40 Times People Found Such Ridiculous Real Estate Photos, They Just Had To Shame Them In This Online Group
InterviewA picture says a thousand words. Or raises a million questions. Maybe even more when it comes to real estate listings. After all, it's not every day you get to see a ceiling piano.
But the appropriately titled subreddit 'Ridiculous Real Estate' is full of such absurdity. Much like the legendary 'Ugly Irish Houses' and 'The Broke Agent', it shares the funniest and weirdest architectural and interior design features that homeowners have ever installed.
It's like the polar opposite of all those pretty decor boards on Pinterest.
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A Bathtub With A View
We managed to get in touch with the creator of the subreddit, u/tavenger5, and they were kind enough to have a little talk with us about it.
"I started 'Ridiculous Real Estate' after seeing weird or over-the-top extravagance during my own house hunting," the Redditor told Bored Panda. "I wanted a place to share the ridiculousness, and it seems others do too." Indeed, since its inception in 2016, the online community has grown to 27.7K members and while the number doesn't sound like much if you compare it to some giants like r/AntiWork, for such a narrow niche, it's quite something. The best part is that it remains active and still receives new content.
"The community has a keen eye for the bizarre living environment. Original content often comes from locals searching for a new place to live," u/tavenger5 said. "These are likely pics that others would never see unless looking at real estate in the same area. The community really brings light to the strangeness that some people enjoy living in or around."
Groovy!
Yes This Is The Front, Street Facing Window
I Think This One Counts
Architect: What sort of shape would you like your house? Customer: ALL of them!
Being familiar with all the trends of the subreddit, u/tavenger5 said that "it seems like there are a lot of homes out there that people build or make into something that resembles a castle. In 'Ridiculous Real Estate', the more cringe the better."
And while you might like to philosophize with a friend over a beer that there is no such thing as bad taste, a scroll through these pictures should convince you otherwise. "There are some submissions where it's obvious the people that inhabited a house couldn't change their situation if they wanted to or not. That is different from bad taste," u/tavenger5 highlighted.
"Bad taste happens when someone made a conscious decision to do something in their house that they think is perfectly fine (or are clearly into it), but most people would agree that it looks or functions in a strange way. Other ridiculousness comes from over the top style of the times that hasn't changed since."
Matriochka House
I Don’t Think I Would Ever Run Out Of Cabinet Space, That’s For Sure!
I Love It But Wife Says No Way!
Lately, 'Ridiculous Real Estate' must have seen an increased number of submissions as the Covid-19 pandemic upended the home-buying process. Historically-low mortgage rates coupled with an inventory shortage created a red hot market, with houses selling within just hours of being listed, often for well over the asking price.
And while no one knows exactly what the future has in store, housing experts told CNBC Make It that in 2022, buyers can expect similar trends to the past two years: elevated prices, low inventory, and fast turnaround.
Zillow predicts that it will continue to be a seller's market and home values are expected to increase by double-digital percentage points, but Skylar Olsen, principal economist at Tomo, a home-buying app, thinks it won't be quite as wild as it was this year.
"None of us can promise that [finding] housing will be easy," Olsen highlighted. "But it feels reasonable to promise that it will be easier than this past year."
It Gets Worse As You Scroll...
Maybe to y'all, but I like this style! Everything's so cute..
Load More Replies...Definetly not my style and too much everything but I don't agree this as a terrible one. Interior is consistent from room to room, everything is carefully placed and selected and well finished.
The general design is good, but having dolls everywhere is creepy.
Load More Replies...This doesn't bother me. The homeowner would take all that crap when they leave
Exactly, the furniture etc is irrelevant as if you brought the property it would be empty before you got the keys.
Load More Replies...Actually most of the walls are white and the rooms are a great size. The over fussiness is mostly from stuff that the seller will be taking away with them. Brilliant piece of advice from Kirsty Allsopp (property show presenter in UK) - lie on the floor and look at the ceiling - that's the floor space you'll be getting.
Haven't seen that one, but I can just imagine her doing so, love Kirsty"D
Load More Replies...If you've ever fantasized about living inside Miss Havisham's wedding cake, this is the house for you
Ken is cutting up Barbie's credit cards,and cancelling her Amazon Prime account.
I just got a headache looking at it... I wonder how someone lives here
Me too...so overdecorated and tacky...I hate to yuck her yum...but it is terrible.
Load More Replies...As one who owns a cleaning business, I would totally nope out of this one. I have never turned down a cleaning but this is just to much. A cluster f*** of frills! This would drive me crazy
Hmmm! I know we aren't buying the furniture and we can bring our own style to the place once we move in. But, I'm just not... You know? I just don't feel like this could be my forever home. What I'm trying to say is .. it's lovely and you can clearly tell the current owner put a lot of time and love in this place but it's just not me. Do you have anywhere else to show us, somewhere with a bit more pink, perhaps?
I dont think it would be too terrible to visit if it were airy but I keep getting the impression that its stuffy and ten degrees too warm.
Load More Replies...Someone wanted to live the doll house fantasy so much that they scarily did it
Title appropriate It really do get worse as you scroll then you scream! How often do you have to wash all that fluff?
I assume they take all of the crap with them. So how is the actual house? If it has what you need, remember that you don't have top decorate the same as the previous owner.
The furniture and fussy clutter would not be included in the sale so with different furniture and possibly different curtains it would be okay.
Assuming they're going to take all their furniture and frilly frou-frou with them when they leave, the house itself doesn't look too bad.
This is so feminine, I bet even the gayest person alive wouldn't be caught dead in this house
I just for some reason got the worse panic attack by looking at these
It's actually not bad if you just look at the spaces. The decor won't stay so just look past Miss prissy pants' "elegance"
What would you even call that particular style? Hyper feminine doily core? Jesus Christ... So. many. ruffles...
I'd love to stay in that last bedroom but the wood color just needs to go. All or nothin', baby!
wow, my eyes are tired. After that I need to sit in an empty room for 4 hours
Hollywood 40ties on steroids !! missing, the white French Poodle....
The first two are actually pretty nice. Imagine keeping it tidy though
What a beautifully tidy and well-kept home this is! I couldn't live in this, but you wouldn't have to worry about any dirty surprises.
Looks like eating too much cotton candy and puking over the rail of a fair ride.
The door mat in front of refrigerator comes in handy when you climb out of it on those hot summer nights. How else would you get the mustard off your feet?
I like the last one more than the previous two. But maybe that's just me? The previous two are downright awful. I find the other three...tolerable, I guess... The second one lesser so. But I kinda like the first and last one... I'd like the second pic more sans those weird antique dolls I think...
Salesman: “If you like white, pink, and gold then this is the house for you!”
Awww Grandma likes her frillies. That's so sweet! I'd take that house in a heartbeat. Look how big that kitchen is. It's clean, obviously cherished.
I thought the pillow in the first picture was a ritz cracker lol.
maybe a frill or two is okay... no stop i didn't say two hundred stop
To be fair once the old owners move out that's a very blank canvas. But for me it's too boxy with low ceilings.
Get rid of all the dolls and stuff, paint it blue and greys and I’d take it
I read the title and thought, "Oh I'm scared to scroll!" And with good reason.
I like people who have the courage of their convictions -- although I wouldn't always want to get too close to them.
You can tell whomever made up that house absolutely loved it. That's all that matters.
This is a style I've always thought of as "frou frou". I am sure the creator thinks it is absolutely beautiful, and spent a considerable amount of money furnishing and decorating to her own taste, but thankfully, this style breathed its last generally in the 1980s.
Every five year old little girl's dream..and her mother's nightmare.As a previous reader said "I don't NOT like it"...
5 year old me would have thought that bedroom was the most beautiful room ever.
It reminds me of my ex sister-in-law, figurines of hedgehogs doing the washing up etc, hideous. (She was great though, just not my taste in decor!)
I'm going to show this to my boyfriend the next time he says I have too many scatter cushions
It's like the interior design version of a little girl's princess cake.
Is it just me, but I get Dickensian 'Miss Haversham' vibes from this ;o)
And in the dimly basement there's a couple of kids chained to a water-stained cement wall.
House As Advent Calendar
Remember how you could sell a window in Sims to buy a fridge, for example? I'd buy a lot of fridges!
I Heard Y’all Like Castles...
The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates a few times in 2022, which means mortgage rates will likely rise. Both Redfin and Realtor.com predict a 30-year-fixed mortgage rate will reach 3.60% by the end of 2022, compared to an average of 3.30% now.
But according to Olsen, that’s not necessarily bad news for buyers. The silver lining of higher mortgage rates is that fewer speculative buyers will be in the market (because there is less money to be made). That could help the average person.
"When you have higher interest rates, it becomes more of the people who buy homes just to live in them. That’s something the market will benefit from, coming back down to sanity."
“When buying a home in the next year or longer, it will be important to watch new listings, including ‘coming soon’ listings, and be very prepared to not only visit the home quickly, but prepare to decide and extend an offer almost immediately,” Glenn Phillips, CEO and lead economic analyst for Lake Homes Realty, told CNBC Make It.
But with that said, don’t overpay for a house that, for example, includes 13 dead people out back. Prices will be up, so be careful not to take something outside of what’s reasonable for your budget.
A Carpeted Pool!
Have You Ever Wanted To Live In A Town But The Town Is Inside Your Own Home?
Sexy Bath...
Anybody Want To Start A Cult? 21,000 Sqft Rural Compound Listed Near Me That Used To Be A “Faith Healing Ministry”
House Includes 13 Dead People Out Back
What In Tarnation
Okay, We're Doing Ceiling Pianos Now. Sure
Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!
I feel so sorry for anyone who hated orange and had to live through the 70s
Probably The Wildest House In The Whole Country (Slovenia). Looks Innocuous On The Outside, But Oh Boy...
Ideal Bedroom For Your Least Favourite Child
Bedroom Toilets And Flying Saucers
Don't be fooled by the "toilet". It swivels aside to allow access to a bunker containing the aliens who landed here in 1957
The Castle Garage
Yeah, Certainly Not My Taste In Decor But It’s Not Exces— Dear God What Is All That?
When You Buy The Light Package Before The House
Someone Found A Great Home Improvement Deal On Tile...
Lovecraftian Nightmare Geometry
I've Got A Fever And The Only Prescription Is More Columns...
One Room Studio Apartment In San Francisco. This Is It, This Is The Apartment. Total Steal For $1400/Month
Tubular
This Door That Only Opens 18 Inches
I Don't Really Know Where To Start... Here Goes... 8 Kitchens And It's A Time Capsule...
It's A Brick... House...
Just A Tub
Red vs. Blue
It's A Pretty Little Kitchen
Let’s Just Put The Island Riiiiiight Over Here. No A Little Bit Further. Keep Going
Only skinny cooks live here. Look at the size of that work triangle. The kitchen that comes with an exercise plan of 6000 steps per meal.
Liminal Space Meets Ridiculous Real Estate
Ever Get Hungry While Showering? Then This Is For You
When The Column Is Bigger Than The Beam It’s Supporting…
How Much More White Could It Be?
5 Story Tower With Alchemy Lair
Unreal Estate - Each Room Is More Bonkers Than The Next. Count The Crosses. Surprise At The End
Who Lives In This House? A Giant?
When They Say "Ensuite Bath," They Mean It!
I Agree That This Place “Has A Unique Structure.”
Renovations Done To 500-Year-Old Caldwell Tower In Scotland (...are Mildly Infuriating)
I think this was the only way they could do it with regulations, from memory
When The Rest Of The Apartment Is Basic And Overpriced, But You Get A Portal To Your Bathtub
Ridiculous Indeed
Bathrooms Don’t Need Walls
Accident Prone...
A Wild Ride In Nevada From Start To Finish
Built In Neck Breaker, I Mean Slide
The Basement Needs A Little Work
Beautiful historic home with an old jail in the basement. Interior gaudy af
Garage Inside The Living Room And Bathroom
This Room Could Use More Patterns
On The Bright Side, If You Roll Out Of The Jacuzzi Tub, You’ll Be All Dry By The Time You Make It To The Bed!
A Very Sad Castle-Type Structure
There's No Adequate Description.
From A Facebook Group
Unassuming On The Outside, Absolute Insanity On The Inside
Unable To Decide If You Want To Live In A Castle Or A Pizza Hut?
2 Br...10 Car Garage...castle In Southern Indiana
Hallway Balconies
20,000-Gallon Aquarium...
Lazy Suzan Closet Of My Nightmares
Why Pick One Material When You Can Have Them All? Also, Who Needs A Chimney!
They Carpeted The Bathroom Then Thought, “Why Stop There?”
I don't know why but somehow I'm convinced this must be the inside of a plane!
Let's Just Stick This Boulder In The Middle Of The Hallway...
Such A Cozy Place To Watch TV. Probably Needs A Rug To Tie It All Together.
Found This Gem On A Different Sub..
This House Is Ridiculous But I Kind Of Love It
Deathtrap Of The Day
Wasn't Too Bad Of A House Until...
If this is a set up in a basement to clean up and not bring grease upstairs then it's not bad
The Real Estate Market Is So Hot You Don’t Even Need To Worry About Whether Your Bed Hot Dogs Are On Display.
This Charming Home Office
Not For Sale, But Does This Count?
A Cool Natural Look.
I Thought This Monstrosity Would Fit Here
I Swear My Country Has Some Of The Worst Real Estate Projects. These Are Single Family Homes In The Middle Of A Rural Area. The Last Two Pics Are From Their Website, They Plan To Add 6 More Rows In The Future
Need An Outlet? I Got ‘Em All!
Yeah defiantly, they were all weird but I kind of liked some of them
Load More Replies...This post made me nauseous. Like being sea sick type of nausea from looking at all the photos.
Understood. I have sea legs and still questioned gravity with a few of these listings.
Load More Replies...check this beauty out: (in middle of small town ohio) https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2505642,-82.8285425,3a,67.3y,339.65h,93.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJu2Cd69ygIMBdeMtGq1WIg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1
Designed by the owner, a person with little sense of proportion.
Load More Replies...I just moved into a new house and during the moving process I realized I own ALOT of stuff. Now I'm feeling like it pales in comparison to some of these photos...
Aaaaand? All of these houses are made for people with money and zero taste. Don't you think it's little bit weird to have shower in the kitchen or toilet next to your bed
Load More Replies...Yeah defiantly, they were all weird but I kind of liked some of them
Load More Replies...This post made me nauseous. Like being sea sick type of nausea from looking at all the photos.
Understood. I have sea legs and still questioned gravity with a few of these listings.
Load More Replies...check this beauty out: (in middle of small town ohio) https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2505642,-82.8285425,3a,67.3y,339.65h,93.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJu2Cd69ygIMBdeMtGq1WIg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1
Designed by the owner, a person with little sense of proportion.
Load More Replies...I just moved into a new house and during the moving process I realized I own ALOT of stuff. Now I'm feeling like it pales in comparison to some of these photos...
Aaaaand? All of these houses are made for people with money and zero taste. Don't you think it's little bit weird to have shower in the kitchen or toilet next to your bed
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