Ugly House Photos

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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Sales in this neighborhood are as flat as that tire.

They paid $105,500 for the house in 2004 and probably thought there was no maintenance required.  Ever.  Holes in the ceiling?  Now what?

The house sold in this condition as a short sale for $18,000.

Might have sold for more if they had monitored and fixed the roof.

No one noticed problems in several rooms??!!

Head in the sand?  Ignore it and it will go away?

A repair was started outside.  The new buyer gets to finish it.

The bathroom has poor lighting.

The kitchen was updated at one point.

Not sure why they have a window shade in the kitchen.  Is that a junction box dangling on the wall?

Too bad the house fell into disrepair.

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[For retro appliance lovers, we have a treat for you at the end of this post.]

The sellers are claiming the water stains are actually art work.

The leak was in the laundry room.

What’s this in one of the bedrooms??

Looks like they put vinyl floor tiles on the bedroom walls!

They are calling this a great room.

You decide if it’s that great.

It has potential.

Here’s the gourmet kitchen.

It has the original pull-out oven and range!  The house was built in the mid 1940s.

You pull out the range.

When finished cooking, you push the range back in.  I hope the buyers keep the range or sell it to a collector.

The exterior of the house could use some help too.

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Why is there insulation on the kitchen floor?

And in the bathroom too?

Oh, that’s why.  The ceiling fell down.

Same problem in another house.

Fallen insulation in the bathroom too.

There’s the hole in the ceiling.  The photo caption states there was water damage.

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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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That doesn’t look good.

Thank you for fixing it before selling.

Some minor ceiling repair needed in Lafayette, Louisiana.

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We saw the messy rooms, ugly floors, bad paint, and neglect in the main areas of the house.  We haven’t seen where they spent $67,000 in home improvements.  Now let’s check out the bathrooms.

That doesn’t look good.

No money spent there either.

Two different light bulbs and one missing.  Messy bathroom counter.

The faucet does not look new.

Over in the other bathroom, faucet handles are missing.

They meant to fix the toilet paper holder.

There wasn’t enough money in the $67,000 home improvement budget for a new faucet.

We don’t know where this cabinet is, but they have an automotive fuse kit tester!

Another photo of the damaged wall in part 1.

Ceiling damage.

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We’ve seen the rooms and bathrooms of this fine home.  One last chance to see if they spent the refi money to redo the floors.

That orange flooring is known as saltillo tile.  It’s a thick orange-red-pink clay tile (1/2-2/3 inch thick) that was very popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s.  The majority of buyers nowadays don’t like it.  I’ve learned to bite my tongue when showing homes with it; a client here and there will like it.

Lucky penny for the buyer who wants to tackle the damaged cabinet and flooring.

Mouse hole?

Getting ready for new carpet?

Let’s check out the garage.

Attic access?

They included a photo of the hose spigot.  With a bucket and gloves.

They also included this photo.  Why?  To show money spent on landscaping?

The new buyer will renovate the home to the respect and condition it deserves.

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Ceiling damage. Maybe buyers won’t notice?

Cracks at another Phoenix home.

Houston, Texas crack house.

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The garage floor is clean, but the walls are ugly and there’s a big hole in the ceiling.

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