A lot of blue sky over the pacific ocean. Swim straight out from this beach ( 43°49'37.85"S 172°42'36.52"E ) and first land will be antarctica, 3000 km away.
The before could really be the after but I just didn´t find a picture of the old house, pre destruction. Knocking the old building over with a sledgehammer was a lot of work and fun but nothing compared to building the new.