Over the top/extravagant items in homes

[speedog]

So I've been doing the cabinet installation/service gig for around 4 years now and have done work in places that range from low end rentals to very high end homes.

Over the years, some of the stuff I've seen in homes is quite mind boggling at times. 6 inch thick glass sinks, 6 inch thick polished black stone sinks, wood sinks, motion activated kitchen taps, a hood fan that pushed out 2,000 cm. In the past year, one home with 13.5 foot ceilings in the kitchen and cabinets that went right up to the ceiling, bottoms of the uppermost cabinets was 10.5 feet. Cabjnwts with hand painted accents, electrically operated drawers.

A home in Canmore with polished concrete floors on all levels. Garages with amazing internal drainage systems. Very recently a home in Bel Aire that had an island that measured 92x93 inches, I had to stretch almost to my limits to touch the middle of that piece of stone which was 2.5 inches thick - a ridiculously heavy chunk of stone.

Lighting, shit I've seen some incredibly beautiful stuff and then some really bizarre stuff. I've installed floating shelves in front of tile and mirrors, quite challenging to do and not damage the tile/mirror at the same time and then have to make sure it's strong and secure enough not to set or put too much pressure on the tiles or mirror.

Dressing rooms that are over 350 square feet, showers with 12 foot tall glass walls, bathrooms and bars with cabinets 10 feet up on the walls. 1.25" thick granite back splashes, homes that have in floor heating in every room including the utility room.

There honestly is no limit to what people will put in their homes, just when I think I've seen it all then I see something even more over the top.

Tell me what you've seen that's quite unbelievable in a home.

[Darell_n]

How about 8 giant golden flying horse statues on your front steps? Can’t think of anything more obnoxious and tacky than that.

But seriously, I’ve installed a walk-in cooler and freezer in a home owner’s kitchen before. That might be a little overkill.

[SKR]

I was talking to a friend about custom built homes, and she mentioned one of her friends had built one and had a slide from the second to the first floor. These people did not have children.

[AndyL]

I remember a garage, 4 car, 4 lifts, 4 exotics on top walls of snap on that would make any mechanic drool...

Spikers can probably fill in some details on a buddies house, it was super impressive other than the swat removed front door lol.

[Tik-Tok]

Spikers can probably fill in some details on a buddies house, it was super impressive other than the swat removed front door lol.

Did they find any stolen DVD players?

[AndyL]

Did they find any stolen DVD players?

No but they didn't much like his new desert eagle

[ThePenIsMightier]

How about 8 giant golden flying horse statues on your front steps? Can’t think of anything more obnoxious and tacky than that.

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What is the story with that fuckin place, anyway?!
They've put kind of a berm there within the last year and those sea cans are a nice touch.

[Tik-Tok]

What is the story with that fuckin place, anyway?!
They've put kind of a berm there within the last year and those sea cans are a nice touch.

Rich Chinese family trying to looks like a Wealthy Chinese family. Proof that money doesn't buy taste.

[spikerS]

Spikers can probably fill in some details on a buddies house, it was super impressive other than the swat removed front door lol.

Yeah, that was a job and a half to fix after SWAT had their fun on that mansion.

But no, not willing to go into too many details about what was there out of respect for the dude's privacy. I will say this however, guy had close to a million dollars in cars in his garage, but daily drove a Nissan Rogue...

Having said that, he was the best client I ever had. If I told him I needed more cash or the next step in payment, he cut a cheque on the spot, no questions asked. He was also very particular and knew what he wanted and wouldn't accept less than perfection, but then again, he was paying for it too.

[D'z Nutz]

I haven't seen it myself, but a friend of mine knows someone who put a chandelier in her walk in closet among other really tacky things around the house I don't remember. She said she wasn't sure if they just had bad taste in things or if the wife deliberately put in terrible things to discourage the husband from selling that house because they made money from flipping homes and she was probably tired of all the constant moving.

[AndyL]

Awesome ;) hopefully more work comes from it.

Yeah I remember the picture you sent. I drooled.

[370Z]

Yeah, that was a job and a half to fix after SWAT had their fun on that mansion.

But no, not willing to go into too many details about what was there out of respect for the dude's privacy. I will say this however, guy had close to a million dollars in cars in his garage, but daily drove a Nissan Rogue...

Having said that, he was the best client I ever had. If I told him I needed more cash or the next step in payment, he cut a cheque on the spot, no questions asked. He was also very particular and knew what he wanted and wouldn't accept less than perfection, but then again, he was paying for it too.

Nothing in this world is as smooth as a CVT transmission.

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What is the story with that fuckin place, anyway?!
They've put kind of a berm there within the last year and those sea cans are a nice touch.

Is this the Jager Homes owner's mansion? What I find incredibly fascinating from the pics is that nothing in there is actually Chinese or even remotely Asian?

[JRSC00LUDE]

There's a house for sale here (4 million) with an ensuite bathtub that is shaped like a stiletto heel pump.

[adam c]

I had an ex who’s uncles house had every square foot of floor, stairs, and counters be marble, not a single patch of carpet in the whole house

[schurchill39]

There's a house for sale here (4 million) with an ensuite bathtub that is shaped like a stiletto heel pump.

Sounds like something you might find out at the Willows or on the non-sinking side of Sask Crescent.

[topmade]

I worked for a lighting store a while ago and the most expensive chandeliers were about $20k and once in a while someone would walk in and ask if we had anything more expensive........

[JRSC00LUDE]

Sounds like something you might find out at the Willows or on the non-sinking side of Sask Crescent.

Sask Crescent near University bridge haha

[jwslam]

y'all need some pix to back this shit up

[BavarianBeast]

How about a Zonda divider wall?

https://miami.curbed.com/2018/7/5/17526626/miami-architecture-pagani-zonda-condo-art

[JRSC00LUDE]

y'all need some pix to back this shit up

https://www.century21.ca/fusion/Property/SK/S7N_0L6/Saskatoon/934_Saskatchewan_CRESCENT_E

Dumbest bathtub ever awaits haha

[BavarianBeast]

Jesus that’s one ugly house

Could that realistically even sell for $2M in Saskatoon? Wouldn’t even be a $3 or $4M house in Mount Royal.

[mr2mike]

I was talking to a friend about custom built homes, and she mentioned one of her friends had built one and had a slide from the second to the first floor. These people did not have children.
And a swing in the bedroom? :devil:

[JRSC00LUDE]

Jesus that’s one ugly house

Could that realistically even sell for $2M in Saskatoon? Wouldn’t even be a $3 or $4M house in Mount Royal.

It seems like way too much. My friend is selling this 2 blocks down the street for under half. Better house imo

https://www.royallepage.ca/en/property/saskatchewan/saskatoon/858-saskatchewan-cres-e/9550648/mlssk766944/

[you&me]

It seems like way too much. My friend is selling this 2 blocks down the street for under half. Better house imo

https://www.royallepage.ca/en/property/saskatchewan/saskatoon/858-saskatchewan-cres-e/9550648/mlssk766944/

The opaque glass door to the toilet in the master bath is a nice touch... not entirely private while maintaining a nice touch of mystery for you and your spouse, you know, to keep your relationship both open and exciting at the same time :D

[msommers]

There's a house for sale here (4 million) with an ensuite bathtub that is shaped like a stiletto heel pump.


https://www.century21.ca/fusion/Property/SK/S7N_0L6/Saskatoon/934_Saskatchewan_CRESCENT_E

Dumbest bathtub ever awaits haha

Seeing is believing. Wow.

https://images.century21.ca/Listings/MLS/50/SK778282/37240E8E83FFD6F0941B7095A8DAB346.Jpg

https://images.century21.ca/Listings/MLS/50/SK778282/CFF346F2E14534330A3E6A7D453BD8F3.Jpg

[bjstare]

$4.6M is downright comical

[Disoblige]

That is a pretty stupid looking bathtub. I could see it being removed immediately post-sale lol.

[you&me]

In that case, I would guess the insanely stupid asking price will preclude the removal of the pretty stupid bathtub

[msommers]

Showed my fiance that tub, she just laughed and said that it's really just awful and tacky. Then we both laughed about a 4 MM property in Sask.

Which started a hunt for what she'd buy, and was sent this:

86996

[Swank]

Seeing is believing. Wow.

Crazy shoe tub pics

If the water comes out at the top of the heel (which I bet it does) then from a functionality standpoint I think that'd be pretty sweet. It would also only be a matter of time before a drunken party goer tries it out as a water slide and lands on their head.

[infamous]

it's amazing what people will spend money on; especially for their houses. I've seen all kinds of stuff from a turntable in a garage for a car (bel aire) to hidden bars and secret rooms. motorized chandeliers for easy bulb replacement, that are over top of a staircase. stupidly sophisticated security systems and home automation systems; they always seem to cause more grief than they help lol. one guy I worked for had a walk in closet big enough that when we were moving some of his stuff we tossed a football around....seeing wine rooms that easily outvalue my whole house....another guy I do some work for occasionally has a rug in his front entrance that is 20k cheaper than my house lol.

as far as the shoe tub goes, I like how clean the install was done, but if anything ever goes wrong what a pita to work on!

[lilmira]

I can’t say if I like that tub or not. I can’t afford the tub nor a house that can match the tub.

They do make some interesting things, none of them I can afford lol.
https://www.sicis.com/en_gb/mosaic/bathtub

[msommers]

Their swimming pool design work is fucking nice, wow.

[Buster]

. Then we both laughed about a 4 MM property in Sask.


this

[ExtraSlow]

You never want the most expensive house on the block, at any price point.

[RX_EVOLV]

Am I the only one that sees a Chinese soup spoon instead of a shoe??

87000

[speedog]

Am I the only one that sees a Chinese soup spoon instead of a shoe??

87000

It is what you want it to be.

[civicHB]

tough crowd, I personally do not mind the overall room and stiletto bathtub.

[revelations]

A home I was in Upper Mount Royal had Lucifer-everything. Bats, gremlins and a copper ceiling panel setup.

They also had a 8x8x10 FULLY mirrored room. It was the strangest thing.

[Disoblige]

A home I was in Upper Mount Royal had Lucifer-everything. Bats, gremlins and a copper ceiling panel setup.

They also had a 8x8x10 FULLY mirrored room. It was the strangest thing.
How else are you going to view your butt hole contract while being choked?

[B.Spilner]

Painted a house a few years back with a waterfall from second story down to basment, you opened the front door and that's the first thing you saw.

He also had a huge compass imprinted In his driveway.

[ThePenIsMightier]

Ever stayed at Azuridge?
That used to be a private residence and they barely had to do anything to it to make it a hotel.
Fuck. Off. It's. Extravagant.
https://www.azuridgehotel.com/

[revelations]

How else are you going to view your butt hole contract while being choked?

True - but the room was completely empty. No furniture - almost as if it was used for some kind of psi effect or something? I couldn't stay inside too long as I was getting vertigo.

[ExtraSlow]

Ever stayed at Azuridge?
That used to be a private residence and they barely had to do anything to it to make it a hotel.
Fuck. Off. It's. Extravagant.
https://www.azuridgehotel.com/

Is that the place you look out at from the priddis golf club?

[The_Penguin]

Am I the only one that sees a Chinese soup spoon instead of a shoe??



No, no you're not.

[mr2mike]

Is that the place you look out at from the priddis golf club?
Yes.

Ever stayed at Azuridge?
That used to be a private residence and they barely had to do anything to it to make it a hotel.
Fuck. Off. It's. Extravagant.
https://www.azuridgehotel.com/
Did the wood refinishing out there for a summer job when it was recently sold to Haworth office furniture.
Insanely great lot, views, and epic garage.


Rumor was that it was built by a Bre-X top guy.

[ThePenIsMightier]

Yes.

Did the wood refinishing out there for a summer job when it was recently sold to Haworth office furniture.
Insanely great lot, views, and epic garage.


Rumor was that it was built by a Bre-X top guy.

There is no secret. It was a guy named Mogens Smed's house.
Now formerly of DIRTT but I don't believe he was ever BreX.

[you&me]

Formerly of DIRTT?

Or do you mean, "formerly of SMED"... SMED closed down, became DIRTT (Do It Right This Time).

I went to high school with some of the Smed boys and got to see the house, as a house, on a couple of occasions.

[Darkane]

It was SMEDs. I’ve been there many years ago delivering appliances no less.

He would entertain huge clients as his company did office furniture sales and instal.

I heard some stories about that place, oh boy. Those who know, know.

[ThePenIsMightier]

Formerly of DIRTT?

Or do you mean, "formerly of SMED"... SMED closed down, became DIRTT (Do It Right This Time).

I went to high school with some of the Smed boys and got to see the house, as a house, on a couple of occasions.

Both. He's been fired from DIRTT (the company he founded, after) and already got another company going, which DIRTT is suing him for claiming violation of non-compete clause.
Your personal Azuridge butler will tell you all about Mogens while he gives you a tour of the property.

Edit: his new company is called Falk, partly because he doesn't want to... You figure it out!

[Buster]

We go out there for dinner from time to time. One if the best restaurants in Alberta IMO

[Gaxir]

I was talking to a friend about custom built homes, and she mentioned one of her friends had built one and had a slide from the second to the first floor. These people did not have children.

This is crazy. I have a friend in Greece and she is buying property in Athens (https://tranio.com/greece/attica/athens/) where she will have a slide from the terrace on the 2nd floor to the swimming pool outside. Probably it's a lot of fun.

[Masked Bandit]

How about a full hockey arena with proper boards & glass, score clock, stands, multiple dressing rooms and a zamboni? Yep, just South of town.

[JRSC00LUDE]

How about a full hockey arena with proper boards & glass, score clock, stands, multiple dressing rooms and a zamboni? Yep, just South of town.

pffffffft. Likely isn't even regulation NHL size.

[Tik-Tok]

pffffffft. Likely isn't even regulation NHL size.

If it was, the city could just buy it and save $500 million on a new arena.

[AndyL]

If it was, the city could just buy it and save $500 million on a new arena.

Don't give them ideas it's within anexation distance

Edit and nenshi probably thinks he deserves a castle :rofl:

[nismodrifter]

damn, did not know about Azuridge being a private residence. Baller as F.

[killramos]

There was a house with a legal airstrip and attached hangar for sale down by nanton recently.

That would be epic.

[JRSC00LUDE]

There was a house with a legal airstrip and attached hangar for sale down by nanton recently.

That would be epic.

What kind of peasant needs an airstrip? The kind of poser who can't afford a helicopter.

[revelations]

What kind of peasant needs an airstrip? The kind of poser who can't afford a helicopter.

Helicopters tend to be good in the city - or nearby areas. Most small planes will get you longer distances, faster and cheaper.

Also, much easier learning curve and more forgiving on average, than a helicopter.

[JRSC00LUDE]

Helicopters tend to be good in the city - or nearby areas. Most small planes will get you longer distances, faster and cheaper.

Also, much easier learning curve and more forgiving on average, than a helicopter.

This paragraph reeks of a 5 figure income.

[killramos]

This paragraph reeks of a 5 figure income.

Isn’t that below the poverty line?

[JRSC00LUDE]

Exactly.

[you&me]

There seems to be an awful lot of elevators in new-builds and not exclusively in the type or size of homes you'd expect... I'm talking pretty normal infills (judging by the elevator company signs I see on the construction fencing).

The ones I've been in are small and slow... Friends of ours have one in the house they built, but it makes sense because they need it for their daughter who's confined to a wheelchair. Other people I know with one are on the older side, so I guess they're planning ahead. But it still seems like a pretty common thing... More common than I'd expect to address handicapped people or future-proofing for the elderly.

[ThePenIsMightier]

damn, did not know about Azuridge being a private residence. Baller as F.

Just to clarify, it WAS... It's no longer.
*I gather you had captured this.

[revelations]

This paragraph reeks of a 5 figure income.

I dont follow - what part of the paragraph is untrue?

Small planes can had by folks with 6 figure incomes (think farmer in a remote area with a grass strip), while helicopters for personal use like this, youd see owners typically over 7 figures.