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  Kevin Bacon, who starred in sci-fi films such as “Flatliners,” destroyed a haunted house on his northwestern Connecticut farm when the previous owner feared he might become “possessed” by an otherworldly entity. “One of the pieces that we bought had an old house in it and [the owner] didn’t want me to own the house. It was an abandoned house that he had grown up in,” Bacon said on Rob Lowe’s “Literally” podcast last month. Bacon said he bought the “turn of the century” rural farm in 1983 to buy a horse with an ex-girlfriend. He bought up plots around his property every few years to keep the area private. The...

A COUPLE has ditched their traditional house to live on the sea. Maya, a 26-year-old sailor from Canada, and her husband Aladino live full-time on a sailboat.     (Maya and her husband live on a sailboat full time.Credit: YouTube/Sailing Magic Carpet)     (She bought the boat as a cheaper alternative to a house.Credit: YouTube/Sailing Magic Carpet)     Instead of shelling out tons of money in a volatile Canadian housing market, she opted to fix up an old sailboat and live there. "We have a massive housing crisis here, it's crazy expensive. So a lot of my friends around me were all thinking about alternative housing options," Maya said to...

A RECLUSIVE farmer who has no electricity, ID, or running water, has attracted dozens of potential suitors with his strange off-grid living. Titus Morris felt called by God to leave modernity behind and build his own Appalachian farm, but after eight years he needed someone to share it with. Titus Morris has been living in a remote part of the Appalachian Mountains for eight years with no electricity, mains water, cell phone, car and even no shoes in the summer. In a YouTube video, which was broadcast by documentary maker Peter Santenello two months ago, Titus said while he was content, the only thing missing in his life was a partner to share it with. In a follow-up interview, the...

Construction work has resumed on Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia, a skyscraper designed by Chicago-based studio Adrian Smith + Gill Gordon Architecture, which is expected to become the world's tallest building. According to Dubai-based magazine Middle East Economic Digest (MEED), work will resume on the project after nearly adecade of construction. Designed by Adrian Smith + Gill Gordon Architecture (AS+GG), the skyscraper is planned to reach a height of 1,000 metres. This would make it taller than the current record-holder, the 828-metre-tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai, a tower that Smith led during his time at architecture studioSkidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM). Renderings of Jeddah Tower,...

A TENNESSEE business owner has opened a new tiny home village with properties starting at $30,000.   (Randy Jones is the founder of The Grove tiny home village and Incredible Tiny Homes.Credit: YouTube/Incredible Tiny Homes)     (When furnished, the homes can look cozy and inviting despite being small.Credit: YouTube/Incredible Tiny Homes)     (There are three sizes to choose from, starting at $30,000.Credit: YouTube/Incredible Tiny Homes)     The Grove is a new tiny home community founded by Randy Jones, chief executive officer of Incredible Tiny Homes. Located in Newport, Tennessee, there are 70 plots on site. Unlike other tiny home...

GENEROSITY has landed one homeowner in hot water as she has been struggling to kick out an unwanted houseguest.California resident, Wendy, took in Anne-Marie Lynne who was a former neighbor.   (Wendy allowed an old neighbor to live in her home who she has claimed overstayed her welcome forcing her to call the police to get her out.Credit: KCAL)   (The neighbor, Anne-Marie refused to leave the house and California law backed up her decision to stay, requiring Wendy to start a formal eviction process.Credit: KCAL)   (Anne-Marie stayed for almost two months more than the pair allegedly agreed to, staying on the living room floor with her dog and belongings.Credit:...

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A former Chinese government official said the country's entire population of 1.4 billion wouldn't be enough to fill all of its empty houses, Reuters reported, citing a video from the state news agency China News Service. China's real-estate struggles rose to prominence in 2021, when industry giant Evergrande became the most indebted company in the world and defaulted. At the time, there were at least 65 million vacant properties in the country, which would have been enough to house the entire population of France, Insider previously reported. "How many vacant homes are there now? Each expert gives a very different number, with the most extreme believing the current number of vacant homes...

A FORMER carpenter built his own private island out of plastic bottles and makes a living off of cash from tourists. After 13 years working as a builder, Richart Sowa decided to delve into ecological building - but his material of choice has raised some eyebrows.     (Richart has built a home on the floating island.Credit: COOLEST THING YOUTUBE)     (He even made a boat out of bottles to get to it.Credit: COOLEST THING YOUTUBE)   Richart has utilised 150,000 plastic bottles to support his floating man-made island that boasts a full garden and a house. He told Coolest Thing: "I started this island here in Mexico six and a half years ago, and registered...

An abandoned Cambridgeshire mansion that dates back to 1905 is up for grabs with a guide price of £100,000 to £125,000. The Edwardian building, in the village of Longstanton, which is six miles north-west of Cambridge, is being sold at auction, where properties often sell for more than the initial guide price. While it may seem like a bargain, the buyer will need incredibly deep pockets and potentially years of patience to transform the house into a comfortable family home. The brick building sits in more than an acre of land, with several outbuildings, and is completely derelict.   (This abandoned mansion is in the Cambridgeshire village of Longstanton and dates...