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The pandemic has turned us all into make-it-yourselfers, more or less. And while most of us have had our inspo put into practice either by trying a recipe that under normal circumstances we’d never dare to challenge, or making a nesting box, others set out on way more elaborate endeavors. As a result, there was an unprecedented boom in homeowners with days that have been ruined beyond repair.
The reasons for this curious phenomenon can be traced back to the seemingly innocent urge for renovation. After all, we all spent a shamelessly huge amount of time in the comfort of our homes that became the target of our idle hands.
Fast forward to today and we now have quite a solid collection of pics that document these home disasters. Thanks to the corner of Reddit known as “Well That Sucks” that has a whopping 2.6M members, we have a lot to learn from what not to do with our home, shelter, rented flat, Airbnb, roof, ‘cause… well, the pics speak for themselves.
Psst! Part 1 with more homeowners having a pretty bad day await right here.
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#1
Man Arrives Home To Find Bear Eating His Bucket Of KFC
MelFunction 4 years ago
I know it's disastrous but look at it sitting there, eating its KFC. It's the cutest thing that could ever kill you.
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#2
The View Of My Balcony Before And After They Removed A Tree
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Noooooo. That is tragic. I once had a landlord cut down all of the giant bushes in front of our windows without telling us. In theory, he was going to "paint the house." Front room felt like a fishbowl as everyone on the sidewalk could see straight in. I moved out two years later. House was never painted.
#3
Raccoons Climbed In My Garage Window And Ate All My Raccoon Repellant
Bored Panda spoke with Philippa Main, the professional realtor from Tampa Bay who went viral for her brilliant and insanely funny listing description about “the worst house on the street” eight months ago. Philippa was happy to share some insights into home improvement and renovation projects, as well as shared some very useful advice with our readers.
“During the pandemic, people started a lot of smaller home improvement projects they could tackle themselves that may or may not have gone according to plan. Either way, now people are turning to hiring professionals whenever they can, because post-pandemic they either realized they don’t have the time—or the skills—to do the job right themselves,” Philippa said.
#4
Went To The Gas Station Last Night For 5 Minutes To Get Beer And Came Back To This. My Room Is The Window To The Right. I Feel Insanely Lucky Right Now. Might Go Gambling Later
#5
My Super Kicked A Hole Through The Ceiling This Morning, Then Poked His Head Through To Apologize. I Was Naked.
#6
Great Way To Start The Morning
Unfortunately, a lot of people who waited to have work done on their homes (either for budget reasons or for fear of having people into their homes during the pandemic) are now finding that the cost of their projects has gone up 20% - 50% and that quoted estimates are only valid for a few days before price increases take effect.”
Philippa added that this is down to reduced supplies, reduced skilled laborers to perform the work (which was happening before the pandemic), and increased demand.
#7
My Apartment Received A Shockwave From A Missile That Hit My Neighborhood
#8
In Ten Seconds I'm Going To Discover The Value Of Lifejackets And Renter's Insurance
#9
Bought A House Last Year And Wondered Why This Light Never Worked. Finally Took It Off To Have A Look At The Wiring...
The professional realtor urges anyone who's thinking of renovating to “not cut corners just because they think it will be ok or because it’s fine for them. They should look at it as if they were selling their home and a picky buyer was coming through to look at it,” she said and added: “Because I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had a client love a home, but ultimately not submit an offer on it because so many DIY projects were done so poorly that it made them question whether there would be actual major issues with the home.”
#10
My Sunflower In The Front Of My House Finally Bloomed For The World To See
#11
My Wall In My Apartment After Dating A Psycho
#12
My 20 Year Old Tree Planted When I Was Born Got Uprooted In A Wind Storm Back Home Last Night
Hannah Edwards 4 years ago
It is possible to replant uprooted trees, but they may need extra support to make them safe.
Philippa explained her thought process, which is like “if the seller cut corners on this, what else did they cut corners on?” She also shared one such case: “I recently showed a home where originally the refrigerator door couldn’t open all the way without the handle hitting the wall. Instead of buying a new refrigerator with a different style door (an easy, affordable fix), the homeowner cut open the wall into the adjoining bedroom.”
She continued: “He then built a floor-to-ceiling semi-circle-shaped alcove for the door to recess into that took away essentially a third of the usable space in the bedroom just so he could open his refrigerator.” It turns out, "it looked ridiculous, took away from the functionality of the house, and left me and my client extremely confused. So even though the rest of the home had a lot to offer, she passed on it.”
#13
This Is The Side Of My House
#14
Have Cats They Said, It’ll Be Fun They Said (No Cats Were Harmed And No Plants Were Seriously Injured)
#15
Tornado-Driven Murder-Branch Impales My House Directly Above My Kid’s Bed
#16
Our Neighbor's 80' Locust Tree Gave Us Some Live Edge Sky Lights, A Great View Of The Stars, And That Rainforest Cafe Atmosphere That Our Living Room Had Just Always Been Missing. No Injuries, Dogs Pissed The Bed, Life Goes On...
chuckanders81 4 years ago
it was not until my house burned down that I could see the clear starry sky - Buddhist saying
#17
First Thought It Was Rice On My Garbage Can This Morning But A After Closer Look They Were Moving…
Chich 4 years ago
Had a neighbour toss unwrapped raw chicken in his trash can mid summer. Maggots and what a smell!
Sarah 4 years ago
Had a flatmate that did this! He tried to blame me, saying that it was my apple core that did it hahaha
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snipergun 4 years ago
There's good part to this, they will eliminate part of your trash. Second is easy food for birds and they love it. When these grow to flies it may be nasty but more flies = more animals feeding on them too. I had similar and tbh I did never notice increased amount of flies or any issue with these buggers but I had bunch of birds and great theater right next to the terrace.
Kellykopter 4 years ago
Happened to me once, inside the house though! All it takes is one fly to come in and lay eggs inside your rubbish bin and bam, maggots aplenty :(
Janned 4 years ago
This place I once lived had a pitched roof with just empty space between the ground floor ceiling and the roof. The neighbors cat knew how to climb into it. He liked to bring dead animals... Does anyone want me to continue and describe what maggots dropping from the bedroom ceiling look like??
Erin Mitchell 4 years ago
Had an upstairs neighbor that always mixed up the trash and recycling bins. Even though theyre different colors and labelled. I only took out 1 bin of each every other week bc I didnt make that much trash. Once she filled up her bins she filled up my bins. So I took all the bins dwn 1 week. Came home to find out they didnt empty the 2nd recycling bin. When I opened it I realized my neighbor put all her non recyclable trash in it and it smelled like a dead body and was FULL of maggots. left it on the curb until the landlord moved it bc that was NOT my ish to deal with.
Ann Coffman 4 years ago
Totally sad how some people do not understand garbage etiquette. From the kitchen to the can, the sorting of recyclables, washing the cans out occasionally, etc
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Tassenküchlein168 4 years ago
In Germany we have four bins: one for metal and plastics for recycling, one for paper, one brown bin for organic waste (goes to recycling it to soil) and one for food leftovers and other stuff you can’t recycle. Those will be burnt. The brown bin regularly looked like the picture until I found out you can prevent it by simply putting a stick between bin and lid.
TrashPandaSociety 4 years ago
Yep, maggots happen in the trash cans. Flies lay eggs on rotted foods to feed the babies.
Aurora Garrison 4 years ago
I hate maggots with all my heart. I once saw maggots in my outside trash cans, and I just said "Nope" and dropped the trash next to it and went back inside
Teresa Lewis 4 years ago
When my daughter was about 3, she saw this on our trash can and said, "Daddy, there are noodles on the trash can and they're moving!"
Zaza 4 years ago
We had them once when I was a kid. Lucky for my parents, the neighbours had chickens. Set them loose in the backyard, where the bins were, and they were gone in no time. Not sure who's day was better, my moms for the maggots being gone, or the chickens because they didn't usually get that many fat snacks
Rachael Coleman-Dean 4 years ago
Compost saves my life every summer. No food in my garage. I wash (if they are plastic) or burn (if they are paper) the raw meat containers.
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gerry.garh 4 years ago
In a Florida gas station, sitting on the way of returning everglades fisherman, the drunk son of a b...hes regularly dumped a load of dead bass in the trash cans. I had employees that quit before cleaning the incredible smelly mess. I couldn't blame them.
Bill cipher 4 years ago
EEEEEEEEWWWWWW!!!! EW EW EWWWWWWWWW! i hope i can explain why i lit it on fire :l
Holesalongthebottom 4 years ago
Reading this on my phone. Hated that I had to touch the picture to scroll up lol
Molly Block 4 years ago
Yup. You must live in the hot humid south, like I do. This is a common problem bc we live so far out in the country, we only get our trashed picked up once. At our other home, which is further into the country, we have no trash pick up at all and have to take our trash to the local dump.
Dre Mosley 4 years ago
Happened to me before. I hosed them off, then sprayed half a can of bug spray inside the trash bin.
Archer Harris 4 years ago
AAAAAAH I had this happen one time and I almost threw up. It was horrible.
Kevin Donegan 4 years ago
This isn't that bad ... wait until you find maggots in your food recycling container on your kitchen counter ... and maggots wandering around outside the container.
Nina Johansson 4 years ago
Happens every summer at our communal waste station, as we sort our waste in plastic, paper, glass and food waste, every summer there is a nest of maggots under the food waste lid, I've grown accustomed to look for sticks just to open the lid.
TheDivineMsM 4 years ago
Had a roommate that did this once.... still didn't care when I told her there were maggots
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago (edited)
Frig argh no no no! In the summer I keep meat scraps etc that are to be thrown away in a special container in a freezer compartment, and put it in the bin just before it gets put out that week (I wash the box I use to store it seperately each week too). I know everyone hates maggots generally speaking, but I really think I have a phobia. Maybe it's just a normal human reaction: but if I see them I sometimes scream and/or cry which is embarrassing , I can't breathe I'm sure they are on me and I just can't cope I have to run away (hence why I'm careful about meat scraps). But I'm ok with other bugs, I quite like a lot of them, and the ones I find yucky I can still pick up and hold if they need rescuing. But not maggots they are evil and I hate them
AnnaBanana 4 years ago
Same when I see a spider bigger than ten centimeters.
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#18
This Pillar Was Straight Last Week. This Is The First Floor Of A Seven-Floor Building
#19
Got Home From Vacation Only To Find Out Our Fridge And Freezer Have Been Dead For 10 Days
#20
Found Out My Neighbor Sleeps With A Loaded Firearm Today. (Corner Of My Computer Desk Right Behind My Monitor)
#21
The Mirror In My Hotel Bathroom Has An Antifog Section. Unfortunately, I'm 5'2"
#22
My Friend Fell Down The Stairs In Our Airbnb
#23
Ordered A New Chlorinator For The Pool, The Instructions Came On Vhs
Grumble O'Pug 4 years ago (edited)
Just hold it up to the light. (I used to be a videographer...I know how tape is constructed)
#24
Nothing Better To Start Your Morning Than Dropping A Full Jar Of Glitter
#25
Flooded Basement Quickly Becomes An Ocean
#26
Tempered Glass Lid Shattered, Giving Me Schrodinger's Stir-Fry
#27
Anyone Else Have To Remove Their Washer Agitator Because They Washed A New Box Of Staples, Or Is It Just Me?
#28
Bird Shat On My Window While It Was Open And It Got Splattered On My Bed
#29
Yesterday My Pen Exploded In My Dryer. Today, This When I Get Home After Another 13 Hour Work Day. Take A Shot For Me Today Please
#30
Unlucky Day
#31
First Night Of Vacation And We Go To Pull Out The Sofa Bed For The Kids, Hear A Loud Crunching Sound... Son’s iPhone Fell Between The Cushions And Got Caught In Hinges Of Bed Frame...
#32
Thought I Bought Forks
#33
My House Just Fell On My Car
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
When they say "bundle your home and auto insurance," this isn't what they meant.
#34
Get A Basement Apartment In New York They Said. It'll Be Fun They Said
spirit wolf 4 years ago
Never!! If Nanny Fines and Val taught us anything, it's never to get a basement apartment in NYC.
#35
Got To My Apartment From Work During A Rainy Day To Find A Roof Leak Right Over My Laptop...
Izzy Curer 4 years ago
It might actually be okay if they don't turn it on or plug it in for a few days. The cover looks like it might have protected the electronics.
#36
And Now My Bedroom Smells Like A Night Club
#37
I Decided To Try Deep Frying Oreos But I Forgot That Oil And Water Don’t Behave The Same Way, Let It Get Too Hot And Melted Part Of My Kitchen. Always Keep An Eye On Your Oil And Use A Thermometer
#38
Always Remember To Turn Off Your Iron
#39
Neighbor's 12yo Grandkid Decided To Sneak In The Car And Take A Joyride. Freaked Out, Hit The Gas, And Crossed Their Lawn And Mine To Hit The Front Of My House
September Meadows 4 years ago
Believe it or not, my two brothers managed to do this when they were 4 and 2 years old. 4 year old (very observant and too smart for his own good) watches how my mom drives, takes the keys, gets into a locked car, starts it gets it into drive (was an automatic) has my 2 year brother sit on the floor of the car and push the gas. They drive out of the driveway, across the street, through the neighbors lawn, up seven steps, across a very nicely appointed front patio and pretty much accomplished the same kind of damage as in OP's pic. No one was hurt. Everyone was astonished.
#40
Mould Killer In My Bathroom Is Itself Mouldy... I Hate This Flat So Much...
#41
I Guess You Shouldn’t Put Glass Windows Over Grass When It’s 22 Degrees Celsius
#42
This Is One Gallon Of Vegetable Oil. Help Me
#43
When You Let Your Ex Keep The Second Key
#44
My Chips Fell Off My Desk In The Worst Way Possible
#45
Anyone Know How To Jailbreak A TV?
#46
Just Bought Gallon Of Chocolate Milk For The Kids. Bumped It Trying To Put It In To The Fridge And It Noped Right Out Of My Hand. A Gallon Really Doesn't Seem Like Much, Until You Have To Clean It Off The Floor. The Splatter Zone Behind Me Was Pretty Impressive Too
#47
The Glass In My Lizards Tank Randomly Exploded In The Middle Of A Thunder Storm
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
I followed the source link and the person says yes, lizard just sat there looking bemused!
#48
Company Sent Mismatched Pieces Of My New Couch Today. They Don't Make The Couch Anymore
#49
My Father Had To Be Freed From The Locked Toilet This Morning
#50
Don’t Wash A Blanket With A Fitted Sheet. Still Suffering From Ptsd From The Sound
sonofabass 4 years ago
I'm guessing they clumped together and were unbalanced during the spin cycle. Drum came loose and broke the washing machine. Good models have a sensor and will stop if the spinning is too violent.
#51
You're Gonna Need A Bigger Can
Debbie Barnes 4 years ago
Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrggggghhhhh.......... You don't need a bigger can.. You need a new address.. :/
#52
How Many Years Bad Luck For Breaking My Bosses Hundred Year Old Mirror… In A Haunted Pub… On Halloween..?
Lisa Laberge 4 years ago
Look up: how to undo 10 curses that all happened at the same time !!!!
#53
Current Heatwave Has Caused My Glass Table To Explode (All Over My Freshly Painted Decking)
#54
I Discovered A 5’ Deep Sinkhole In My Backyard
#55
I Melted My Sons Toothbrush After Taking A Dump
#56
Found This In The Washing Machine In My Building
#57
I'm Starting To Think This View Isn't Worth Golfers Aiming Directly At Our Homes
#58
Neighbors Hired Someone To Cut Some Trees Down…
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
Good for the neighbors. Now they can sue them for all the damages. That's why you hire professionals.... to sue them when they mess up.
#59
Drilled Into A Sprinkler Pipe And Soaked Every Apt From Mine (4th Floor) Down
#60
Fell Asleep While Heating Up Some Mac N Chee
#61
After A Month Of Complaining About An Animal In My Walls To My Apartment’s Management It Has Finally Gotten Through My Ceiling. Right Above My Work Station That I Have To Be At All Day
#62
Husband Tried To Apologize For Some Stuff By Making Me A Candlelit Bath...the Glass Container Was Um...a Little Too Spicy For The Plastic Bathtub
#63
My Air Conditioner Stopped Working For A Few Days. My House Got So Hot And Humid, It Sealed My Entire Costco Size Case Of Envelopes
#64
White Table From Walmart Makes A Great Desk Until It [friggin] Doesn’t
![White Table From Walmart Makes A Great Desk Until It [friggin] Doesn’t](https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/6193bf0a7ea56_JdABIu1__700.jpg "White Table From Walmart Makes A Great Desk Until It [friggin] Doesn’t")
#65
My Front Yard 12 Hours Ago
#66
Finally Finished Hauling And Putting Down Pavers… Just To Be One Short
#67
It’s 3:00am. Everyone’s Asleep And I’ve Been Trying To Get Out Of My Room For 30 Minutes
#68
My Mom Was Just Finishing Cleaning The Kitchen And Then Spilled A Bag Of Chia Seeds On The Ground
#69
So My Apartment Flooded… And Guess What I Just Found Out On Top Of This… Renters Insurance Doesn’t Cover Flooding…
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
In Florida, my homeowners insurance covers any damage caused by flooding that comes from inside the house... broken pipes, cracked toilets, etc. but I had to buy a separate policy to cover damages caused by water coming in from outside.
#70
Full Jar Of Minced Garlic
#71
My Freezer Broke 2 Days Ago And I Didn’t Notice So Now All Of The Meat We Had In It Is Bad
#72
Microwave Door Blew Up. House Built One Year Ago
#73
Deconstructed Mushroom Cheeseburger With A Side Of Glass
#74
Don't Tell Me This Has Never Happened To You
GenericPanda09 4 years ago
Whoever can pull it out is the rightful king of the builder people.
#75
I Dropped The Sea Monkeys On Moving Day
#76
This Happened To My Mom's Room At 3 In The Morning
Joan Zatorski 4 years ago
Her design esthetic regarding bed placement makes me think she should buy a lottery ticket...Seriously, I hope I one was hurt; this must have been so frightening!
#77
Our Landlord “Urgently” Needed To Remove The Broken Panel Heater In July, Leaving Us With This Hole. It’s Now November And Apparently Repairing The Hole Wasn’t As Urgent...
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
I guess you could always use the space to store some bottles of wine or something.
#78
The First Day Of Lockdown In My City And My Toddler Does This...
#79
My Ac Exploded On A Recording Breaking Heat Wave In Oregon
#80
Guess I'll Order Out Tonight
#81
Turned The TV On After A 12 Hour Night At Work
John Baker 4 years ago
I'd be asking my kid, roommate or whoever I shared the place with what the hell is up. You can see the cracks where the screen is broken.
#82
Charging My Jbl Speaker Before Leaving On A Beach Trip When It Blew Up
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
And everyone on the beach was grateful that they didn't have to listen to your annoying Spotify list.
#83
Bought My First House And It Came With A Shed. Turns Out The Previous Owner Wired The Shed Himself And Rewired Parts Of The House
#84
Found Out What My Concrete Steps Are Actually Made Of
#85
Unclogging The Sink Drain
Your Cousin Vinny 4 years ago
CORRECTION - I just watched the Old Reddit video that is linked with this post. The water does drain all the way so the product did work. The screen capture is misleading. Nevertheless, the mess that's created is much worse than what's shown on the picture. So he did have a worse day than me.
#86
Well Thats $5 Ill Never Get Back
#87
Left My Husband Alone For 5 Minutes While Painting...
#88
Legs On Bath Tub Break Off Mid Bath, Damaging Fixtures
#89
My Glass Pan Shattered 1 Min Before Dinner Was Done…
#90
My Shower Was Leaking So I Tried To See If I Could Fix It. I Broke It Instead
#91
Guess Who Ran Out Of Paint...
#92
Everybody Told You Cats Are The Devil. Cat Damaged The TV With A Single Bite
#93
Literally Got My Internet Cut Off Last Sunday At 9 Pm
#94
A Tornado Hit A Neighbourhood In Ontario, Canada Today
#95
I Moved The Refrigerator And Tore The Vinyl Floor...
#96
I Spent Over An Hour Trying To Cover My Windows Before Realizing That The Second Panel Has A Slightly Different Pattern, And That The Squares Don’t Line Up
#97
I Obliterated My Xbox Today When I Lost My Footing
#98
Ac Went Out Yesterday, Haven’t Stopped Sweating In 24 Hrs And My Cats Are Having Heat Stroke
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Random Panda 4 years ago
I fail to see how any of these were inspired by home renovations due to the pandemic.
Random Panda 4 years ago
I fail to see how any of these were inspired by home renovations due to the pandemic.
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