Entries Tagged as 'Gilbert, AZ Homes'

Distracting Items In Real Estate Photos

July 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments

One distracting item can ruin a real estate photo.  Buyers’ eyes focus on the wrong thing.

Diver down!

diver down flag in bedroom distracting item poor real estate photography Gilbert Arizona

Someone’s purse!

woman's purse keys distracting item poor real estate photography Phoenix Arizona

Any idea what those four things are?  Plaster gnome heads?  Lion heads in Christmas trees?

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FlexFit baseball cap.

FlexFit baseball cap distracting item poor real estate photography Phoenix Arizona

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Tags: Staging · Phoenix Homes · Poor Photography · Gilbert, AZ Homes

Four Rooms Not As Intended

December 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Four different homes that present rooms to buyers other than intended.  This confuses buyers.

Gilbert, Arizona home’s living room used as a day care center and home office.  This is the first thing buyers see when entering this house.  First impressions?

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Phoenix home’s dining room used as a music studio.  Buy this home and you can pick out a guitar to keep.

guitars music studio dining room poor home staging Phoenix Arizona house

Phoenix home’s dining room slash office.  You can update your Facebook page while the kids eat.

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Phoenix home’s living room, supposedly.  Even the little dog’s not sure where to sit.  And, yes, that’s the front door.

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Tags: Staging · Living Room · Phoenix Homes · Pets · Dining Room · Gilbert, AZ Homes

Merry Christmas From Gilbert, Arizona

December 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments

There’s a little dog sitting by the fireplace waiting for Santa Claus.

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Tags: Staging · Pets · Holiday Décor · Gilbert, AZ Homes

Tiny Christmas Tree In Gilbert, Arizona

December 25th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Tiny Christmas tree in a Gilbert, Arizona home because a larger one would distract buyers from all the liquor bottles, beer signs, & Texas stuff.

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Oh, look.  More Texas stuff.  Think buyers will like that or would it be better to put it all away when selling?

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Oh, look.  A bedroom made into a messy cramped office.

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Oh, look.  A back yard cluttered with kid’s toys.

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Tags: Staging · Clutter · Holiday Décor · Gilbert, AZ Homes

Merry Christmas From Gilbert, Arizona

December 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Merry Christmas holiday decorations tree poor home staging Gilbert Arizona house

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Tags: Staging · Holiday Décor · Gilbert, AZ Homes

One Person, Two Persons, Three Persons

June 18th, 2009 · No Comments

Gilbert, Arizona home.  One person in the photo.

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Now there are two persons.

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And now we have three persons.

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In case you have trouble locating the house, here are the house numbers.

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Tags: Gilbert, AZ Homes · People In Photos

Three Bad Real Estate Photos

April 13th, 2009 · No Comments

A mysterious hand appears in this real estate promotional photo.  It’s not the photographer’s hand, because it is a left hand.  Is she showing off her new Lee Press-On nails?

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What happened to this Gilbert, Arizona home?  A giant radiation spill?  Everything’s aglow with ultra pink.

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The camera and the computer had a fight over pixels in this photograph.  Unless, of course, they installed wood planks on the ceiling.

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Tags: Phoenix Homes · Poor Photography · Gilbert, AZ Homes · People In Photos

Three Ugly Back Yards

February 28th, 2009 · No Comments

Once buyers make their way through the house, the back yard can seal the deal.  Or crush it completely.  Here are three examples of ugly back yards that are sure to turn off buyers.  The first one is from Buckeye, Arizona.  Something weird’s going on back here.

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This is a Phoenix home.

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Here’s a Gilbert, Arizona home with dirt.

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Tags: Landscaping · Phoenix Homes · Back Yard · Other Arizona Cities · Garbage and/or Junk · Fence or Wall · Gilbert, AZ Homes

Layton Lakes Prison

February 13th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Layton Lakes is a new planned community in Gilbert, Arizona.  This is the community center, but it looks like a prison guard tower.  What brainiac came up with this stupid design?

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Tags: Curb Appeal · What Were They Thinking?!?! · Gilbert, AZ Homes

Guess What Year This Home Was Built

November 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Can you guess what year this Gilbert, Arizona home was built?  In the 1970s?  In the 1980s?  In the 1990s?  Answer below.

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Believe it or not, this home was built in 2004!!

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Tags: Faux Paint & Murals · Gilbert, AZ Homes