Ugly House Photos

Lots of random items, dirty carpet, and loose cabinet knob in a Frenchtown, New Jersey family room.  Could have been a really cozy looking fireplace setting with proper home staging.  Missed opportunity.

Another hidden fireplace due to visual distractions.  [Phoenix]

And another Phoenix family room that does not highlight the fireplace.

Lots of baseball caps and other junk in a Tempe, Arizona family room.

A little bit of everything in this Sun City, Arizona family room.

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Make it stop.  Black Canyon City, Arizona home.  With the saying, “Live by the sun, Love by the moon.”  How about making the bed properly and staging the bedroom first?

Make it stop.  Gilbert, Arizona home.  With the saying, “Family - a journey to forever.”

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It needs help.  Too dark.  Uneven paint job.  Pictures hung too high up the wall.  Clutter.

This room is supposed to be the _______?

Sigh.

And the back yard.  Looks tired.

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This is supposed to be a dining room in a Phoenix home.  Looks like they’re hoarding vacuum cleaners and bottled water.

This is the living room of another Phoenix home, according to the photo’s caption.  We’ll have to take their word.

Supposedly a living room in a Mesa, Arizona home.  There’s a skeleton doll watching guard over the pile of stuff.  Argh!

Try to imagine this being the living room of another Mesa, Arizona home.  Who rules this family?  “Mommy, I need more room!  Would you mind moving your stuff out of the living room?”

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I’ll bet the kids that live here love their bedrooms.  Thought parents might like these for decorating ideas.  When selling, they might need to be toned down a bit (a lot?).

Spiderman lives in Phoenix!

Phoenix fire station.

Wallpaper border and matching quilt in Laredo, Texas.

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Buffalo, New York.  Where’s it’s cold near year ’round.  You’d think the fireplace would be the prominent feature of the home.  Not so for these three homes.

Let’s push a big sofa in front of the fireplace.  Let’s cover up the rest of the fireplace with personal items.  Buyers won’t care, right?  [It looks like a person’s face in the bottom left of the photo]

Great idea blocking the fireplace.  I did the same thing in my house.  And I added a lot of family photos too and kept the curtains closed.  We don’t want buyers to think Buffalo has sunlight.

Well, we don’t have a huge couch to block our fireplace so we’ll use kid’s toys and other clutter to hide it.

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But when selling, it’s time for them to pick up their toys and stuff.  Right?  You can’t just use the excuse, “Well, they’re kids” can you?

It runs in the family.

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The owners scratch their heads, “Why isn’t the house selling?”  Proper home staging and good photos can help a home sell quicker or at the very least sell at all.  Here is a collection of real estate photos from a Phoenix home that did not sell the first time or the second time.  The comments section stated, “Owner wants it SOLD.”  Hmmm.

Buyers did not go bananas for the house after seeing the garage photo.

Cluttered bedroom with a bed sheet over the window.

Messy bed.  What kind of window drapes are those?

The owners changed things up with different decorations in the master bedroom for the 2nd go-around.  Didn’t help sell the house either.

Living room with ugly drapes and more clutter.  Pool table with broken sides.

The family room/office.

Dining room with Golden Girls’ 1980s pastel & brass furniture.

Fishy shower curtain.

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Buyers want master suites to look like spa retreats, a place where they can escape and relax and maybe be romantic.

These Phoenix home sellers want their kids to be with them 24/7 in their master suite’s sitting room.  How romantic.  “Hey, Honey, the smell of dirty diapers from that garbage bag sure gets me in the mood.”

Dirty clothes, a white tiger stuffed animal, and video games.  These home sellers missed an opportunity to stage their master suite as a place to enjoy a romantic fireplace.  Buyers will only see a cluttered mess.

Another unromantic master suite.  “Honey, come to bed.”  “Just a sec, gotta check my e-mails.”  “Oh, you’re right.  I might as well check mine too.”

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The sellers of this Phoenix home will include the baby with a full price offer.

Or they will keep the baby if your offer is lower than asking price.

They left the TV on.

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