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Spite Houses: 12 Homes Created With Anger and Angst
2015-12-15 08:30:25| Real Estate - Topix.net
What's not to love about a building called a "spite house?" In an essay in the New York Times , writer Kate Bolick discusses her dream of owning the Plum Island Pink House , a forlorn, decaying structure in Newbury, Massachusetts set in the middle of a salt marsh. The romantic, reclusive home stands alone for a reason; built by a recently divorced husband for his ex-wife as a condition of their separation, it's an exact duplicate of their shared home, just uncomfortably moored in the middle of remote wetlands and constructed without any running fresh water.
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