I did not expect Jedward.
No-one expects Jedward.
Picture #15 will shock you! (so much so that it’s censored?)
I spent too long trying to figure out what was going on with the walls (and ceiling!) in #s 2 and 3. My first thought was a kid run amuck with markers, but it’s too…“well done.” Wall paper? No, it’s not regular enough. All I can come up with is stamps, which is confusing on its own.
Oh, and the spot at the end of the stairs in #9, under the window to another planet–that’s got to be beginning of a wormhole forming, right?
Real estate agents when you get to the bedroom:
Thank you. I am properly disoriented now.
My partner say this might be an example of Outsider art.
It might be. Pretty terrible outsider art, though.
omg! i honestly liked something here.
The Twilight poster? Or the Egyptian ice cream ad?
The Edward poster juxtaposed with the Jedward poster is peak
that unapologetic use of color, i think. pink doorframes? i could have those too.
That was truly awful. Owner afflicted by some ancient mummy curse?
100x the sales revenue if it be listed on the art market rather than the property market.
As a kid I had a short phase where I was obsessed with stickers and wanted to stick them on every part of the house. Seeing this I’m glad my parents didn’t let me.
what sort of cultural art from today’s civilizations will someone turn into a stroke induced feverdream on the walls of their house 2500 years from now? everything is born digital and most will of it will disappear whenever its format does
Only from physical artifacts? Plastics will mostly crumble from oxidation, so thank god it can’t be Funko Pops.
But I’ve seen blown-glass ornaments of a head sticking out of a toilet.
Well, you pay 125k for walls, a roof and some pipes and electrics. In some places that’s cheap.
Yeah, honestly if I were in the market there, this place would catch my eye real quick. The poor taste can be mostly solved with some paint in a weekend or two, but the terrible look will be offputting to enough people that you will probably get a better price
Nah, look at the landscaping in the backyard + loose/random tiling in the bathrooms. I’d be worried about mold.
I’m not saying I’d offer without checking it out first. I’m just saying it would be worth checking out
The last house we bought was owned by a lady who collected and restored old books. There were over 5000 books in the house. There were bookcases on every wall, many of them in front of windows. The were stacks of books all over. It made the place really dark and feel cramped, but my wife and I could easily picture it without the books and bookcases, while apparently a lot of people couldn’t. We got an amazing deal on it.
My first house was a bank repo. The previously owner was an investor who bought it at peak price in the 2006 housing and then got renters into the place. The rentors were reportedly severe alcoholics from the neighbors. Beer and wine stains on all the carpets. They had also left something on the stove that caught the microwave on fire there was smoke damage in the kitchen and laundry room.
When the housing market crashed the owner let the bank repo it and evict the tenants. It then was on the market for over a year until we offered 20% below asking price (70% less than the house sold in 2006.
I then worked my ass off for a year to get the place up to shape. All new flooring everywhere. New paint everywhere. I also redid all of the landscaping as it was mostly dead. After a year it was the loveliest home in the neighborhood.
That’s really cool, and you clearly did well. But I can also see how your situation was a little different in that most people don’t have the ability or inclination to do that kind of work themselves. I looked at a lot of fixer-uppers, and they really only make sense if you’re doing the work yourself. They’re usually priced low by about the amount to have that work done, otherwise the owners would just do it and charge more.
Wow. Awful taste and poor execution! What a trip.
I appreciate the jaunty angle of the toilet cistern. It has seen some shit but maintains an indefatigable elan.
I think the lock is on the outside of the bathroom door too, which really adds to the scene.
Updating and Modernisation Required
Indeed.
Egyptian hieroglyphs and Jedward - tasteful combination.
“Oh, Egypt… Egypt… Egypt… Justin Bieber shrine… Egyp… wait, what?”
