Sentences with phrase «ramshackle house»

In the end, the generally impoverished look of Belize City, created primarily by the tiny ramshackle houses in the neighborhoods, is partly a misleading one.

They moved to Pennsylvania to an old ramshackle house on the Delaware River.

Another aspect of my experiences growing up that you'll see reflected in the book is the sharp dichotomy between the haves and haves - not - the town that's booming with development while just on the other side of the forest there's a village that is crushingly poor; or the skyscrapers going up in full view of ramshackle houses.

Yes, there are some areas with ramshackle housing and slow - moving canals, but Belize City also has stately colonial - era homes, lively shopping districts, beachfront amusement parks, and a flotilla of graceful sailboats.

Also, go on a guided tour up Richard Prince's driveway, past a parked 1973 Dodge Barracuda, where you'll get a close peek at his anti-monument of countercultural ephemera — a partially renovated, partially ramshackle house - work «painstakingly crafted to be almost impossible to find.»

Showcased in the documentary that shares the home's name, the Beales lived their lives out in the isolated, ramshackle house along with three dozen cats, a couple of raccoons in the attic, and zero litter boxes.

Do you choose to marry the tortured writer who lives a solitary existence in a one room, ramshackle house on the beach?

When space got tight, they moved to a ramshackle house on a commercial lot.

Captivated by the idea of backyard self - sufficiency, Novella Carpenter transforms an abandoned lot next to her ramshackle house in inner - city Oakland into a wonderful urban farm.

Perhaps 10 years ago, the scenario had been what i imagined, with men swooping in, and women keen to swap the hard grind of poverty - stricken ukraine for a new life in the us, even if it was a ramshackle house in a north dakotan town or a sleepy midwestern farm, rather than a manhattan penthouse or la beachfront home.

Unfortunately, he buys his home with his heart, not his head, and winds up with dilapidated, ramshackle house that, in the long run is cheaper to tear down and build over.

Eggers claims to have based his story on numerous folktales, taking large swaths of the dialogue from existing writings of the time period, a device as effective as the flickering candlelight that barely illuminates the walls of their ramshackle house.

Deadline reports that Enos is set to play Vicki Hutcheson, a mother with an eight - year - old boy who lives in a ramshackle house in West Memphis.

The inherited property comprises a ramshackle house and a vast tract of land on which nothing has ever been grown — the function of the land, for the grandfather, was simply to protect the business from prying eyes.

But Arcadia isn't a charming small town; it's a ramshackle house in western New York that is home to a utopian community.

Veblen is just fine on her own, living in a ramshackle house in Palo Alto and translating from the Norwegian in her spare time.

Growing up on a farm in rural Mexico, where authorities turned a blind eye to the polygamous practices of her community, Ruth lives in a ramshackle house without indoor plumbing or electricity.

Happily I already knew quite a lot about painting and decorating from owning a ramshackle house in London for many years.