Entries from May 2009
It’s a tree house in Woodville, Mississippi. Or else they’re paranoid about flooding. Crazy. Plumbing? Electric? Heating & cooling?

The main bedroom upstairs sleeps at least six. Hopefully the house’s support posts can handle the weight.

We’ve got Donner and Blitzen and all of Santa’s reindeer, but where’s Rudolph? He was vacationing on the Island of Misfit Toys and escaped the slaughter.
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Tags: Bedroom · What Were They Thinking?!?! · Other US Cities · Taxidermy
New Jersey home with a jersey or jacket on display in the kitchen along with a lot of clutter.

Cramped bedroom with stuffed animals.
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Tags: Staging · Kitchen · Bedroom · Clutter · Stuffed Animals · Other US Cities
This Boston home seller is just leaving for the store. She needs to buy more aluminum foil for the stove. Buyers are coming to visit, and she wants it to look clean.

Exquisite couches in the family room.
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Tags: Kitchen · Ugly Couches/Chairs · Other US Cities · People In Photos
You sure can’t miss this pink house in Atlanta.
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Tags: Curb Appeal · Paint · Other US Cities
Expensive security gate in front of a Fresno, California.

The seller wanted you to see the fine intricate woodwork detailing along the doorway.
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Tags: Curb Appeal · Bedroom · Fence or Wall · Other US Cities
I really regret seeing this Phoenix foreclosure home yesterday. Instant bombardment of cat urine smell and cigarette smoke upon entering the house. There was so much cat fur floating around that it stuck to the ceiling fan blades. Disgusting.

Gross!

There was cat feces on the floor throughout the house. And lots of dark liquid stains on the walls (like tobacco spit).

The ceiling fan in the living room. See the clumps of cat hair hanging on the blade?
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Tags: Foreclosure · Phoenix Homes · Dirt, Dust, & Filth · Ceiling Fan
Pop a balloon at a state fair game booth and win a framed poster (street value $5). Win enough of them, and you can decorate your house like these sellers did. I see the Route 66 poster, but where’s the Scarface poster? Of course, pink sponge paint highlights the quality of the artwork. A Betty Boop wall light completes the package.
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Tags: Staging · Family Room · Phoenix Homes · Faux Paint & Murals
Here are four humorous real estate photos of bathrooms. The first two are from Phoenix homes.
Someone left a trail of toilet paper. The other part is stuck to his shoe.

This homeowner likes to sit on the toilet for so long, he needs a calendar in the bathroom!

From a Glendale, Arizona home. The chair and cross are placed in the bathroom for good reason. Adult supervision is needed to ensure the bather is not lingering too long on certain areas of the body.

Upside down shower in this Scottsdale, Arizona bathroom. It helps clean hard-to-reach areas.
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Tags: Bathroom · Phoenix Homes
Strange use of wood trim and shelves around a fireplace. Almost looks like a church. The organ pipes are missing.
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Tags: Fireplace · Phoenix Homes
This little gem of a house just needs some polishing to make it shine. The refrigerator magnets should go. Bottles of booze on the frig too (by the way, the heat from the frig doesn’t help alcohol). The microwave and counters should be cleared off. Water jugs removed. Doggie bed removed. And maybe another camera angle would help.

The master bedroom could use help too. The sailboat bedspread should go. As should the 1960s ocean oil painting, the 1980s wallpaper border, the clutter, the clothes. The wall A/C unit and the fan tell buyers that this room gets very hot.

The vehicles on the driveway should be moved. Another camera angle might not emphasize the lack of landscaping or the cracked driveway.
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Tags: Staging · Curb Appeal · Kitchen · Bedroom · Clutter · Driveway · Phoenix Homes · Wallpaper · Refrigerator Magnets · Poor Photography · Bedspread