Entries Tagged as 'Back Yard'

The Tables Have Turned

September 2nd, 2010 · 3 Comments

Someone knocked over the table.

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This table’s on its back.  Is that a lighthouse birdbath?

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Tags: Phoenix Homes · Back Yard · Garbage and/or Junk

Pre-Wired

September 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments

There sure are a lot of overhead wires.  And that fence doesn’t look so good.  Couldn’t they have taken the photo more to the left instead?

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Tags: Phoenix Homes · Back Yard · Fence or Wall

Cheap Seesaw

August 29th, 2010 · 3 Comments

You can create kids’ toys on the cheap if you use your noggin.  Here’s a seesaw made of a board and a barrel in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.  What’s that going green phrase?  Reduce, reuse, recycle.

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Yep, it’s an old barrel all right.  There’s also a deer in the yard.

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See Saw Marjory Daw.

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Junky Moreno Valley, California Home

August 22nd, 2010 · 9 Comments

How about waiting until after the yard sale to take the real estate photos?

junk garbage clutter in front yard poor curb appeal Moreno Valley California home

Dotty the Dalmatian dog greets us in the junky back yard.

junk garbage clutter in back yard Dalmatian dog Moreno Valley California home house

Dotty apologizes for her owner’s messy kitchen.

junk garbage clutter in kitchen Dalmatian dog Moreno Valley California home house

The living room is a mess.  Where’s the fireplace?

clutter boxes junk in living room poor home staging Moreno Valley California house

A bedroom?

clutter boxes junk messy bedroom poor home staging Moreno Valley California house

Another messy bedroom.  Thank you, Melody, for sending us these photos.

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Tags: Staging · Curb Appeal · Clutter · Pets · Back Yard · Garbage and/or Junk · Other US Cities

Dead Branches Sell Homes

August 20th, 2010 · No Comments

It’s a proven fact that buyers love dead branches in real estate photos.

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Tags: Landscaping · Phoenix Homes · Back Yard

Wires, Sandbox, & Piglet

August 17th, 2010 · 8 Comments

What a depressing back of the house.  Wires and pipes going all over like spaghetti.  No patio cover to block out the hot Arizona sun.

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They added a patio cover to the side of the house.  However, notice that the wood posts are placed directly in dirt and connect directly to the house.  This is like putting out the red carpet for termites.  Earth-to-wood contact is what termite inspectors call this.

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A Piglet mural plus outdated parquet flooring in the bedroom.  Oh, Pooh.  We were hoping the inside was better than the outside.

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Tags: Bedroom · Patio · Phoenix Homes · Faux Paint & Murals · Back Yard · Fixer-Upper

Compost Heap

August 17th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Let’s just throw our garbage in the back yard and wait 100+ years for Mother Nature to compost the plastic.

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Tags: Phoenix Homes · Back Yard · Garbage and/or Junk · Weeds

Very Low Maintenance Back Yard

August 10th, 2010 · 7 Comments

No wasteful watering of grass or plants in this back yard.  Think of all the extra time you’ll have.

no landscaping plants grass ugly concrete back yard Phoenix Arizona home house

It does have mountain views.

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Tags: Landscaping · Phoenix Homes · Back Yard

Get the House Ready Before Listing It

August 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments

If you are trying to get a date, would you send a photo of yourself when you first woke up or after you were ready for the day?  It’s all about first impressions, not promises.

The caption for this photo reads:  “All debris will be picked up and cleaned by this week.”  So why not just wait ’til it’s all picked up first and then take the photo?

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Let’s say you get a date.  Would you clean out your car first or tell your date you’ll clean it out later?
There’s more debris in the kitchen than in the back yard.

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Tags: Staging · Kitchen · Clutter · Patio · Phoenix Homes · Back Yard · Refrigerator Magnets

Free TV With Home Purchase

August 6th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Yep, that’s a TV outside there.  Free to the new buyer.  Plus all the other junk and stuff out back.

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