Ugly House Photos

They increased the square footage of their home with this room addition.  It’s sure to add lots of value to the home.

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Real estate is cyclical.  Conditions of homes are cyclical.  When the housing market tanked, nearly 90% of homes for sale were vacant.  We had a hard time finding photos with furniture & ugly decorations.  Then homes became neglected (weeds) and/or damaged (kitchens removed; houses trashed).  Then the market started to recover and we noticed a lot of nice looking, clean homes.  Finding ugly house photos was hard.  Nowadays, we’re seeing a return of the truly neglected (probably because the inventory is so low and because prices have gone up that investors are buying the leftovers) and also an increase in clutter & hoarding.

So here is another example of neglect and vandalism.  The home owner did not pay attention to the roof.

Head in the sand?  Didn’t see it?

Bathroom vanity removed.

Copper theft.

Vandalized.

Broken window and more.

Kitchen nightmare.

Electric issues.

Ugly flooring.

Lots of renovation needed.

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Urban scenery is the focus of Dutch photographer Niki Feijen’s work.  Her collection of photos of abandoned homes, farms, and buildings in The Netherlands is fascinating.
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Look what time has done.

The roof collapsed in this home.

A snapshot in time.

Many homes were simply abandoned with furniture and belongings still in place.

Time removed most of the wallpaper.

Mold & mildew on the ceiling.

Wild wallpaper.

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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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Some home staging can be so exact and minimalistic that it comes across as cold, sterile, and fake.  These sellers decided against that staging technique.

In the office, they went for the rooted-in look.

In this room, they went for a versatile look.  It’s a bedroom, it’s a storage room, it’s a …

In the living room, they went for the night look…

…AND the day look!  It shows off the room’s different personalities.

In the bedroom, they wanted to show how much room there is for hoarding.

Warm kitchen.

Bright kitchen.

Need shelves in your bathroom for toiletries?  Remove the drywall and use the noggings as shelves!!

They wanted to emphasize that the garage can be a multi-purpose room.

You can never have too many hangers.

Dead tree out front?  Perfect for Halloween.

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Thanks to hoodlums, this Chandler, Arizona home is damaged.

Drywall damage in a Phoenix home.

Stolen air conditioner in Surprise, Arizona.

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The first photo of this Peoria, Arizona home states, “Great home.”  Let’s take a look.

Cluttered, disorganized family room.  Not looking so great.

What’s their definition of “great”?  Great mess in the kitchen?

“Great” paint job on the kitchen cabinets.

This photo’s caption reads, “Drywall needs replaced in bedroom.”  The bird cages need removed too.  What happened here?  And why wasn’t it fixed before selling?

Oh, great.  The master shower needs work too.

The grout in the hall bathroom isn’t looking so great either.

The grate on the air conditioner (on the right) doesn’t look great.  Hail damage.  But the photo’s caption reads, “A/C works, non-working cooler.”  Cooler = evaporative cooler (on the left).

This photo’s caption reads, “Patio roof leaks.”  Great, another thing for a buyer to fix.

And “garage door spring broke.”  The sellers are great at disclosing problems, but terrible at home maintenance.

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There’s plenty of hot water here.  [Brookhaven, Mississippi]

Ah, the ol’ college prank of putting plastic wrap over the toilet.  Particularly funny if your roommate has diarrhea or bulemia.  [Hillsdale, Michigan]

Gladys couldn’t leave well enough alone.  Check out the shower ceiling.  [Augusta, Maine]

We can check this one off our list.  [Houston, Texas]

This blue bathroom was all the rage when it was built in 1973.  [Jackson, Mississippi]

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The walls in this room need a lot of help.

No comment.

The photo’s caption reads, “Custom texture and paint.”  It’s still ugly.  Is that a stenciled lizard?

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My owners haven’t taken care of me.

They never seem to wash their hands or their dog.  This is my front door.

Thank goodness for the gap at the front door.  It lets in fresh air.

My kitchen is both beat up and beat down.

The edge of the kitchen cabinet.  I have termites!!  Long-term termites.  Like many, many years of termites.  My owners ignored the signs.

They started to remove things and then stopped.

Extensive termite damage.

They removed a closet.

They wanted the house to flow better?

This is the shower door.  It used to be clear.  It’s never been cleaned.

More termite damage.  How could they ignore this?

They got mad and punched me, then tried to patch it over.

This is the patio roof.

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