National Lampoon’s: Christmas Vacation was probably played about ten times over the past weekend, so now is as good a time as any to post the video below.
There is a certain house, on a certain street in Toronto that is unlike anything you’ve ever seen.
Imagine being this person’s neighbour…
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Could you imagine living next to this house?
I wonder what they do for Easter…
I was viewing a property for sale on this street last week and I saw the “Christmas House” during the day. It looked nuts, but I simply had to come back and see what it looked like at night! I was not disappointed…
I have to wonder what that house does for property values on the street, more specifically, to the adjacent houses.
Nobody wants to live next to a nut-job, and while I’m not passing judgement on the owners of this house, I have some suspicions.
The sheer amount of light bulbs on this property was eye-bursting, and it made the house in National Lampoon’s look meek by comparison:
Maybe that’s the best part about living in a condominium – if you have crazy neighbours, they rarely distract you.
It’s still not quite as nuts as the house I wrote about a few months ago in Little Italy with the dolls and teddy bears hanging from the tree in the front yard. Maybe I’ll take my new flip-cam down there this week…
Meh
at 1:57 pm
Hey, off topic, more of a suggestion for your next post.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/flaherty-warns-on-mortgage-rules/article1407223/
So my question to you is, given the current buyers you have been dealing with the last year, how would this affect them? Do most people have 10% or more to put down? Are most people buying using 35 year ams, saying ‘I couldn’t afford to buy at 25 year ams’. Or do you think this will only affect a small portion of the current buyers? I’m talking about first time buyers here, as they are the ones fueling the current market. I know that 2nd+ time buyers will have equity enough in their first property to make up for a big down payment.
Would love to hear how you think this would affect things.
fred
at 4:33 pm
Can I ask where this house is? I would like to see it for myself! Email me if you can’t publish it here… Thanks!
LC
at 11:01 pm
It looks like a house in the northwest part of the city that used to do that every year for charity. There was a little box out front for donations to Sick Kids, I believe. I think it’s fun for this time of year….but I hope they are prepared for their hydro bill next month.
David Fleming
at 12:25 am
Hmmmm….I certainly hope this isn’t the same house….otherwise I would be making fun of a house that is working to help sick children…
I didn’t see a donation bin out front though.
Daniel
at 10:46 pm
It’s a good thing that the prices of oil and natural gas aren’t sky high right now. Oh wait a sec.