The Weekly Blend is your “weekly” source covering real estate news that you just may have missed. Our hard-at-work Weekly Blend crew scours the web looking for obscure, bizarre, interesting and informative real estate (or real estate related) stories. If you have one you’d like to share please feel free to share it in our comments section or tweet about it using the hashtag #WeeklyBlend. So brew yourself a fresh cup of coffee and enjoy these stories. Maybe even share them with friends or colleagues. Happy reading!
Here are my weekly picks:
She Shed she wanted a room of her own. Next thing you know; man caves are a thing of the past.
How does one preserve decades of Canadian broadcast history? Well, with a 60-storey Cold War bunker, of course.
This Nashville home is so nice; it’s fit for a Disney princess.
Would you rather live in a downtown condo or a cottage oasis? Why not both? This $3.5 million U.S. NYC penthouse apartment comes with a cherry on top: a rooftop cottage.
“It was like thunder.” A Florida family is hungry for answers after 152 lbs of frozen Italian pork sausage mysteriously landed on their roof.
Dude, where’s my car? Young Metallica fan’s memory Fades to Black when he tries to remember where he parked his car before the show in Toronto.
If you’re planning a trip to the Bordeaux region of Southwestern France, owl you need to do is reserve this free off-the-grid cabin for an experience like none other.
From roofs to roads, and even wall paint, this new modular solar panel system is revolutionizing sustainability in countries around the world.
The $8 million U.S. price tag for actor David Arquette’s historic Los Angeles mansion is sure to make you Scream!
I wonder if actor Jeremy Piven’s new $7 million U.S. Hollywood Hills home is be big enough to house a party with the boys from HBO’s Entourage.
Speaking of the hills, it’s a good thing Piven didn’t move to West Hollywood where social media star, Jake Paul, has turned his once quiet, upscale neighbourhood into a complete circus.
To most, it’s just another modest detached home in Toronto. To fans of Canada’s comedy hit, SCTV, this home is where famed actors John Candy, Eugene Levy and Rick Moranis discovered their funny bone!
The owner of this five-bedroom home in Texas either prefers constant company or didn’t get the memo: the mannequin challenge ended in 2016.
It’s no surprise this sharp, outside-the-box, mid-century beach home was voted one of the 100 Best Buildings by the Architects’ Institute of America in Florida.
Tired of paying massive docking fees? This £3.4 million home in England has a surprise that’s sure to float your boat!
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Lastly, in your feel-good story of the week, watch this heroic dog jump into Long Island Sound to rescue a baby deer from drowning. #heartmelts
