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Real estate agents are the keepers of the keys - many keys. They get to see unique homes of all shapes and sizes, from modest to mansion, along with some truly interesting architectural choices and design ideas. Just like with fashion, everyone has their own idea of what works or not, and there are bound to be some design fails along the way - and real estate agents get a front-row seat to the madness.
Agent Venessa Van Winkle wanted to share just how weird and random the interior design of some houses are, so she called on her fellow home sellers to share photos with her of the bad, the ugly, and the bizarre. Scroll down below to look at these unbelievable home designs, and don't forget to upvote your fave funny pictures!
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Jeff Porter 6 years ago
This is an art piece done by Makoto Egashira. She uses floral carpet to make sculptures, her work is amazing. Please check out her art, support the artist instead of just believing the photo.
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Zenozenobee 6 years ago
What are you complaining about? the toilet makes a good "folding seat" when you have guest
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Patrick McKemie 6 years ago
This actually looks like a good idea. It removes that little line of light the peaks through the curtains.
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Paula Sue 6 years ago
Or have a step-ladder or the kind of stairs that you buy for dogs to climb onto really high beds...
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Kelly Horrigan 6 years ago
husband: Look what I found in the alley! wife: We don't have a fireplace...
Susan Davies 6 years ago
"Try it" they said. "You'll like it" they said. "It will add warmth to your bathroom decor" they said.
Lisa Reuss 6 years ago
We designed for a fireplace; when that didn't work, we just worked around it!
Thomas Ewing 6 years ago
If the fireplace gets too busy, splash water on it.
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Cheryl Carter 6 years ago
Doesn't everyone want a mantel over the bathroom sink that makes the mirror so high only a giant can see in?
Jenny Barrows 6 years ago
Turn the light on..I can't reach it...brush your teeth, I cant reach the mirror to see if I combed my hair right.
c Fuller 6 years ago
very unclear on the decorating aspects. I can see the homeowner telling the contractor how he wanted it done, you know, to give the place a little class. The contractor didn't understand the vision, which meant the side posts of the sink should have gone to the floor and the baseboard stop against it. In this instance, the sink should have been pulled away from the wall so the faucet would have space, then it would all line up, with the eye level mirror above what becomes the mantle/shelf for toiletries.
Shirley Heyn 6 years ago
Lost the Living room but gained that extra 3/4 bath - great ROI remodel job!
Mike Procaccini 6 years ago
Y'all are silly. That's not a sink for water. Fire comes out when you turn the handle. And they even have hot fire and cold fire!
Yehudit Hannah Cohn 6 years ago
Well, OK, let's that the owner loves the beautiful piece of wood that once actually framed a fireplace in that spot, which was not originally a bathroom . . . nope. Gotta go with "you could have done better".
Maureen Howard 6 years ago
You were trying to be cool and repurpose that mantle...guess what? You failed!!!
Nacho Business 6 years ago
Where are my teeth?.... Same place you always put them! On the mantle.
Ruth Beaty 6 years ago
Too cheap to buy a regular shelf and used what they had or poor decorating choices?
Sue Sanders 6 years ago
It's not a frame, guys; it's a mantel. Be true to historical designs, especially where fire was meant to be.
Mari Bryant 6 years ago
Hate that sink. Shockingly the rest doesn't bother me but that sink needs to go. Loo
Sergio Bicerra Descalzi 6 years ago
Nothing wrong with this one, I like a little wood in my bathroom
Helen Perry 6 years ago
I’m way too lazy to install the mirror properly so I’ll hang a mantel for it instead.... so nice and cozy....
Mac Callaway 6 years ago
I once knew a family who had natural gas on their property. You could set fire to the water coming out of the faucet. So . . . a fireplace surround might . . .
Mary Anderson 6 years ago
...lack of counter space, but I would have chosen something very different possibly shelf that looked okay in the bathroom
Mary Anderson 6 years ago
I wouldn't have much of a problem with this if the mantle legs went all the way to the floor- I get that something was necessary to compensate for the lack i had a sink like this and lack of counter space was extremely irritating...
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DP von Icecream 6 years ago (edited)
Those prints were very popular in the 80-ties (well at least in my country). Had a similar design for wall paper in my teeny-weeny room back then!
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Rose the Cook 6 years ago
The big question is, do the agents ever manage to sell/rent these places?
Lil Bare 6 years ago (edited)
I think that life is nothing without values and money is very obviously nothing without education. These rooms remind me of mr Trump and retired porn producers tho Lol
Gemma Lees 6 years ago
I'm comforted that I'm not the only person whose seen these mental homes! When my hubby and I were looking for our first home to rent, we came across the flat that we'd come to call the 'pimp's palace'. It was dated af, with a carpeted bathroom and a tacky 70s bar in the living room but the layout was weird as we became more and more aware that we were walking around a hidden room in the centre of the flat, as we went from room to room which were all interconnected in a circle. We asked the estate agent what was in the middle and she sighed as she opened a hidden door. There was an actual f*****g sauna, all tiled floor to ceiling, with benches and the thing you put the coals in, in the centre of a one bed flat. We could not get out of there quick enough!
Phlop Ophlarb 6 years ago
Oooo I used to go on some website/blog/I don't even know anymore that was basically this. It was hilarious and I forgot about it til now. Too bad I can't remember what it was
Fixin'Ta 6 years ago
I can't remember the name, either, but I do remember that blog. It was (hideously) awesome.
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Holli Burman 6 years ago
Imagine how hard it must be for the real estate agents to sell these homes! These agents have my respect! Haha. :)
Cristina Steele 6 years ago
Our house could have been featured here. It had a “death window” (a giant window set too low in a bedroom with no glass that looked down into the vaulted kitchen). We ended up hiring people to drywall over the Death Window. Lol.
Octavia Hansen 6 years ago
Most colourful and creative places can be toned down with a coat of boring paint. People who leave these places behind will make the next space their own. Interior decorators NEVER put the owner's history or personality into a space, only cold pieces from current trends.
Cherry Warr 6 years ago
yes, they tell you to only paint your walls neutral 'safe' colors...I'd live in an apartment if I wanted generic. I have each bedroom painted in a jewel tone pastel, light green, sky blue, lavender and my kitchen and baths are in a beautiful French vanilla semi gloss that looks like pearl.
Load More Replies... Bobby's Girl 6 years ago
You're right, and OMG, so much why? over there :)
Load More Replies... Shawn 6 years ago
What do I think? I think that humanity needs to be destroyed we've passed the brink of redemption.
DP von Icecream 6 years ago (edited)
Nope, nope. First you need to find the origin of some of these atrocious designs & do some targeted elimination ;-) The entire world doesn't need to suffer due to, for what it seems a large part coming from 1 particular western civilization. Ah wait...... that is a possible result that could happening right now :-/ ;-)
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Angela Farrell 4 years ago
I actually adore a couple of these. I love houses with personality. The bedroom with the jade carpet is my favorite! I love it. So unusual
Cassia Lima 6 years ago
I m real state agent, but in Brazil and I already see nonsense pleaces. www.cassialima.com
Sandra Mason 6 years ago
I have been an interior designer working in other people's homes since 1976. never have seen anything as awful as this stuff. the worst was some red water spigots holding a valance in the kitchen.
R.s. Potter 6 years ago
I think I saw some of these on the Terrible Real Estate Photos website.
Susan Davies 6 years ago (edited)
To each, his own. Everyone has their idea of "decor". I assume these places were all decorated by their current owner(s) whose taste may or may not be to everyone's liking. Seriously, though, if you want to get a decent asking price for your home, make it neutral. Remind yourself that not everybody wants to walk into a bathroom of old country roses; not everyone wants a jacuzzi 6" from the bed. Best to paint walls neutral beiges and let the new owners put their own stamp on the decor. As for that jail cell toilet, get it removed and turn that into a pantry.
AnnieLaurie Burke 6 years ago
And I thought it was bad to put the kitchen (and living room and dining room) upstairs in a house with no AC. You go through the front door and you face a winding stairway. Gotta carry all groceries, etc. up said winding staircase. And try to get appliance up there when they need replaced. Or go up the outside stairs in rain + snow and through upstairs porch door. God-awful hot in summer anyway, and even more so during meal prep. The countertop halogen oven does help a little.
David Dickey Jr 6 years ago
The real question is, will you credit @pleasehatethesethings from Instagram?
Valerie Lessard 6 years ago
If it's got good "bones" as they say and is super cheap, they can be fixed and made into nice homes
Fixin'Ta 6 years ago
Yup! Chip and Joanna could make these houses into real treasures. (Or die trying!)
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CbusResident 6 years ago
It's all basically a flashback to the house I was raised in, except cleaner, without my family's chaos and fighting and '80s-'90s awkwardness. On my own I've lived in a duplex where I used the front living room as my bedroom. When we had a party one night I had several people hanging w/ me in that bed/living room, at one point eight loose acquaintances sprawled out on my bed drinking. Design fail? Nay, success!
Laugh Fan 6 years ago
A lot wouldn't pass inspection in a number of countries - doesn't stop people doing weird things themselves and not getting any kind of authority involved.
Load More Replies... Rose the Cook 6 years ago
The big question is, do the agents ever manage to sell/rent these places?
Lil Bare 6 years ago (edited)
I think that life is nothing without values and money is very obviously nothing without education. These rooms remind me of mr Trump and retired porn producers tho Lol
Gemma Lees 6 years ago
I'm comforted that I'm not the only person whose seen these mental homes! When my hubby and I were looking for our first home to rent, we came across the flat that we'd come to call the 'pimp's palace'. It was dated af, with a carpeted bathroom and a tacky 70s bar in the living room but the layout was weird as we became more and more aware that we were walking around a hidden room in the centre of the flat, as we went from room to room which were all interconnected in a circle. We asked the estate agent what was in the middle and she sighed as she opened a hidden door. There was an actual f*****g sauna, all tiled floor to ceiling, with benches and the thing you put the coals in, in the centre of a one bed flat. We could not get out of there quick enough!
Phlop Ophlarb 6 years ago
Oooo I used to go on some website/blog/I don't even know anymore that was basically this. It was hilarious and I forgot about it til now. Too bad I can't remember what it was
Fixin'Ta 6 years ago
I can't remember the name, either, but I do remember that blog. It was (hideously) awesome.
Load More Replies... Holli Burman 6 years ago
Imagine how hard it must be for the real estate agents to sell these homes! These agents have my respect! Haha. :)
Cristina Steele 6 years ago
Our house could have been featured here. It had a “death window” (a giant window set too low in a bedroom with no glass that looked down into the vaulted kitchen). We ended up hiring people to drywall over the Death Window. Lol.
Octavia Hansen 6 years ago
Most colourful and creative places can be toned down with a coat of boring paint. People who leave these places behind will make the next space their own. Interior decorators NEVER put the owner's history or personality into a space, only cold pieces from current trends.
Cherry Warr 6 years ago
yes, they tell you to only paint your walls neutral 'safe' colors...I'd live in an apartment if I wanted generic. I have each bedroom painted in a jewel tone pastel, light green, sky blue, lavender and my kitchen and baths are in a beautiful French vanilla semi gloss that looks like pearl.
Load More Replies... Bobby's Girl 6 years ago
You're right, and OMG, so much why? over there :)
Load More Replies... Shawn 6 years ago
What do I think? I think that humanity needs to be destroyed we've passed the brink of redemption.
DP von Icecream 6 years ago (edited)
Nope, nope. First you need to find the origin of some of these atrocious designs & do some targeted elimination ;-) The entire world doesn't need to suffer due to, for what it seems a large part coming from 1 particular western civilization. Ah wait...... that is a possible result that could happening right now :-/ ;-)
Load More Replies... Angela Farrell 4 years ago
I actually adore a couple of these. I love houses with personality. The bedroom with the jade carpet is my favorite! I love it. So unusual
Cassia Lima 6 years ago
I m real state agent, but in Brazil and I already see nonsense pleaces. www.cassialima.com
Sandra Mason 6 years ago
I have been an interior designer working in other people's homes since 1976. never have seen anything as awful as this stuff. the worst was some red water spigots holding a valance in the kitchen.
R.s. Potter 6 years ago
I think I saw some of these on the Terrible Real Estate Photos website.
Susan Davies 6 years ago (edited)
To each, his own. Everyone has their idea of "decor". I assume these places were all decorated by their current owner(s) whose taste may or may not be to everyone's liking. Seriously, though, if you want to get a decent asking price for your home, make it neutral. Remind yourself that not everybody wants to walk into a bathroom of old country roses; not everyone wants a jacuzzi 6" from the bed. Best to paint walls neutral beiges and let the new owners put their own stamp on the decor. As for that jail cell toilet, get it removed and turn that into a pantry.
AnnieLaurie Burke 6 years ago
And I thought it was bad to put the kitchen (and living room and dining room) upstairs in a house with no AC. You go through the front door and you face a winding stairway. Gotta carry all groceries, etc. up said winding staircase. And try to get appliance up there when they need replaced. Or go up the outside stairs in rain + snow and through upstairs porch door. God-awful hot in summer anyway, and even more so during meal prep. The countertop halogen oven does help a little.
David Dickey Jr 6 years ago
The real question is, will you credit @pleasehatethesethings from Instagram?
Valerie Lessard 6 years ago
If it's got good "bones" as they say and is super cheap, they can be fixed and made into nice homes
Fixin'Ta 6 years ago
Yup! Chip and Joanna could make these houses into real treasures. (Or die trying!)
Load More Replies... CbusResident 6 years ago
It's all basically a flashback to the house I was raised in, except cleaner, without my family's chaos and fighting and '80s-'90s awkwardness. On my own I've lived in a duplex where I used the front living room as my bedroom. When we had a party one night I had several people hanging w/ me in that bed/living room, at one point eight loose acquaintances sprawled out on my bed drinking. Design fail? Nay, success!
Laugh Fan 6 years ago
A lot wouldn't pass inspection in a number of countries - doesn't stop people doing weird things themselves and not getting any kind of authority involved.
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