Ugly House Photos

You can tell an amateur installed the roof shingles.  Note how the shingles line up in a straight line.

Makes me think they installed it sideways!

Here’s how the shingles should be lined up.

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Help!  I need somebody (to repair me).

Help!  Not just anybody.

Help!  You know I need someone.  Help!

Help me if you can, I’m feeling down.

Help me get my feet back on the ground.

Won’t you please, help me?

Help.

Help.

Help.

Help.

Help.

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Shingles missing from an Apache Junction, Arizona home’s roof.

It wasn’t like the shingles were going to magically reappear some day.

So the roof leaked and this is what happened next.

Ignoring the problem will make things worse.

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It’s fun to iron clothes while in bed!

The horse got cold so they covered it with a blanket.

TV’s on!!

The patio roof could use some help.  Installed by amateurs?

Golf/utility cart on the front lawn.  Buyers are given tour rides around the yard?

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Trenton, New Jersey home.  Doubtful it can be saved.  You’ll see why.

But first, the mess inside.  Holy tornado!

The kitchen!  What??!!

What happened to the ceiling?!!?!

The living room!!!

The attic!!

Here’s the outside of the house.  The house has already started tearing itself down for us.  Wow!  When they say there’s been a shift in the market, they’re not kidding!

Unsafe!  The roof collapsed!

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It will take a buyer with a lot of patience and money to restore this Douglas, Arizona home.  Check out the roof!

The exterior will need help too.

The living room probably has lots of bacteria living there.  Did they ever clean the walls?

Another room in need of renovation.

Time for a new bathroom.

Here’s the kitchen.  Bon appetit!

Lots of scrubbing required.

Help.

Looking back the other direction.

There is an outhouse in the back yard.  The photo’s caption reads, “Second bathroom.”

This is the inside of the outhouse.

The photo’s caption reads, “Outcrop building.”  Barely standing up.  Use extreme caution when entering.

Here’s the garage.

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First impressions.  Check out the roof in the upper right corner.  [Augusta, Maine]

They’re calling it a home.  Any takers?  [Martin, Tennessee]

We haven’t decided if this de-sided Sedalia, Missouri home is worth a visit.

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These Chandler, Arizona sellers got a little confused about the TARP program.

[Troubled Asset Relief Program, a $600 billion fund to bail out banks in 2008]

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Please, someone buy this house and return it to its original glory.  The current owners haven’t maintained it very well.

They built an enclosed porch out front.  Why bother with a door? Thieves can just crawl through the open windows. Check out the door. It’s very short.

Here’s what the front porch looks like.

First impressions at the front door?

Let’s go inside now.  Check out the bathroom.  Lots of dust on that ceiling fan!

The kitchen looks surprisingly clean.

Bedroom crammed full.  If any of the kids complain, dad will use the paddle hanging on the left wall.

The air freshener gives a false sense of well-being in this bedroom.  They’ve blocked the window with a cabinet.  That’s the head of a small boy in the bottom right corner.

Let’s go outside and get some fresh air.  Oh, bad idea.

Let’s go up on the roof next.

“What do you mean we have to maintain the roof?”

“How was I supposed to know?  I couldn’t see it.”

“So whadya want me to do about it?”

“I’m just going to sell the house as-is.”

“Is the bad roof why that happened?”

“It happened over here.”

“And there too.”  As Bill Engvall says, “Here’s your sign.”

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Would buyers think, “Car maintenance = home maintenance”?

Looks like a fun weekend project.

See?  They’ve starting getting the roof ready for you.

Odd.

The white rock seemed like a good idea at the time.  [Apache Junction, Arizona]

They’re planning to seal the driveway this weekend.  [Houston, Texas]

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