OMG... Are You Kidding Me?! Today, a Short Sale fixer-upper home popped up for sale on the MLS in Grants Pass Oregon. This home is listed by a reputable real estate office in Grants Pass.
The price of the home seemed like a good deal. While the description of the property was lacking, it wasn't totally bad. But, when you stumble pass the first picture on MLS, you can't help but ask yourself, OMG... are you kidding me?!
Perhaps the agent who listed this property should receive fifty lashes with a wet noodle! Take a look for yourself, and you be the judge. Be sure to scroll down to the last picture for a real treat!
Oh my, perhaps a little clean-up before picture day would have been nice!
And it has a pool!
Honey, let's start packing!
What the fish is this?
Lots of room for storage!
At a loss for words!
Is that fireplace leaning or is it my imagination?
And if you're real lucky, perhaps the Seller will throw in the keg in the fridge!
This is definitely a lesson in what not-to-do when listing a house for sale.
Melinda...
Wow, do those pictures ever tell a story. What a way to live.
I truely enjoyed your blog today. Many of my family members including my mother were raised and still live in Grants Pass Although I've always held great memories of Grants Pass, I see that it is no different than the rest of America.
I don't know who is worse, the person living there or the agent. I think I would have left it at the first photo, or better yet walked away.
This is a case of less being more. As in less photos would be way better!
OMG -- and people lived this way --- this is extremely sad.
Holy crap! That keg in the fridge takes the cake! I really hope that it was a rental!!!
Melinda - I have seen some almost as bad. It's a shock when you open the door. I like the beer keg :-)
I think what the listing agent is hoping for is an investor and a quick sale. The investor really doesn't care what is left behind. If its got good bones, in a desirable location and the price is right, they will buy, hire someone to clean it up, fix what's broken and resell.
It does look awful and the agent really should have hired someone to clean it up before entering it on the MLS thereby opening his or her listing to a larger pool of buyers. Is this an image violation in your area?
Melinda - a very good example for one of those TV shows where they find a disaster and fix it up and flip.
Melinda:
This looks like a John Belushi frat house. The listing agent needs to clean this one up. I can't imagine it selling this way.
Melinda, I must have the keg-in-fridge combo. What a great conversation piece. Do you think the owners patented the concept?
Melinda, this type of listing has cropped up here as well, the same agent has several listings like this, they are 10 times worse in living color. Have you ever showed property in a haz mat suit? Instead of booties at the door maybe they should have those.
Nice...just nice, was the beer cold?
I have seen so many of these I am immune. What on earth are these agents thinking? Oh, sorry, are they even thinking!
Not for the faint hearted obviously. I wonder how many critters come with the filth?
Melinda, I like your 'what the fish is this' comment. Could you go take some more photos for me....please? I just couldn't decide if it was really something me and my husband want to make an appointment to see.
This is so sad to see and we have homes like this in Vegas also.
It still amazes me that some Realtors continue to post photos like this on the MLS. OMG, what are they thinking?!