Crows Nest house (without ink lines)

I am having fun at the moment with not sketching with my beloved ink pen... It is quite different having my paint exposed without the security of the inklines and I am enjoying the challenge of something new! Here is a 10 minute sketch I did this week of a quirky house in one of the streets of Crows Nest... I wonder what it used to be – a shop? - and why it is in the middle of a series of small cottages. On the left is some recent new paints ....