An eclectic Pittsburgh household has landed on the current market yet again, and its wild design and style has now prompted really the social-media buzz.
At 1st glance, the 1,475-sq.-foot brick home appears like an regular abode. But the trippy interior tells a distinctive tale.
“When you wander in the entrance door, it looks like it’s a ranch-fashion property but the former operator cut the flooring out to reduce it to the basement stage, so it’s all open up,” states listing agent Chads Mullinary, of Berkshire Hathaway The Favored Realty.
Mullinary explains that all of the one of a kind improvements had been built by the home’s previous owner, and that the current house owners cherished the quirky spaceship theme.
“They are relocating, or they would have stayed listed here,” Mullinary notes.

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In addition to the now-open up flooring plan, the home’s distinctive structure functions a dining space that resembles the command center of a spaceship—with a pocket door that potential customers to the galley kitchen area.
Need to have to head into the laundry place and workshop? Just open the hatch doorway!

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“The spaceship dining home was built from a good deal of parts the prior proprietor had from an Apache helicopter,” Mullinary claims. “He was likely by means of a issue in his life, wherever developing this distinctive style and design was kind of an escape.”
Stated for an inexpensive $199,000, the 3-bed room dwelling was built in 1969.
A sunken living place capabilities a created-in cupboard, superior oak beams, hardwood floors, and a brick fireplace. A spiral staircase provides straightforward obtain to both stages of the residence. To the still left of the hearth, a wooden ladder potential customers to an elevated library.

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The principal-ground dwelling region also showcases a ground-to-ceiling, area-themed mural.
The latest owner, who ordered the property in 2020 for $152,500, has made some modifications—fresh paint and flooring, in addition a new roof.
The backyard features an previously mentioned-floor pool that requirements a new liner and some other updates. And with a small TLC, this place could be reworked into a non-public oasis.

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The home owners have designed a couple of tweaks right here and there, around the previous handful of yrs. When they ended up on board with the home’s outer-area vibe, they apparently felt otherwise about its tropical-themed rooms.
“The bedroom was initially developed as a cabana, loaded with sand,” Mullinary claims. “The present entrepreneurs took the sand out but held the cabana-design mattress. There was also a bathroom—that had a jungle-theme—that is now a extra common model.”
So, who would want a pad with an out-of-this-environment design and style? As it transpires, themed residences make for well known quick-time period rentals.
“It’s this sort of a one of a kind household,” Mullinary observes. “It would make an brilliant Airbnb or it could go to a young couple, trader, or the proper relatives who just enjoys the type.”
He provides that the locale, in a mellow Pittsburgh suburb, is also an captivating perk.
“The Holiday break Park community is found in Plum, which is in the eastern suburbs,” Mullinary suggests. “It’s a sought-soon after community to dwell in … so it would make a great household household.”