Living in an incredibly unique house, part 1

I live in an incredibly unique house. I've lived here for about 11 years and thinking back, this house has always been very unusual.

A peculiar thing about it, is that this house was fairly cheap. It was in fairly bad condition, and very old. Now, the house is in an even worse condition, as we haven't really been taking care of it. In addition, the house as been painted, and part of a stairway replaced, so it doesn't look that great now. I've taken several photos, but there are no photos of its former glory...

The house is two stories high. This is very unusual, as all the other houses are only one story high. On one side (left, if you look towards the house), the one storey house is as high as ours. We are located on a small hill. On the other side is a straight drop, as if the dirt was lifted away by a bulldozer.

The house is built around a fairy large natural rock. Most of the left side is just natural rock. The steps leading up to the verandah was formerly stone. A very colourful variety of natural rocks and spare bricks made up the steps. They are now removed and ugly grey cement, and dull tiles replace it.

The right exterior consists of earth. Numerous vertical planks and bricks are placed to create steps, and to stop the earth from sinking. However, a fair amount has now sunk, and the bricks are no longer close together, and horizontal. I feel uneasy walking on them. Many plants grow on these steps.

The front wall of the house is made of a strange brick. It is dark, and very rough. It was as if it were sandstone, roughly chipped from the ground. The side walls are from normal, light brown, clay brick. The guttering and roof was green. Now, the brick walls are painted white, and the guttering changed to blue. It is now even more visually distinct.

The driveway is fairly steep, made of gravel. It is a steep curve, and every time the car drives down I hear a quick screech of metal.

The backyard was likely the location of a great garden. A finely made raised cement platform takes up an entire corner, with large colourful rocks making up it's walls. Peculiar designed cement bricks cover the border. It is now littered with discarded junk. A normal brick platform adjacent to it, was originally covered with weeds. There are many potted plants around here.

The verandah's fencing is thick, latticed timber. I do not know if it was originally there or moved from our former house, but there is a rusted, latticed metal table out here.