Retro 1970s house looks normal from the outside, but has an extremely unusual extension
A HOUSE stuck in the 1970s and for sale looks completely ordinary from the outside but has a very unusual feature.
Heavy patterned carpets and wallpapers may have been all the rage in British homes decades ago, but have long gone out of fashion.
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The bungalow in Bethesda, Gwynedd, North Wales, has now gone on the market for £285,000 and features some strange styles both inside and out.
Overlooking the entrance to the property, nothing really looks out of place and everything looks quite mundane and ordinary, but once through the front door it’s a completely different situation.
To the left of the hall is the lounge, which in photos is decorated with garish wallpaper and features a striking blue and yellow striped sofa, while the carpet also battles the lines, with a pattern of dark green flowers.
If that was a sight to behold, the dining room is no better.
Flowery white wallpaper, matching the curtains, is contrasted with spotty black and yellow carpet.
‘Unusual detached house’ is one of the biggest understatements I have ever read
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The bedroom is no better and is decorated with a pink ceiling and styled with patterned wallpaper.
Outside there is a “large garden plot”, according to the description on Rightmove, but this appears very overgrown in places and would require some serious hard work to clear it all up.
Despite all this, the most striking feature of the property is the extension which appears to be built on two long metal bars and attached to the end of the roof.
It features four windows to the rear, is brickwork along the top half and has its own roof.
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Others took to the site to share their thoughts on the property’s interior.
One commenter said: “‘Unusual detached property’ is one of the biggest understatements I have ever read.”
Another wrote: “Career home inspector here. Have inspected over 50,000 homes in 10 states.
“I can say with certainty that I have never seen a mansard roof on 4×4 metal posts.”
While a third wrote: “What was the brief? It’s so monstrously bad that I’m somewhat impressed”
A fourth chimed in with: “That interior! If anyone has lost the 1970s, we have found it for you.”
It comes after Britain’s smallest bungalow, “the size of a box of Jaffa Cakes”, went on the market for more than £100,000.
Meanwhile, Britain’s ‘cheapest house’ is on the market from an incredible £0, but finding the front door can be difficult.
Elsewhere in Britain, an ordinary three-bedroom apartment went on the market for £115,000, but inside it’s like ‘stepping into Narnia’.
And a man who brought with him a crumbling castle once fit for a king revealed how he bagged a royal paradise for just £1.
Furthermore, another homebuyer who had hit rock bottom bought a ‘crumbling pile of bricks’ for just £1 and turned it into her dream home.
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