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Space Ship:Tennessee’s Most Unique House for Sale
Right now, as I write this, the Space Ship House on a mountain in Chattanooga, TN is just about to go on the Auction Block. If you want to see inside this interesting house (not a “little” house or a “tiny” house, mind you at 2000 square feet), you can visit the ebay auction page. (Update: link no longer available.)
So, if you are interested in living in a house that’s only accessible with an electric staircase that pushes itself to the ground, if you always wanted to BE Captain Kirk, or if you just want a really odd shaped interior, without trying to make your home’s footprint really small… this might be your thing.
The only thing standard about this house is the “three bedrooms, two baths” designation!
IKEA gets into pre-fab houses
After Lowes’ Katrina houses, we now have IKEA’s flat-box shipped house options. But, they aren’t available in the US — at least not yet.
These little gems aren’t inexpensive, however. And one development in northern Europe is using the BoKlok homes, clustered, in neighborhoods. To learn more, read this Realtytimes.com article.
Although I love the tiny houses, and I like the idea of high-efficiency home production, these houses hold little charm. To me, they look like boxes — and ugly ones at that.
To each his own, I guess.
Toronto’s Itty Bitty Tiny House with a Big Price
A client sent me information and photos of the smallest house in Toronto, Canada this week. She knew I have a thing for tiny houses, and she said this one should be right up my alley. The house, purchased for $139,000 last year (according to a report from Reuters), has recently been revamped and is now back on the market for $179,900.
It boasts (or should I say “whispers”?) 300 square feet of living space with a tiny back patio. If small living is your thing, this might be your next house!
Pen Sized Technology for Real Estate Agents
I’ve been following the LiveScribe Pen product since it was announced several months ago, and it occurs to me that this would be a great way for real estate agents to record meetings (and take notes) with both buyers and sellers.
How cool would it be to tap on your notes to “replay” the list of features that a potential buyer wants (when you didn’t quite have time to jot them all down?)
Personally, I’d love a way to hook this into a phone so I could take notes while consulting with a client and have the conversation “searchable” when I’m reviewing notes and completing tasks (with the client’s permission of course).
The chat-boards are already talking about my ideal paper solution — a Moleskin pocket sized notebook with the dot-pattern. Now THAT would be an awesome portable solution for this pen-and-paper loving tech-geek!
If you have a FaceBook account and want a chance at winning a pen — before they are available for sale, join the LiveScribe group. (Find out how here.) They go on sale at the end of this month.
(I’m getting a technology itch again, dang it!)