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Previously located at 22 High St, Port Alfred, South Africa | Moved June 2013

Unspecified location in the United Kindom

Featured Image Courtesy Of FuturoHouse.com | Date Unknown

 
Google Maps | Satellite Imagery Date 021006

Futuro, Port Alfred, South Africa  
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Notes, History & Resources

The featured image above is courtesy of FuturoHouse.com and shows this Futuro as it was in its previous location in South Africa.  
In email correspondence over the last few days I have learned that the Futuro House previously located at 22 High St, Port Alfred, South Africa has been sold. The Futuro House has been disassembled and shipped to the United Kingdom and currently remains in storage.

I am unable to publish more detailed information at this time though I hope to be able to do so in the coming weeks. In the meantime the Featured Image at left and the embedded Google Map above show the Futuro as it was in its previous location.

As a British expat it is great to see a Futuro in the United Kingdom once more. The only other documented one, once located in Todmorden, has long since disappeared.



Original Information From The Port Alfred Page

In a January 2010 article on the website ParanormalMagazine.co.uk the owner of what is thought to be South Africa's only Futuro House is said to be considering dismantling and relocating the Futuro. Located for some 40 years close to the banks of the Kowie River in Port Alfred, South Africa the Futuro is showing its age. Owner Art du Randt is quoted as saying:

"The UFO is old and falling apart ... we must make a plan to try and save it before it is too late."

Over the years the Futuro has served a variety of purposes; its past roles have even included serving as kennel to a large dog and her brood. The owner is unsure exactly what use would be made of the Futuro after a move and restoration with ideas ranging from a kid's playroom to a novelty pub having been considered. No firm plans have been made at this time however; while du Randt is keen to restore the Futuro such a task is anything but a modest undertaking.

The ParanormalMagazine.co.uk article is dated 011910 and that is the latest confirmed date I have for this Futuro.

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As far as images go I am particularly interested in those that are either significantly better than the ones already on this page or show a different aspect or detail. If you own an image meeting one or both of those criteria I would love to be able to use it on this page but I will simply provide a link if that is your preference. Where permission is granted to use an image on the page appropriate attribution will be provided by means of a link to the original image, a link to a website of your choosing or both.