Ugly House Photos

Our readers enjoy Before & After house photos.  Usually the After photos look better than the Before photos.  Maybe not so much in this example.

Here we see the After shower of a remodeled Phoenix home.  A modern design was used to create this curvy Flintstone shower.  Let’s look at the practicality of it.  First, the shower seat will receive 40% of the water and looks like it will hold soapy water without draining.  Phoenix water is loaded with minerals and will leave hard watermarks when it evaporates.  Second, where do you put your shampoo, soap, and loofah sponge?  Third, there’s no light inside.  You’d have to face outward to see things at night (we’ll get to that at the end of this post).  Fourth, will the water splash out into the bathroom?  There’s no lip.  If you’re then forced to add a shower curtain, it will further reduce visibility.  Fifth, thanks to one of our readers for pointing it out, you’ll likely get wet when pre-heating the water due to the control handle’s location.

Let’s check out the front of the house now.  This is the Before in 2004 when it sold for $127,000.

It was listed for sale in 2007 for $349,000 (didn’t sell) and here it is again in 2008 (didn’t sell) with lattice and a gravel yard.

The view behind the lattice.  Worth $222,000 more?

How it looked in January 2010 as a foreclosure home (no surprise); it sold for $56,000.  They removed $293,000 worth of lattice?

And then the new owner remodeled the home and listed it this summer at $195,000.  What do you think of the new modern design?

Here’s another angle so you can appreciate the cut metal facade.

Here’s how the house looked inside in 2008.  Note the beautiful wood floor.  And use the middle wall with the mirror as a reference point.

By January 2010, the wood floors were ruined.  How did that happen in 2 years?

And here’s the After photo from summer 2010.  They removed the wood floors and the archway.  If that’s their idea of modern lighting…

This was the kitchen in 2008.  Hardly worth $349,000 but better than summer 2010?

The kitchen in summer 2010.  When you cook, you get to look at a blank wall.

No other storage space seen.  No cabinets over the sink.

The hall bathroom from January 2010.

The bathroom from summer 2010.  Attention deficit disorder tile pattern?  Check out the showerhead!!!  Why is it so far over from the right?  Shouldn’t it line up with the tub?

The previous owners added on the house.

This is the master suite in summer 2010.  They polished the concrete floor.  Please note how you can see the shower from the bedroom.  Remember, with no lighting in the shower, the person will have to face out to see.  Be sure to wave to everyone.

Here’s that modern shower again.  There is a drain.  But does splashed water spill out into the bedroom?

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[Let us take a brief break from snarky comments and just enjoy these photos]

Today we’re traveling back to the 1950s.  Time has stood still at this Petersburg, Virginia home.

Some 1970s design elements too.

Crushed velour chairs!

Awesome bathroom.

Groovy wallpaper.

Original 1950s kitchen cabinets & oven.

Large dining room.

Close-up of the chandelier.

Fun times in the basement.

Wet bar and a God’s Eye art piece.  Good times.

The sunroom.  With Astro-Turf?

Thank you to Mikey Fuller and photographer Wanda Bond for these great photos.

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We see the cabinets and sink in this kitchen.  But where do you put the stove & oven and refrigerator and microwave?  There are no electric outlets.  Peel & stick vinyl tiles are supposed to stick, right?

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Do It Yourself Project:  Just tear down the wall and now you have a pass-thru kitchen.

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Sellers want buyers to say “oh wow” when they enter a room, not “oh my.”  This is an “oh my” kitchen.  Green & white cabinets with painted on curtains under the sink.  Clashing paint colors.  Odd choice in backsplash.  Interesting concept for the tile mosaic?

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Count the number of bricks used inside this house and win a prize.

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This Peoria, Arizona home is 15 years old.  The original pink carpet took a beating and then some, dontcha think?  The brown-green wall paint clashes with the pink.  You should see it full scale; my clients gasped and I grabbed my camera.

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Clean & fresh remodel of an older Phoenix home.

The living room before with saltillo tile.

New flooring, new paint, new baseboards, new door, new windows in 2010.

Original kitchen before.

New kitchen cabinets & design in 2010.

Clean and fresh.

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Three different homes that have used patterns in an ugly unique manner.

Blood red and white checkerboard tile backsplash plus dark wallpaper border create a heavy, dark kitchen.

Vinyl flooring used as wainscoting in a bathroom.

Will this tile pattern appeal to most buyers?

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The description reads, “Peace, Love and Flower Power! This groovy flash-back is a happening pad. Truly a blast from the past.”  [Thanks to one of our readers for finding this St. Charles, Illinois home.]

Groovy bathroom wallpaper.  The house was built in 1972.

Metallic shiny wallpaper with butterflies in another bathroom.

Green carpet!  Green flower wallpaper!  Matching drapes!!

Shiny daisy wallpaper in the bedroom.

Orange countertops in the kitchen!

More green carpet plus wood paneling.  Our gratitude to the home owner for keeping this home in such immaculate condition.

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