Ugly Canada 2 (Only architecture, planning and design faux pas)

[O-tacular]

Didn’t know Montreal’s brick walk-ups could be mansard hybrids:



Soviet Canada:



Garage with a Tempo extension:

[O-tacular]

I wonder if this was what that Goodfellas / Backrooms / Dystopian Duplex looked like pre Mar a Lago face reno?

[MolsonExport]

I dunno, but I am quite certain that Billy Batts is buried in the basement.

[MolsonExport]

Dear Gawd, my soul just died.

[Gresto]

Did they just slap some shipping containers together?

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Gresto

Did they just slap some shipping containers together?

Worse than that, I suspect there's brick underneath that corrugated sheet metal. I never understood this practice. Calgary is full of examples of historic brick buildings that were covered in cheap brown painted metal sheeting later on and left to crumble.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

I Yahoo’d (cause fuck Google’s Ai search assistant BS) that neighbourhood and it did not disappoint. WTF is this?!

Bumping this to the current page because I miss SignalHillHiker's contributions of bizarre multifamily renos like this one but in St. John's colourful shanty shiplap.

[O-tacular]

From Calgary:



Mansardland:





Don't mind the shitter or the suspicious plywood crate on palettes. This is an actual rental listing photo:









This company actually used WickerMansardMan house in an ad:



What fucking universe are we living in where this home is worth anything north of $100K?!? I know Calgary's become unaffordable, but holy shit this is next level!

A streetview with all of Molson's favourite things:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Calgar..._ep=EgoyMDI2MDYyOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

[O-tacular]

Some more eccentric homes from the inner city:









The infamous pink stucco "Parthenon" which I watched get built in my childhood has finally been renovated to flip, with questionable results:





Student res building that gives Kitchener / Waterloo a run for their money:

[Architype]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

From Calgary:

This is an example of major depressive disorder made manifest.

Also:

Football players put dark grease or stickers under their eyes—a practice known as "eye black"—to absorb harsh light and reduce glare from the sun or stadium floodlights. While originally intended to help players track the ball more clearly in the air, studies show it functions more as a psychological or aesthetic accessory

It's an aesthetic accessory.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Architype

This is an example of major depressive disorder made manifest.

Also:


It's an aesthetic accessory.

It's very strange how the shingled "lintels" are on the bottom of the windows. Was it done because there wasn't enough space between the roof and the top of the window? Speaking of which, are those windows placed 5 feet above the floor, or is the ceiling in those rooms like a crawl space? It's so strange I want to see the inside. There are some horror movie spaces in many of these units on rentfaster in Calgary's Dover neighbourhood.

For instance, the house with the toilet on the back concrete pad is listed as "fully renovated".

The front yard features this nice, dirt landscaping, a bench and a garbage can.



Then we enter the "luxury" marble countertop kitchen:



Basement "killroom" has been nicely cleaned up.



Check out the amenities!



The view of the backyard toilet is beautifully framed by this sagging, bare plywood canopy to cheer up your living space:



Here it is from outside:





And I guess this is the new toilet that replaced the spare sitting outside on the back concrete pad / "yard":



This can all be yours for an affordable $2000 / mth!

https://www.rentfaster.ca/properties/3907-30-ave-se-calgary-737861

[Architype]

It'd be great if that was a working toilet. Open plan.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Architype

It'd be great if that was a working toilet. Open plan.

Plein air .

[MolsonExport]

Objectively, there are much worse-looking homes (e.g., the crack shacks) in the shots posted by Otac, but there is just something that I really dislike about this sort of Mansard-roofed house. I am not sure what that is; I just know that it brings on a feeling of revulsion.

They are everywhere. Every city has them. In spades.

Reminds me of that 60s hairstyle.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Objectively, there are much worse-looking homes (e.g., the crack shacks) in the shots posted by Otac, but there is just something that I really dislike about this sort of Mansard-roofed house. I am not sure what that is; I just know that it brings on a feeling of revulsion.



They are everywhere. Every city has them. In spades.

Reminds me of that 60s hairstyle.

Yes they are like bowl haircuts or goombas.



The materials are a 70’s mashup that have very depressing associations to growing up in the 80’s. I can almost smell these homes from pictures. I bet many still have creosote soaked wood retaining walls in the yard that make you dizzy on a hot day.

[harls]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Slight gaseous fog emanating from the floor (no worries). Cow Marble, fresh from the shores of Italy (Milton Ontario Costco).

Of course the tub has never been used to chop up a body.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by harls

Slight gaseous fog emanating from the floor (no worries). Cow Marble, fresh from the shores of Italy (Milton Ontario Costco).

Of course the tub has never been used to chop up a body.

That “fog” appears in all the pictures so the entire house must be flooded with nauseous gases. That or the “handyman” responsible for this “fully renovated” home has the same aptitude for taking photos as he does “fixing things” with what must be decrepit sausage fingers.

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Plein air .

The inside shitter was full!

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Wigs

The inside shitter was full!

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by Wigs

The inside shitter was full!

I know that whoever lives here listens to Kid Rock and Ted Nugent, and probably wants Alberta to separate.