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Since today’s GDoN post didn’t have any photos, I thought I’d share this listing sent from a reader. The reader writes: “I hate to come off as cruel, but this place is worth posting just for the hilarity of the photos. If you’re going to ask for @$800K, you might want to spend $200 to replace the Glad bag shower curtain, fix the hole in the wall, hide the cereal, and (most importantly) kick your family out of the bed.”
It’s even crazier when you realize the house is going for $799,950. You can see the photos here.
This is certainly one of the stranger listing photos I’ve seen (not as crazy as this one though):
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Must be a FSBO.
I hope this is a FSBO! LOL
It could be uncooperative tenants
I have a feeling this is the case.
Still, the photographer could have at least put the toilet seat down
Nice!!
Even assuming all their crap is gone (and the people are too) the house is way over priced. However, as I always say – it’s worth whatever anyone is willing to pay.
Oh my bejesus… I want the address!!! I bet the Open House’s are off the hook.
This has to be uncooperative tenants. Look at the way they are laughing in the photo. My wife and I once had a realtor show us a house where the family was in bed watching TV just like this, very awkward. This same realtor ran out of gas while showing us around. We ultimately bought from another agent.
This is why staging a house should be left to professionals :p
Or someone with common sense enough to know that a house should be cleaned before photos are taken.
That place is one step away from an episode of “Hoarders.” Time to clean up the pigsty.
Maybe the family conveys.
Regardless, $648/sq. foot seems just a mite steep for that area.
shes kinda cute
Cute family
cute baby
OMG…that was LOL funny…
Maybe this is to imply that the family conveys.
These could’ve been from the blog
“It’s Lovely! I’ll Take It!”
lovelylisting at blogspot dot com
which unfortunately appears to no longer be updated
So weird. There’s a listing in upper NW that has 20 or so really good, staged, professional-looking photos, and then one snuck in there of the owners (I assume) and a bunch of their friends all looking totally wasted in the backyard/patio drinking wine. Totally bizarre.
Here you go: http://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/2611-Moreland-Pl-NW-20015/home/9993425 Bottom right in the first set of photos.
ummm, what’s your definition of “totally wasted”? smiling and eating in the backyard?
Yeah I’m going to say this one was purposefully included by the agent. It says “you too can have outdoor dinner parties complete with tiki torches if you live here!”
I watch various real estate shows and it always amazes me that people don’t seem to understand that if they’re trying to sell their house, they should do some basic housecleaning and get rid of some of their crap.