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Here is where I make some bushy statements

HappyAardvarkHappyAardvark member
in October 2011 Moms
About people's houses. Because I've been entertaining myself this past week, while waiting to hear about a possible new job offer for dh, by looking at houses online. So here are my observations.

1. CUT IT THE F UCK OUT with the wallpaper and tacky "textured"/faux finish paint. It looks good about 1 percent of the time, and usually those homes are featured in Elle Decor or Architectural Digest, not realtor.com.

2. Your red dining room is not speshul. Red is a tricky color to work with, especially for non professional decorators, and most of the time the end result can be more likened to a room Bram Stoker would be chilling in, and not a welcoming, inviting dining room that company doesn't want want to just flee from.

3. Turn your tv OFF when taking pictures in order to market your home. I don't want to have to decide if I'm seeing scenes from soft core Skinemax going on in the background while I'm trying to determine whether the tile floor looks like slate or travertine.

4. An electric piano in a sweeping foyer will never draw a parallel in anyone's mind to a grand piano. Ever.

5. Close the toilet seat lid. Or at least, for God's sake, flush the damn thing. These aren't meth den houses I'm looking at where I might have some reasonable expectation to have to look past a floater in the toilet in order to see the "true potential" underneath.

6. Fancy shower curtains with valances and ruffles and tie backs and s hit went out in the 80s.

Feel free to add on your own pet peeves.
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  • thetheisensthetheisens member
    The random pictures of corners of empty rooms that are labeled "bedroom". As much as a agree with the red living room, I also hate when they paint every single room and trim white. It's so sterile.
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  • Nita2603Nita2603 member
    When we were looking for houses, there was one where there were two trashs full to overflowing. And a hamper full with dirty laundry. I don't get it. If you don't want to stage....ok, but using common sense is kinda a must.
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  • HappyAardvarkHappyAardvark member
    imagethetheisens:
    As much as a agree with the red living room, I also hate when they paint every single room and trim white. It's so sterile.
    this one house I looked at, EVERY SINGLE ROOM was painted this awful golden yellow color. As I clicked through the pics, it was like a bad joke. I told dh that I would make the sellers give money back at closing for reprinting.
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] member

    Stop touting your granite and stainless steel kitchen, as if that sh*t is so hard to find.

    And WTF IS A GOURMET KITCHEN?!  It's meaningless.  If realty websites are to be believed, gourmet = appliances and counters.

    Stop stretching your photos horizontally to make the rooms look bigger.  We can tell. 

     

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  • Liz4444Liz4444 member
    A clothing bar and a shelf in a hallway does not a walk in closet make.
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  • HappyAardvarkHappyAardvark member
    imageoverture:
    Stop touting your granite and stainless steel kitchen, as if that sht is so hard to find.And WTF IS A GOURMET KITCHEN?! nbsp;It's meaningless. nbsp;If realty websites are to be believed, gourmet = appliances and counters.nbsp;nbsp;
    i know!!!! Drives me nuts. IMO, a "gourmet kitchen" has a ton of work/prep areas and surfaces, more than one sink, well thoughtout placement to create a triangle between the range open gas 5burner, fridge, and sink, just to name a few. I looked at one "gourmet kitchen" yesterday that had probably about 5 square feet of actual, usable work surface. Fail. It was pretty though good to know the sunk so much money into expensive counters and a fancy backsplash and made a totally inefficient actual kitchen.
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  • pennysuedogpennysuedog
    People that do not bother to even leave the house for a showing. This has happened 3 times to us. Once they were sleeping. I have a fantastc looking red kitchen. It is not a true red it a pizza sauce color and it looks awesome. My kitchen right noe is my "fun kitchen" until we knock down the wall and do the big remodel. We also have a chalk board wall.
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  • wilsontl19191wilsontl19191 member

    imageWineBaby22:
    The red room is my biggest pet peeve. Normal people should not do red anywhere unless it is a very small space like a bathroom. Also, putting crown molding up everywhere is not always the answer and will not make your house less fugly. Lastly, don't ever plant fake flowers outside. I'll just stop there.

    My kitchen is a redish/wine color and I love it!  Don't hate!!   :p

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  • jwls84jwls84 member
    imagepennysuedog:
    People that do not bother to even leave the house for a showing. This has happened 3 times to us. Once they were sleeping.

    I have a fantastc looking red kitchen. It is not a true red it a pizza sauce color and it looks awesome. My kitchen right noe is my "fun kitchen" until we knock down the wall and do the big remodel. We also have a chalk board wall.

    We went to a showing once and the guy was in the room sleeping, with the door open, NAKED!!! And if course he was on top of the covers! Ya, I will never buy that house.
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