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House for sale in Texas is sunny and bright - but what’s with the spaceship bathroom?

Exterior
Exterior Screen grab from Zillow

A fancy home that carries a chic, French chateau-like vibe has hit the real estate market in Seabrook, Texas, for $979,000.

Aerial view
Aerial view Screen grab from Zillow

While the interior of the five-bedroom, five-bath house has a pleasant, sunny disposition with splashes of bumblebee yellow and sky blue, there’s one room in particular that stands out — and reminds people that NASA Johnson Space Center is right down the street.

Exterior
Exterior Screen grab from Zillow

Literally.

Interior
Interior Screen grab from Zillow

And a single bathroom on the lakefront property reflects that, it would appear.

Bathroom
Bathroom Screen grab from Zillow

“Home is on a quiet cul-de-sac, has three floors of main living space, and walls of windows provide sweeping views and flood the home with natural northern light,” the listing on Zillow describes. “Bonus game-room on the top floor and a half bath that is in spaceship theme with fiber optic star ceiling, space artifacts, audio and visual special effects.”

Bathroom
Bathroom Screen grab from Zillow

The unusual, yet cool, house managed to capture the attention of fans on Zillow Gone Wild, who took to the comment section of the home’s post to vent, joke and marvel at that bathroom in particular.

Living room
Living room Screen grab from Zillow

“I’m afraid to ask what some of (these) switches by the toilet do!” one person wrote. “Otherwise, great house.”

Dining area and kitchen
Dining area and kitchen Screen grab from Zillow

“Come on now folks…” another said. “We all want to use that bathroom and call out ‘Houston we have a problem.’”

Bedroom
Bedroom Screen grab from Zillow

“The rest of the house is mostly fine aside from some paint color, and then BOOM that bathroom really comes out of no where,” another observed.

Bathroom
Bathroom Screen grab from Zillow

“I love how generically bland this big house is and then BAM, that bathroom,” one person said.

Bathroom
Bathroom Screen grab from Zillow

“Its a gorgeous home...in Texas,” another said. “But its near Houston, so (likely) a NASA/Space X family lived and peed here...”

Game room
Game room Screen grab from Zillow

“Considering this is down the road from NASA, I’m not really surprised,” another observed.

“I’d give Elon all the credit for that bathroom,” another joked.

Deck
Deck Screen grab from Zillow

“I love this entire house!” one person wrote. “It would be so fun to have guests over, and when they asked to use the bathroom, casually direct them to the space center down the hall.”

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This story was originally published December 21, 2021 at 12:17 PM with the headline "House for sale in Texas is sunny and bright - but what’s with the spaceship bathroom?."

TJ Macias
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
TJ Macías is a Real-Time national sports reporter for McClatchy based out of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Formerly, TJ covered the Dallas Mavericks and Texas Rangers beat for numerous media outlets including 24/7 Sports and Mavs Maven (Sports Illustrated). Twitter: @TayloredSiren
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