuck! What were they thinking? (That was me being honest.)
Panda-sized Potato 2 years ago
It's like someone dropped half a house on a house, then put a crown on it.
Stephen Smith 2 years ago
I want to build my house here, No you're not I'm building my house here. So how can we both build our house on the same plot?
DarkGlassSphere 2 years ago
In the parallel world. Like Irish mythological creatures!
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#3
Actually This Might Not Even Be That Bad, Am I Losing My Judgement?
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Especially if you like to sew and have to store these really big spools of thread.
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Oskar vanZandt 2 years ago
It could do with some added greenery... The brick drive is a bit much.
Harlan Sarvis 2 years ago
I kinda like it. circular room would make a good dining room or even better, a reading nook.
White Sauce Hot Sauce 2 years ago
Doesn't look like there's any drainage. It's going to be a real PITA when algae and moss starts to grow after the heavy rains.
Analyn Lahr 2 years ago
I like this one, actually. It's cute. Maybe put some climbing ivy on the little tower. If there weren't so many windows on it that is.
#4
This Is Especially Useful, If You Like Getting Wet In The Rain While You Fumble With Your Keys
David Gripon 2 years ago (edited)
Just take a couple of steps to the right until you've unfumbled your keys.
Doug 2 years ago
If only they had evestroughs in Spain... like the one that runs along the front of the roof and down the left side of the building...
Disgruntled Pelican 2 years ago
That stops you from getting a wall of water dumped on you. It doesn’t stop the actual rain, itself.
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Where Do You Want Your Windows?
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
I just wrote above, "It's hard to be that ugly and that boring at the same time." And yet, this does such a great job at both.
She who must not be named 2 years ago
This is what I imagine the outside of my Sim's house would have looked like when it used to lag during designing 🤷🏻♀️ Good old Xbox 360 😅
#6
I Wonder What Distracted Them
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
A touch of reality to an otherwise idyllic picture? 😂
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Mary Kelly 2 years ago
looks like they were going for a Yayoi Kusama look...i applaud the work that went itno it
Jon E 2 years ago (edited)
Man trying to pluck his own eyes out after seeing hideous house crashes car.
I heart Boo-BI-es 2 years ago
These homes are literally on the road. I never understand why they allow roadways to be built so close to homes and businesses. There should be at least some type of barrier like guardrails or something to help protect the people inside the homes as well as drivers who could have a horrible wreck and end up going to prison for the rest of their lives because of accidently ending anyone who happened to be inside these dwellings that are part of some highly traveled roadways.
#7
I Know This Is Old But You Can Imagine It Never Looked New
Pittsburgh rare 2 years ago
Every industrial area l've seen has the odd ugly and old factory/warehouse
My O My 2 years ago
Then it doesn't belong here. Buisnesses look weird everywhere
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WindySwede 2 years ago
Storage silo, escape stairs, air intake, air outlet or something like that?
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#8
No Comment
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
I would have to see the other side before I pass judgement on this one.
#9
50 Shades Of Grey
Bart 2 years ago
This looks like one of those "let's finish when we have some money again" projects...
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User# 6 2 years ago
You do realise those are asbestos roof panels, right?
Load More Replies... #10
These Houses Are Almost New
Lupita Nyong'heaux 2 years ago
i think this color is difficult enough, thank you very much...
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Huddo's sister 2 years ago
Reminds me of my old next door neighbours, but theirs was two different types/colours of bricks. Similar shape to this but much bigger. Planning permit said there would be minimal windows looking into our yard, which I guess was true, if you discounted the fully glass two storey wall!
Sand Ers 2 years ago
It's three houses. One with orange accent walls, one with yellow, and one we can't see.
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Sorry The Hdr Doesn’t Make It Better
Altea 2 years ago
dude, the windows are on the other 3 sides... Some people do this in the sun side, because it gets too freeking hot inside.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
I grew up in a house with a windowless wall. Didn't look this ugly.
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Timmy Pillinger 2 years ago
High Dynamic range - software processing of the image to make it show the full range of light and dark better. The sky is really much brighter than the shadow side of the house.
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#12
Surprise - It’s For Sale •‿*
dingliusyeeeeeeeeeee 2 years ago
paint that concrete white, and it's fixed.
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Lara Verne 2 years ago
It looks like small apartment building or multifunctional house. Standart town building. Not exactly aesthetically pleasing, but I've seen worse.
#13
Gogo Gadget Expando
Pittsburgh rare 2 years ago
The sun facing side has fewer windows to preserve the cold inside the house.
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
I wish someone would have told whoever built my house that.
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Sans Serif (Sans) 2 years ago
Having lived in a number of areas in and around Madrid (for almost a decade), it became quite obvious to me that homes that appear to be boring on the outside, are almost always glorious on the inside. Courtyards, patios, lanais, gardens, fountains - just an amazing number of beautiful features that you'd not expect. Actually, the more plain a building might seem externally was typically just the opposite inside. The concept of "curb appeal" is simply not their concern...
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Yo Dawg I Heard You Like...
#15
Did They Build The White House First Or The Grey Twin Tower Monoliths?
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
I hate hate hate hate hate brutalism, but on such a small scale, this just looks kinda retro-futuristic. Not bad.
#16
Idk Some Kinda LEGO Fort
Panda-sized Potato 2 years ago
I would stand there yelling at people that their mother was a hamster, and their father smelt of elderberries.
Arturo Rodriguez 2 years ago
This is one of the classic houses in Ciudad Jardín, A Coruña. They are all substantially large, and with gardens. They are about a 5 minute walk from the city centre, and cost over 1.5 million euros on average
Inés Olabarria Smith 2 years ago
They look like some in Donosti, they have a garden and are right in front of the sea.
Load More Replies... Sand Ers 2 years ago
It'd be nicer if they did something about the water and rust staining.
Load More Replies... DarkGlassSphere 2 years ago
I assume it's a normal, pretty nice even building that located on the different levels of costal grown. Garage not the part of it, just the same color.
#17
🤔
Oskar vanZandt 2 years ago
You have a truckload of concrete blocks left? Sure, I'll have them... build a drab little parking compound.
#18
Random In The Front, Castle In The Back
Oskar vanZandt 2 years ago
Not executed particularly well, but a large porch is most likely a godsend in that climate.
Pa4040 2 years ago
Ughh, everytime I see lion statues at the door, I automatically assume that a pretentious douchebag lives there
Tanya Vaughn 2 years ago
Interesting how this looks just like the #42 House, just from a different angle?
#19
Slip N Slide 2 In 1
Justin Rogers 2 years ago
Do these carpenters not own levels or squares? The red roof is easily a foot out of square and the main roof sags like an 80 year old ballsack
#20
Partners In Crime (Please Notice The Skewed Balcony)
Stephen Smith 2 years ago
No the balcony is level with the front of the roof, it's the wall behind the balcony that's skewed.
Justin Rogers 2 years ago
The balcony is level but one side is longer than the other as well as the roof overhang matching the angle
Load More Replies... Earl Grey 2 years ago
OK, you do need a *little* slope for rainwater runoff, but that is awful.
Sand Ers 2 years ago
It's not sloped. The left side sticks out significantly farther than the right.
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#21
I Dont Know What They Were Going For But They Coulda Atleast Have Installed Some Gutters
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
Doesn't mean that they might not benefit from some gutters.
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#22
You Know That Annoying Little Brother Some People Have
Oskar vanZandt 2 years ago (edited)
Like its proportions... Different door (and a fresh coat of paint) would make a big difference.
#23
Every Room Has A ‘For Sale’ Sign
Stephanie Fay 2 years ago
You get a "Se Vende" and you get a "Se Vende" and YOU get a "Se Vende"
Valerie G. 2 years ago
Those are probably new windows with the installers advertizing on them. Not for sale signs.
#24
Slopey
Oskar vanZandt 2 years ago (edited)
The angle of the roof/windows is off... I would have let the porch overhang farther and benefitted more from the shade
Bad Alchemy 2 years ago
At first I thought someone had attached some weird lawn chair with a funky fake flower arrangement to the house. Then I realized it's an antennae array of sorts. I think... Very ugly, whatever it is.
#25
Wonder What Inspired Them
Sand Ers 2 years ago
Providing some stability for the corner. It's mostly cantilevered.
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Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
Not awful, but it needs a stylistic change as it currently looks dated.
#26
Please Dont Ask
Rebelliousslug 2 years ago (edited)
We want a row of windows so we get plenty of natural light but then we also want a row of mini windows on top for more natural light but we don’t want the mini window row to be the same length as the big windows 🤨
Ece Cenker 2 years ago
This is a place right by the road. By guess would be to have some privacy they would cover up/put a curtain on the larger windows, while still getting inside some day light throught the small ones. Especially if this side receives a lot of sun light during summer, you would definitely want to cover the larger windows.
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Sarah K 2 years ago
I think the door may be on the left, can see what looks like a door handle in front of the window.
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Big Chimney Energy 💯
M O'Connell 2 years ago
If those are standard size concrete blocks then this is a normal sized chimney on a particularly small building.
#28
Did They Run Out Of Panels?
Sand Ers 2 years ago
Let's let them finish building it before we start drawing conclusions about its appearance.
M O'Connell 2 years ago
Indeed! The tiles still have the spacers in, they probably just haven't done the other walls yet.
Load More Replies... EP 2 years ago
What is happening? I have never seen anything remotely like this before.
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Ouh I Ran Out Of Budget For A Good Caption
Robert Trebor 2 years ago
It'd be a good house if there is a good view. But if it's a railway yard or a factory, not so good.
M O'Connell 2 years ago
This looks like a boathouse, but those are usually built at the shore of a lake.
Laura OBanion 2 years ago
That is the hottest house on the block in the summer and he coldest house in the winter.
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
My dog would absolutely love this house. So many large windows to catch the delivery personnel. She hates them.
#30
Do You Believe In Magic?
Sand Ers 2 years ago
This looks a lot like they jacked a single-story house up into the air, and built a new story below it. I see that done a lot where I live.
Load More Replies... Deborah B 2 years ago
My grandparents had a house like this when I was a kid. I rode a plastic three-wheeler down those stairs at age 2.
tom 2 years ago
surely you were pushed, you just remember it differently :)
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#31
LEGO Cancer Growth 🧡
#32
Not Sure What Makes Me The Most Uneasy, But The Windows Don’t Help
Sans Serif (Sans) 2 years ago
This is pretty typical in many areas as they focus on the back property rather than curb appeal...
Load More Replies... Rebelliousslug 2 years ago
Another house that stuck the blueprints to the wall and threw darts blindfolded to determine window placement
#33
Big Terrace > Big Livingroom
Oskar vanZandt 2 years ago
Adding a half dozen large potted plants would help...
Load More Replies... Tanya Vaughn 2 years ago (edited)
I don't see how the Terrace is Greater Than the Living Room? Actually they look to be about the same size.
#34
Dont Mind Me, Just Making @uglymelbournehouses Jelly
EP 2 years ago
Even more so if you squint and only look at the second floor…
Load More Replies... Analyn Lahr 2 years ago
If it had better parking and more of a yard... I wonder what the back looks like. Maybe it has a garden.
Lara Verne 2 years ago
It looks like one of these one of these wannabe baroque houses that were built for new money people in the 1990s
#35
Why Make Something Bad Once, When You Can Do It Four Times?
Pittsburgh rare 2 years ago
Spanish suburbs. As every type of housing in Spain, ridiculously overpriced
Christof Irran 2 years ago
A good choice of roof in areas where you get a lot of wind-driven rain, such as coastal regions, etc.
#36
Some Days I Admire All The Unecessary Work That Go Into Stuff (Also Please Notice The Smurf Door)
Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
There's nothing that wrong with most of these. There are plenty of people who'd just be happy to have a house.
Load More Replies... Sand Ers 2 years ago
Looks like a 4plex. And the "smurf" door is probably access to utilities and/or storage under the stairs.
Daycare Attendant Sun 2 years ago
Needs some grass or a flower bed, but this one is rather nice.
Rebelliousslug 2 years ago
What is all over the roof? Did they park that house under a bird filled tree at some point?
#37
☹️☹️☹️☹️ This Is My Favorite Emoji
Hiram's Friend 2 years ago
Security or shades. If started up a fraction light comes through the hinged cracks. Not particularly secure; anyone with a crowbar could get through them. Hadf them on a house in Arizona. Provide some insulation.
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#38
Chimney Shadows And Pink Sunsets🧡
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
Many of them seem to have walls around them. Perhaps they're a security feature.
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 2 years ago
One of the things I hate about cement buildings is how quickly they get those water stains on them and no one ever pressure washes them. Not that I like the look without them either.
Stephanie Fay 2 years ago
It looks to be peaking over the wall..."I'm heeeeereeeeeee! I'm fabulouuuuuuuuuuus!"
#39
50cent - Window Shopping
#40
This One Is Not Too Bad
Xenia Harley 2 years ago
Looks people in Spain don't like windows. Windows are good! But that's just my opinion.
Sand Ers 2 years ago
Bland, beige, and devoid of character. It's one of the worst. And I realize this is a silly thing to say about houses in Spain, but I can't stand Spanish tile roofs.
#41
Bizcocho Pasado
#42
When You Haven’t Unlocked The Safehouse Yet
Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 2 years ago
Isn't this the same house as #18? just a different angle?
Oskar vanZandt 2 years ago (edited)
Those blinds (and narrow windows in the staircase housing) keep the interior cooler...
#43
I Guess Half The House Doesn’t Need Natural Light
Debby Keir 2 years ago (edited)
In 'rich' (or profligate) countries, you have lots of big windows, whatever the climate, and spend a bomb on both heating and cooling it. In less wealthy (or more sensible) places, you build with the environment, so smaller and fewer windows to keep the heat out, and smaller windows to keep the heat in. In cold countries (which tend overall to get less daylight in winter, the windows are larger facing south to get the most light and heat. This post is about Spain, where they are more concerned with heat than with putting in aircon.
Adrian Perlman 2 years ago
the side without the windows looks to be facing south. in that case it makes all the sense in the world to insulate against the pounding afternoon sun by simply not letting it in in the first place. i don't even live in spain and wish my apartment would be build like that, windows to the north and east or west. the whole west side of my home has no windows in it either :/
#44
Another Weird House I Came Across. The Placement Of The Windows Makes Me Uneasy
Blue Bunny of Happiness 2 years ago
Looks like they added the windows to the plan using Microsoft word.
Bill Swallow 2 years ago
If I had to guess, I'd say the windows line up perfectly with the interior rooms, and they're off-center on the exterior because the rooms on the left are bigger than the rooms on the right. Just a guess.
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One And A Half Floors
Xenon 2 years ago
Some seriously tiny windows on the right. To block sun from making it too hot?
Tanya Vaughn 2 years ago
the 2nd floor looks to be the same as the 1st....the vaulted ceiling can be deceiving
#46
Maybe It’s Pointed At The Mekka 🤷🏼♀️ #thehousewiththequran
Rebelliousslug 2 years ago
Comes with a Vlad the impaler inspired fence and vampire inspired lack of light. Paint it black and make it an emo 🖤 house
#47
Is It To Protect Them From Us, Or To Protect Us From Them?
Debby Keir 2 years ago
Means you can leave the windows open with fear of burglary. Normal in older Spanish houses, especially in towns/villages with narrow streets.
#48
Paint Is A Conspiracy. Hillary Smells Like Sulfur
#49
Fake Balconies 🥰
Pittsburgh rare 2 years ago
Those are actually common in Spain. It's only for lightning and ventilation purposes.
Tanya Vaughn 2 years ago
Ventilation? wouldn't just opening the window/door provide the same ventilation (if not more) . or am I missing something?
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Jenny Mason 2 years ago
It's a Juliet Balcony. 🙄 The person criticising this is just being far too picky. This style is common in the whole of Europe.
Debby Keir 2 years ago
They are called Juliet balconies - an excuse for doors, which are bigger than the window that would have gone there.
PrettyJoyBird 2 years ago
Large potted plant on it so not fake. Not big enough for table chairs but still useful.
#50
1. Why Do The Garage Doors Lead To The Garden 2. Why Is The Terrace Not Connected To The House 3. Why Dont I Have Friends
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
This was not originally a house. The garage doors have a ramp, that's indicative of truck access. Also, the cars are parked next to the building. This is/was a commercial building.
#51
Another Ugly House
#53
Cheap Concrete Fences, Look Like The Backseats Of A Flooded Neglected Corolla
#54
Comment Where You Think The Stairs Lead To
#56
Hidden Trashure ... Im Very Punny Today
Sand Ers 2 years ago
A little bit, since there's so little that can be known about it from one bad pic. That blank scarred wall tells me this is probably a row house that lost its neighbor, so there's a possibility you'll be sharing a wall with other people some day.
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Big Small Windows
#58
For Me It’s The Fact That Nothing Here Is Straight
2x4b523p 2 years ago
Looks like they built along the existing roads, nothing weird here. That land was probably expensive, bulding square house would be a waste of space and look even weirder given the placement.
WindySwede 2 years ago
Everything looks straight and level, straight doesn't have to mean square? Only thing not completely straight is the partly round downpipe(?) and wavy roof tills... 🙃
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Messy Like Our Lifes
#60
U Kno When You Accelerate And All The Stuff Gets Pushed Back In The Trunk
#61
The Sun Will Never Face The Big Windows Either
#63
Not The Best Pic, But You Get The Idea
EP 2 years ago (edited)
Agreed. I don’t “get the idea”…. What are we looking for? I see it now… the windows are all different styles. Well I just think in comparison this wasn’t so bad as most.
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99% Finished
Pittsburgh rare 2 years ago (edited)
It's a farm house under renovation. By the materials used, probably in the north.
Load More Replies... Altea 2 years ago
C'mon, this is a very old farm house, and it's just the back of it, probably the front looks completely different.
Xenon 2 years ago
I'll take your word for it. Buildings on all three sites kind of takes away from the aesthetic for me.
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I Swear It’s Not The Camera Angle
#66
Ugly Spanish Houses
#67
Overbite
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Altea 2 years ago
Who the heck did this post? 90% of this houses are perfectly fine. Or the photos just show the back of it. Maybe it's because I am spanish, but I would even buy some of them.
PunchinelloTX 2 years ago
Yes, it’s arbitrary and snobbish. A thin excuse to mock other people, and a symptom of the trend of divisiveness here.
Load More Replies... Pittsburgh rare 2 years ago
I really don't see the issue with half of these. Normal rural houses or weekend cottages. But l'm Spanish, so 🤷🏻♀️.
Debbie 2 years ago
I am not Spanish and see no issue with the majority of this list. A house doesn't need to be a glass box (windows on every available wall), especially in warm places. (Or cold). Also, some are just built or expanded within limits: be it streets, covered old houses with added dakramen/dakkapel (the extruded windows on a sloping roof) so you can stand up straight and have some light in the attic.
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Pa4040 2 years ago
I assume the OP must be a USA suburbs denizen, used to seeing prefabricated paper boxes that look exactly the same, so anything out of the ordinary they deem as strange. Most of Europe has homes like this, literally nothing odd about it.
MichelleDonut 2 years ago
Some of these houses are being shamed because they look like they didn't have formal architects and contractors, they were probably hand-built by several generations of owners. Not everyone has the ability or desire to invest tons of money into their house.
Aedonia Nightsong 2 years ago
Some of these look like office buildings, others look like warehouses, others look unfinished (which admittedly makes them look weird but not ugly, just unfinished) and the ones finished are actually nice. There's one that looks top-heavy that looks like a traditional Galician house that tend to be top heavy cause they have ovens and heating in the ground floor and living areas on top, so the heat goes up and keeps the living areas warm.
Altea 2 years ago
Who the heck did this post? 90% of this houses are perfectly fine. Or the photos just show the back of it. Maybe it's because I am spanish, but I would even buy some of them.
PunchinelloTX 2 years ago
Yes, it’s arbitrary and snobbish. A thin excuse to mock other people, and a symptom of the trend of divisiveness here.
Load More Replies... Pittsburgh rare 2 years ago
I really don't see the issue with half of these. Normal rural houses or weekend cottages. But l'm Spanish, so 🤷🏻♀️.
Debbie 2 years ago
I am not Spanish and see no issue with the majority of this list. A house doesn't need to be a glass box (windows on every available wall), especially in warm places. (Or cold). Also, some are just built or expanded within limits: be it streets, covered old houses with added dakramen/dakkapel (the extruded windows on a sloping roof) so you can stand up straight and have some light in the attic.
Load More Replies... Pa4040 2 years ago
I assume the OP must be a USA suburbs denizen, used to seeing prefabricated paper boxes that look exactly the same, so anything out of the ordinary they deem as strange. Most of Europe has homes like this, literally nothing odd about it.
MichelleDonut 2 years ago
Some of these houses are being shamed because they look like they didn't have formal architects and contractors, they were probably hand-built by several generations of owners. Not everyone has the ability or desire to invest tons of money into their house.
Aedonia Nightsong 2 years ago
Some of these look like office buildings, others look like warehouses, others look unfinished (which admittedly makes them look weird but not ugly, just unfinished) and the ones finished are actually nice. There's one that looks top-heavy that looks like a traditional Galician house that tend to be top heavy cause they have ovens and heating in the ground floor and living areas on top, so the heat goes up and keeps the living areas warm.
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