this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2023
514 points (99.0% liked)

Terrible Estate Agent Photos

6869 readers
2 users here now

Terrible photos listed by estate agents/realtors that are so bad they’re funny.

Posting guidelines.

Posts in this community must be of property (inside or out) listed for sale which contains a terrible element. “Terrible” can refer to:

Rules.

This community follows the rules of the feddit.uk instance and the lemmy.org code of conduct. I’ve summarised them here:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
top 48 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 93 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People who carpet bathrooms clearly don’t understand the concept of mold. This is beyond filthy. What a disgrace.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

People who don't get carpeted bathrooms, underestimate the dangers of slipping on tiles.

It's no coincidence that the elderly love a carpetted bathroom. It's less of an issue than it once was, especially if you can afford a cleaner who shampoos the carpet once a week.

Not this monstrosity obviously.

[–] RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works 63 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or I can just put down a bath mat that I can easily remove and throw in the laundry.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Old people trip on things.

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So that step up to the shower is even more of a bad idea then.

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Then wear sandals or something

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

If elderly people tripping is the biggest worry than instead of carpet they should floor it with outdoor decking vinyl or something. Waterproof and gritty for grip.

[–] NeuronautML@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wow if only there was a choice other than tiles or a filthy carpet that you gotta shampoo with a cleaner every week.

If only there were tiles with ribs and other anti slip features that could prevent slipping.

If only there were bathroom rugs.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 6 points 1 year ago

Slipping in the bathroom is just the modern version of lions weeding out the old.

[–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This house is fractally horrible. Every single picture (is that all red one a murder room, btw?) is horrible, and every level of zoom makes it worse.

I can’t think of any use for this house other than renting it out to people making those “Ghost Hunter TV show about to get cancelled but then they find a real haunted house and they all die” kinds of movies.

[–] DrunkenPirate@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

At least it doesn’t look like Ikea. Most rooms in Germany look like Ikea. Unfortunately.

[–] FatLegTed@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

A tad over dramatic there.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

There is carpet INSIDE the shower

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 30 points 1 year ago

I like how all the carpets look like they have telltale signs of professional cleaning, and then there’s the bathroom carpet.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

I like how the wall paper and the carpet perfectly mix with every shade of mold and bacteria colony possible

[–] clubb@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There's shit on the carpet for fuck's sake!

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You'd think they'd edit the photo just a little.

[–] clubb@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's unapologetically just near the toilet, how do they think anyone's buying this?

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I worked in real estate.

Properties like this were catnip. It puts off casuals, but is a relatively easy fix. Knew a guy who often bought a property like this, tore everything out, filled a container, aired it all out, would often make a 50k profit. No painting, no renovation, just a general clean, wipe down with bleach, and removal of crap.

I'd happily scoop up a turd with my bare hands, if I was being paid 50k to do it. Let's be honest, most of us would.

Of course, this kind of property also attracts people who think they're good at DIY and underestimate how much stuff costs to fix properly. The Money Pit basically.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you just fall into the shower when you step through the curtains?

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I honestly think that's exactly what happens. Haha.

[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Mold.

The subfloor under that shower is probably rotten enough I wouldn't trust it to hold the weight of the shower for very long.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Someone was clearly living here very recently, just like "This is fine."

[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Definitely people who had been there since at least the 70s and retired or something. It looks like a grandparent's home.

The kitchen looks straight out of Poltergeist.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

Omg I didn't notice until you pointed it out, but that's exactly the kitchen from Poltergeist.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Built in 1978.

[–] AssPennies@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I didn't realize it till now, but I think this is how I pictured all bathrooms in Iowa looked.

I figured that's why presidential candidates always stumped there first: Everyone feels really sorry for them due to shit like this.

[–] Mantis_Toboggan@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Holy Santa Claus! The ecosystem underneath that must be insane.

[–] TheObserver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago

I refuse that whatever old geezer thought adding carpet to a bathroom was not mentally all the way there. Then his buddy came along and saw it and the old geezer instead of admitting fault doubled down and made it seem ok. Now we got this shit still in 2023.

[–] theragu40@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just pulled carpet in a cottage bathroom over this past summer so we could replace it with vinyl.

It is exactly as gross as you think it is under there.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Was it rotted under there?

[–] theragu40@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes. There was mold and a lot of the carpet pad was disintegrated.

Thankfully there was only about a 12x12" section of subfloor that was rotted, so that was easy enough to replace.

The smell of the entire cottage has improved, though. Pretty nasty.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I had a carpeted kitchen as a kid. It was also pretty nasty when it came up, this horrible burnt orange looped shag rug. Lots of spills under there.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

Oh no, I can not tell where the carpet ends and the tub begins.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Very strong 80s vibes from this place. It's not too bad overall, but I'd definitely rip out a lot of carpet if I bought the place. And not just in the bathroom.

[–] ebits21@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

… burn it with fire 🔥

[–] xTechDeath@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

I’m surprised there is no carpeted toilet seat cover tbh

[–] Kuro@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Except for that bathroom and needing seriously updated, the house doesn't look too bad

[–] Lophostemon@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago

Why do I get the feeling that the ‘bathtub’ is merely to opening to a very deep pit.

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] Spendrill@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago
[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ya know, I didn't hate it when I thought it was grey-blue-white pseudo-marble tiling, with slate looking floor. I then zoomed in and nearly retched.

[–] EdanGrey@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The carpet is definitely gross, but who on earth has net curtains around their shower!

[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Eeeeh. They're lace. It's bougie. If we assume their primary purpose isn't to stop water, and instead for some privacy, it's not tooooo bad. Not my first choice, but not the worst thing I've ever seen.