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dylan604
i've watched movies that felt like this. multiple directors brought in a different stages of the film, so none of it feels coherent.

however, i would love to have been a fly on the wall during the meetings with whatever contractor was used to build this.

seanmcdirmid
A good chance money laundering justifies the weird set of decisions.
amanzi
I kind of like it. I wonder if the whole house was built from new or did they build on top of some old structure? Definitely has character :-)
geeB
Same. This is more someone made it big enough to build his childhood dream house than not what I would associate with the word McMansion. Now, if this is mostly architectural crap over standard American construction, that’s just terrifying, but even if so, the look, location, and price do put it in a different category imo.
tzs
OT: what's the deal with the images being cropped so that some of the text is cut off? I'm seeing it on Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and iPhone. Clicking the image opens a view of just the image, which is not cut off, so it is not a problem with the image itself.

It's happening because of the "object-fit: cover" in this from index_build.css:

  .post-content div.npf_row .npf_col figure img,.post div.npf_row .npf_col figure img,body div.npf_row .npf_col figure img {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    object-fit: cover
  }
That suggests it is a deliberate design choice. If so, what's the reasoning behind it?
tasuki
And also for some reason I can't zoom in to see the pictures. Opening the picture still does not let me zoom in. I have to open the picture in a bloody new tab to be able to zoom in and see it.

Considering the condescending/trying to be funny tone of the article, I'm wondering whether perhaps the joke's on me.

I'm currently furnishing a house and let me tell you, finding furnishings consistent in any way is near impossible.

proactivesvcs
I think it's because tumblr is the McMansion of blogging services ;-)
NikkiA
This is the 3rd or 4th site I've seen doing this, this week, I suspect it has to be some kind of weird trend going around.
starkparker
The Castle at Smith Lake! Surprised the author didn't point out that even the lake is artificial. Or the 8,000 sqft. primary garage with helicopter pad.

Many more pictures on the listing: https://www.arcrealtyco.com/website/GAL/1358642

An old video tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tzp9sZVCm8

A set of photos from the previous listing, which includes an underground tunnel: https://www.al.com/life-and-culture/erry-2018/09/796169622e7...

nunez
shocking that this house is $5M; it's in the middle of nowhere! about an hour from Birmingham and 1.5hrs from Huntsville.
dylan604
> Surprised the author didn't point out that even the lake is artificial.

What do you mean by artificial? As in, not a natural lake but man made or some other sort of artificial like it's not really there or it's not really water but some video keyed in during post? Man made lakes are quite common. In Texas tall tell legend, it is known that Texas only has 1 natural lake with the rest being all man made. As with all Texas legends, arguing against that is about as effective as arguing with a fence post. Never mind, there are plenty of other, albeit, smaller natural lakes. All of the large lakes that most people think of are all developed by Army Corp of Engineers used for flood control and storing water through the common dry spells. They just happen to let people use them for recreation too