"Flying saucer" house in Chattanooga TN for sale $100K (cheap)

[underpants]

This 'flying saucer' house, pictured on the side of Signal Mountain in Chattanooga, Tenn., Tuesday, March 11, 2008, will go up for auction on Saturday. The buyer needs a fascination for outer space, tolerance for gawkers and at least $100,000. Built by the late Curtis W. King in 1970, the circular house has multiple levels, three bedrooms, two bathrooms and an entrance staircase that lowers and retracts with the push of a button.
(AP/Photo Mark Gilliland)

[CreekDog]

1. Have you seen the Flintstone House?

$1.86 million 3br/2ba 2730 sqft in Hillsborough, California (20 miles south of SF)

[hvn_nbr_2]

19. Is that what that's called?

I've always called it the Hobbit House, although it probably doesn't really look like a hobbit house. It's cool to see it when driving by.

[pinniped]

28. It looked better before the repaint.

.

[NV Whino]

30. Thanks

I always wondered what the hell that was.

[Callalily]

2. Or . . . House on the Rock?

In Spring Green, Wisconsin

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. do you ever watch Exteme Homes on HGTV ?

cave homes:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://www.almeriahousehunter.com/dwcavehouses.htm&h=300&w=400&sz=36&hl=en&start=19&tbnid=gjvAOSfvSVUtuM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcave%2Bhouses%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4ADBF_enUS243US243

[underpants]

4. No but that looks cool

$100K for the flyer saucer home almost sounds like something is wrong with it.

:shrug:

Location location location I guess

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. I am sure location has something to do with the low price

and the state of the market right now. I would hate to have put my property up for sale at this juncture.

Tree House:

[MilesColtrane]

13. That, and the fact that if you live there, you're never going to bring back a woman...

...to your place for sex ever again.

[underpants]

17. What about one of them....you know... spacey chicks?

:bounce:

[underpants]

8. They are everywhere!!

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tips/getAttraction.php?tip_AttractionNo=%3D1172



Lautner buildings are original. Lautner built Chemosphere -- a four-bedroom house shaped like an hexagonal flying saucer perched high atop a single hollow concrete column. He also designed the Carling House whose living room pivots on a turntable to transform itself into an outdoor patio overlooking the lights of the city.

http://www.speicher.com/lautnerb.htm

More pics to the TN one

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tips/getAttraction.php?tip_AttractionNo==1211



Okay don't know how that one got in there

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. *giggle*

You will like Extreme Homes on HGTV: http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/shows_ext

This series showcases homes so unique they take design to the extreme edge, while introducing the people who build and live in these unusual structures. Tour the most unusual houses found on earth, from a renovated caboose, schoolhouse, bowling alley and gas station to a metal house, "mushroom" house and space-ship house. Host Dale Rivera features homes from North America and other regions of the world, including Asia, Africa, Europe, South America and Australia

[underpants]

11. 05:11 the red ball house

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKcQhTX9XFM&feature=related

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. That was cool. I could do this all day --- Inside the

ultimate tree house... only 18 seconds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcBpwJ0xYG4&feature=related

[underpants]

15. Whoops!!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3226692

[Tuesday Afternoon]

18. uh-oh

paging an architect...

[MilesColtrane]

14. Wow, I didn't know Troy McClure's house really existed.

[commander bunnypants]

5. I would

but not in TN.

CB

[texas1928]

7. It is pretty neat on the inside.

My wife and I saw it on "What's with that house?" on HGTV

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. another one of my favorite shows...

my HGTV geekness is showing :blush:

[BarenakedLady]

16. Mushroom house in my area.

[spinbaby]

20. Are you sure that's a house?

Looks like a bird feeder.

[BarenakedLady]

25. Yep

I've driven by it many times.

Heh.

[Lars39]

21. Where's the Ewoks?!

Can you imagine having to appraise that? :)

[BarenakedLady]

26. It's been for sale a few times the past 10 years

I can't remember how much it went for though. The inside is pretty neat, I'll see if I can dig for some pictures.

[EnviroBat]

24. Do Ewoks live there?

[BarenakedLady]

27. Heehee

:hi:

I'm pretty sure non-fuzzy humans.

[merh]

22. If I could, I'd buy it

I love odd houses like that.

:)

[CottonBear]

23. I grew up on Signal Mtn. and have driven past the saucer house since 1973!

On Halloween, they put out the lighted up from the inside plastic alien figures! LOL!

[harmonicon]

29. I want it.

[Whoa_Nelly]

31. Some interesting living spaces....

In Japan




Goose House
Hazard, KY




Bed & Breakfast
Hague, Netherlands





An old Bristol freighter doubles as a motel in Otorohanga, New Zealand. There's one suite in the old pilot's quarters and one in the tail.


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