While the prices leave something to be desired, browsing the real estate market can be a fun pastime or a great way to get inspired when designing your own home. It’s also a natural method to keep track of prices in general. But some listings are so confusingly bad, they have to be seen to be believed. From horrendously mismatched tiles to toilets where they absolutely shouldn’t be, the market has its fair share of bad designs.
Fortunately for posterity, this Reddit group gathers atrocious real estate listings found by internet users. So get comfortable and enjoy this collection of home design disasters and upvote your favorites. And if you want to continue seeing the horrors that some people live in, check out our other articles here, here, and here.
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#1 I Have No Words… A Realtor Friend In The Pacific Nw Came Across This On Their Mls
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#2 Photographer Took Several Shots And Combined Them For Best Lighting, And We Ended Up With A Ghost Cat In The Listing Photos For My Old House!
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#3 Perfect For A Growing Family!?!?!
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The actual business of real estate can be somewhat murky. Since most get a fee based on a percentage of the sale, they should, in theory, push for the best price. But as this is their main source of income, they may feel it is best to push for an earlier sale, rather than spend more time waiting for the best price for you. While this sounds conspiratorial, research shows that actual real estate brokers tend to hold their properties on the market longer than the average person.
And if that’s not bad enough, an analysis of listings found that properties that had a real estate broker had, on average, lower sales prices than those that were unbrokered. In other words, brokers may have been responsible for lower final sales prices, as they wanted to just collect a commission and go. Now, this is obviously bad for the seller, but in this housing market, anyone that actually manages to lower the cost of a home is a hero in my eyes.
#4 I See Your Pdx Airport Carpet And Raise You Pdx Art Deco Shag House Carpet
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#5 Appreciated Warning
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#6 We Need One Picture That Will Really Make People Say “I Need To See This House”
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On the other end of the spectrum, many would still prefer to use a broker. Firstly, they might help sell a property with some serious flaws, such as the plethora shown in this article. But they tend to be familiar with the legal procedures and pitfalls of selling and buying real estate, which is a great help to anyone who doesn’t enjoy pouring over law books and contracts for hours. The process isn’t any more fun either. Generally, if you are selling, you probably have another place to stay, but your real estate agent has to bring random people around constantly in the hope that someone will decide to buy. Fortunately, there are some modern solutions, so you don’t have to wait around the house to let people in.
#7 When You Run Out Of Staging Money…
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#8 Real Estate Listing Or Crime Scene Photos???
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#9 Can’t Really Blame Them. I Wouldn’t Get Any Closer, Either
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The more old-fashioned variant is the lock box, where a real estate agent can access the key when you aren’t around to show people around. Since the whole point of a realtor is convenience, this solution makes a lot of sense. Some Airbnbs do the same so guests can check in while the owner sleeps, or knox boxes that firefighters can use to get into a bringing building in cases where the owner isn’t on site. There are now digital variants where real estate uses verification apps to access a property.
#10 Is The Memorial And Lawn Chairs Included In The Contract?
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#11 A TV Mounted In The Bathroom Of A House For Sale In My Area (Built In 2004)
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#12 Covering Up The Missing Tile On The Ceiling With That Sign Will Totally Help Sell This House
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#13 When You Gotta Go, You Gotta Go!
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#14 Working On The Edge
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#15 Got Some Tile Laying Around…let Me Update The Bathroom
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#16 Entertainer’s Dream
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#17 Mind If I Watch You Rinse?
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#18 Living Room Plumbing Feature
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#19 When Nature Calls, Answer
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#20 Lets Us A Photoshopped Ferarri To Cover Up The Driveway Cracks
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#21 This Is The House I’m Selling. This One. Right Here
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#22 Hot Tub In The Living Room? Check!
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#23 Just Your Standard Horror Movie Bedroom
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#24 Honey, Did You Remember To Barricade The Door?
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#25 Is This A Real Estate Listing Or A Picture From The Bin Laden Compound?
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#26 Bedroom Toilets And Flying Saucers
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#27 This Detailed Overview Photo Of A Million Dollar+ Property
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#28 That Hanging Light Fixture Above Looks Pretty Dangerous
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#29 The Caption Says It All
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#30 I Don’t Think He Trusts The Realtor
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#31 Spooky Scary Skeletons
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#32 Move In Ready!
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#33 Indeed, What Is Up With The Bread?
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#34 Guests Get The Tarp Bed!
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#35 Want To Make Sure That You Know We Cleaned
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#36 You, Too, Could Live Inside A Giant Wheat Chex
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#37 Steve, Didn’t You Remember That The Real Estate Agent Is Taking Pictures? Steve? Dammit, Steve
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#38 The Only Photo For A Hundred Acre Property
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#39 Does He Come With The House, Or?
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#40 This Is What It Looks Like Without My Glasses
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#41 So Bad, I Can’t Even Think Of A Punny Title…???
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#42 You Can’t See Me. I’m Wearing Camo
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#43 Vertical Blinds Are The Latest Bath Fixture
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#44 Honey, Don’t Forget To Get A Shot Of The Bathroom Light!
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#45 An Apartment In London That Has No Front Door. Just A Set Of Stairs Leading Up To A Window
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#46 Great Photography
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#47 Look How Much Junk You Can Fit In The Entryway
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#48 Too Much Work To Actually Step Into The Back Yard
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#49 Classic Middle Of The Livingroom Outlet, Nothing Unusual, But Still A Mandatory Post In Here
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#50 There’s A Lot To Unpack Figuratively, A Lot To Pack Actually
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#51 I Feel Like This Is Where The Listing Agent Hides To Listen Into My Conversations
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#52 Should I Put The Dishes Away? Hide The Litter Box? Move My Mannequin Head? No? All Right I’ll Just Have A Seat
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#53 Postage Stamp For Scale…
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#54 I Imagine The Agent Trying To Work With The Seller And Finally Just Saying, “Fine, Whatever”
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#55 I Don’t Know…this House Looks Like It May Be Fun To Show!
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#56 The More You Look The Worse It Gets
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#57 Well, The Carport’s A Disaster. Best Use The Instagram Filter
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#58 Oh Nice A Fireplace? Good Thing I’ll Die Of Smoke Inhalation Before I Can Enjoy It
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#59 Unclear What The Artistic Approach Was Here
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#60 Thirsty?
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#61 Google Street View + Carpet Close Up & Garage. No Interior Pix
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#62 How Do You Get In?
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#63 “It’s Like Having Your Own Little Palace.”
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#64 Is This Really Where You Feed The Dog?
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#65 Pet Friendly
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#66 This Is Legit The Unedited Photo On Mls…the Sellers Mousepad…!?!?!?!
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#67 Stairing Into The Abyss
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#68 Seriously! Stop It! You’re Selling A House…not Photos At A Community Art Show?!?!?
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#69 Couldn’t You Have Waited Until The Kid Moved Out Of The Way? His Face Isn’t Even Blurred On The Listing. And Let’s Not Forget The Dog Licking Himself. Ugh
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#70 “Yep! Looks Good. Let’s Get It Listed!”
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#71 Quality TV Shot
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#72 The “I’ll Handle The Photography”
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#73 The Final Boss Of Bad Real Estate Photo
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#74 Rose Colored Glasses View
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#75 Bondage Retreat. Bodily Fluids? Infused Carpet Included
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#76 This House Comes With Flooring
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#77 I’m Just Gonna Leave This Here
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#78 “The Pictures Tell A Story. You’re Part Of That Story. Quit Running.”
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#79 Just People-Shaped Voids!
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#80 Got To Get The Right Angle!
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#81 “Extremely Durable Hanging Bar…”
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#82 The More You Look… The Less You Want To See
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#83 Overexposed With Limited Exposure Of The Actual Home
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#84 I Don’t Even Know That This Is A Picture Of?
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#85 Nightmare Fuel Go Brrrrrr
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#86 One More Thing …
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#87 Curb Appeal
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#88 “Plenty Of Room For All Your Dreams, Or Nightmares…”
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#89 Welcome To The Sasquatch Room
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#90 Dirty Bra In A Wheelchair. It’s A Bold Marketing Strategy, I’ll Give Them That
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#91 Nothing To See Here
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#92 Is This A Trend Now?
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#93 Carpet Biohazard
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#94 It’s 2021…you Don’t Have To Hide In The Closet Anymore
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#95 Needs More Pixels
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#96 Home, Complete With Child
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#97 The Infinity Mirror
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#98 Dutch Tilt. When Film School Dropouts Become Realtors
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#99 Make Sure To Get Just The Right Angle On The Kitchen Sink! Just, Why?
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#100 Maybe I Can See The Toilet Flush Handle Next
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#101 Me, At An Open House
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#102 It’s Fine But You Know What’ll Really Sell It? More Trash Bags
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#103 Just Working On The “Pre-Photo Checklist”
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#104 Bathroom Wallpaper That Makes A Statement
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#105 How Do You Not Notice Your Finger Is In This Many Pictures Before You Put It In Mls? Lol
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#106 Exit. In Case You Get Lost In The Three Bedroom House
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#107 Dude
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#108 Huge Fan Of This Photographer. They Know What To Showcase. Like The Children’s Artwork, And The Over Use Of Landscape
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#109 You Know That We Can See You, Right?
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#110 Let’s Not Worry About Lighting, Proper Angles Or Focus, Let’s Have A Close Up Shot Of The Sooty Fireplace And Bean Bags Instead! Bonus Tornado And Indoor Pool!
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#111 Maybe It’s The House That’s Crooked?
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#112 Time Is Money…gotta Get To The Next Shot Asap. Oh, And The Dog
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#113 I Know The Real Estate Agent Is Here, But I Gotta Find Out About $239 Taco Bell Doritos Locos Tacos Taste Test
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#114 Check Out These Vacuum Lines!!!
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