Ugly House Photos

Uh, there’s a door on the 2nd floor that leads to a corrugated metal porch roof.  Safe?  Hopefully, these Hickory, North Carolina sellers aren’t advertising it as a balcony.

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Water from a sink plus exposed electrical wiring equals potential safety hazard.  Zzzzzzzap?  And don’t let a spark hit the WD-40 can!

Don’t splash any water!  [Norfolk, Nebraska home]

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Not quite sure that baby swing is safe and secure on the unstable sofa cushion.  And the cushion seems to be moved out a bit from the sofa.

Please tell us they don’t actually put their baby in that thing.  “Rock-a-Bye-Bye, Baby.”

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Years and years of accumulating stuff.

Save, save, save.

Milk crate collection.

Tree limb collection.

After all of these decades of ownership, he only had $64,000 to show for it.  That’s the sales price.

“How am I going to move all this stuff? Where will I put it?  What’s soap?”

Every item has a special meaning.

At least there isn’t a pot rack.

Cluttered kitchen.

Quite the collection.

Years of neglect.

Fresh coat of paint needed.

The new buyer will renovate.

Not a good idea to keep combustible material near a gas water heater.

It’s missing a metal fire stop collar where the flue vent meets the ceiling.  Safety issue and code violation.

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Many cords of wood stored in the basement of a Somerset, Kentucky house.  If there’s a fire, wooosh.  The whole house goes up in flames.  The rule of thumb nowadays is to keep firewood away from the house.

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Either she’s a dangerous cook or she’s extra careful in the kitchen, because…

…she has TWO fire extinguishers in her Sun City, Arizona kitchen.

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The ruins ruined the room.

Broken glass alert!  Safety hazard!  Buyer beware!  Thanks, Mr. Seller.

Hard wired.

Matchy-matchy.

Uh, nice try.  Next time, put the dishes away before taking the real estate photo.

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Hank Hill works for Strickland Propane on the animated TV show King of the Hill.  Who knew he had a home in Glendale, Arizona.  Propane is the new way to cook inside your home!  Now you know.

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No hand rail.  Oops!

Maybe they should rent Safe House movie when it’s released on Tuesday.

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A week ago, we featured a Vicksburg, Mississippi bathroom with a water heater right next to the bathtub.  Now we found another one in a Wickenburg, Arizona bathroom.  It looks ugly.  Why not enclose it or cover it up?

Was it properly installed?  Exposed wiring.  Tubes held to the wall with wire.  No  pressure relief valve and/or The pressure relief valve pipe should not go up; it should point downward for proper escape.

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