FROM a close-up look, this white Tudor style cottage on the market for £495,000 looks inviting and cosy.
However, a quick look around the property tells a different story – and it’s terrified house-hunters.
The white and black cottage looks cute at first glance – but then you spot the bizarre mismatched “lawn”.
Then the detached home gets more and more eerie as you explore further.
Potential buyers are soon greeted with creepy gravestones outside as well as “horrifying” figures in the living room.
The property – in Ashton-In-Makerfield, Greater Manchester – was previously the home and garden centre of outsider artist Kevin Duffy.
An outsider artist is a name given to a self-taught artist, who has no contact with the conventional art world.
And this property certainly shows off Kevin’s unusual artistry.
Sculptures litter the lawn with a human-sized angel singing and what looks like a small boy at the front of the cottage.
A path makes its way to the back of the garden centre, where you are welcomed with two gravestones on either side of the door.
And while the outside has a distinct eerie feel, indoors is no better.
One small room is adorned with multiple grandfather clocks, with smaller timepieces covering the walls.
Moving into the living room, there are more grandfather clocks as well as a creepy life-sized maid figure, a glass German shepherd and numerous gnome milk jugs.
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The property listing agent, Regan & Hallworth, boasts a plot of land close to 0.5 acres in size and two separate dwellings, each with its own lounge, kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom.
It reads: “This property embodies 40 years of Duffy’s passionate vision, showcased on television and celebrated by Raw Vision, the world’s leading outsider art magazine.”
But people on Reddit had a different outlook on the property, with many claiming it looked horrifying to live in.
One person wrote: “Looks like the perfect setting for a seance.”
Another commented: “I went through the photos thinking ‘what is it?’
“Finding out it’s an old garden centre owned by an artist doesn’t explain it all.”
“Absolute fever-dream!” penned a third.
Meanwhile, a fourth said: “My last thought was that this is more like a cheap house of horrors set up at Halloween to upset little kids. I’m not surprised that it’s gone out of business, if the photos are any indication.”
“That place is terrifying!” claimed a fifth.
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