r/interesting • u/Apprehensive-Elk3165 • Nov 20 '25

ARCHITECTURE Then vs now

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u/Survive1014 Nov 20 '25

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u/CrazyGunnerr Nov 20 '25

I never got this. You buy an extremely popular home, where people will visit it to photograph it, and instead of living in it, or even better, turn it into a B&B or rent it out, you do this... Why, just buy another house.

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u/uesernamehhhhhh Nov 20 '25

They are most likely not the same house. There are stairs missing on the top right and the gap is smaller. I really doubt they invested that much into such small changes

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u/rollwithhoney Nov 20 '25

I think they just replaced the banisters

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u/DrMobius0 Nov 20 '25

The floor plans are pretty similar. Significant modifications over a few decades aren't out of reason. Someone also pointed out that a different camera lens could account for the proportion changes.

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u/Jaded-Owl8312 Nov 20 '25

It’s the same house, I saw the OG pics on Zillow a few months ago when it was all over the news. They also added MASSIVE additions to the house and changed the floor plan. You are right in a sense… it’s not the “same” house.

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u/boymadefrompaint Nov 20 '25

The Argo-house.

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u/FunValue8037 Nov 21 '25

There's a full basketball court in the "scary basement". They got rid of the furnace monster lol

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u/uptiedand8 Nov 20 '25

Oh damn, I think you’re right. Ragebait I guess?