House of Mister Hyde

If this house was a person, it would be schizophrenic. The neat and tidy doctor Jekyll would have a very insistent Mr Hyde whispering unpleasant things in his hears. You are probably a bit confused at this point, so allow me to demonstrate.


First, there's the fantastic original decor, such as this rather east blocky ceiling lamp in the bedroom. You may wonder why there's only one bulb in it. Well that's because the bloody thing is bright enough to burn off your retinas otherwise.

Then let's get to the infrastructure. Here, next to the kitchen window, is the gas pipe for the stove. Observe the graceful placement of the pipe and its carefully crafted wall attachment.

The correct way to attach things to a concrete wall is of course by hammering nails into it. Lots of them.

And why bother to hide plumbing, when you can make a modern art installation out of it? (Ed: I don't even know which pipes are in use and which aren't.)

Insulation? Phooey. We'll just wrap some rags strips of insulating material around it. It'll be fine.