looks good from far away, but far from good up close
You see a girl down the street that looks good from far, but she gets close and she is far from good and makes you wanna hurl. "Dude look at that chick across the party. Wait here she comes.(puking noises)Dude she was good from far, far from good.(more puking sounds)."
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2 million.