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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Eww is that carpet on and around the tub? That's going to get so moldy so fast
Are we just going to ignore the fact there there is an electric baseboard heater on the side of the tub wrapped in carpet?
I was trying to figure out if this was a bedroom or bathroom. It’s both !!
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Is that a baseboard heater on the side? Yeah that looks really safe!
Yup, both in tems of electricity + water and in terms of the carpet capturing the heat behind it...
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Seriously I have had nightmares featuring showering in the middle of a room
Omg I thought I was the only one who had nightmares about showers/tubs in the worst locations!
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"I want a canopy bed! No. A tub! no no no no no... can't decide. Just gimme both"
The electric heater on the side is truly the cherry on top of that cake of misery.
That shag carpet is excellent for exfoliating and drying the feet.
The inside of the bathtub is almost the same color as that sweet carpeting.
Omg, SERIOUSLY?? I hate to be blunt, but bathing in there ... I mean, you might as well be setting foot into your own coffin, for crying out loud! If the electricity doesn't get you, the mouldy carpet will! 😱
The builders smoked a joint after lunch, then one of them giggled and said, "Oooh...I've got a great idea."
“And after your evening bath you just push the mattress over the tub and... Voilà!!! A mirror supervised bed!!!” Just providing a sales argument.
we bought a house once with kitchen carpet (black and red) glued to the walls and regular wood paneling in the shower. we gutted that bathroom.
Holy human filth, Batman! Is some real estate agent actually SHOWING this place with the bathtub looking like that inside????? Bedrails for decorative posts??? Shower - ummm,,,,,,where does the spray go?
The tub isn't even clean. Realtor: Come let me show you the master bath. No really.
I can Not stop laughing at this one. I don't think it's the winner, though. It's just UGLY.
Isn't that where the bed goes? I have never heard of a four-poster tub.
OMG! I am speechless! Somebody must like to have bath-side conversations with the bather in the water. I NEVER... OMG
Hey, husband got a new wood lathe for Christmas. . .this is his first project. Just what I always wanted. I think. I think.
A whole new meaning to "four poster". But I gotta ask, is that a baseboard heater at lower left????
That's BAD but the fact that they put carpet around the top is disgusting. I can't even imagine how moldy it must be in & under it. GROSS !!!!!!
And I thought my parents were the weirdest people on Earth because they carpeted the kitchen. ( I had it replaced)
Uh - don't carpet kitchens, bathrooms, laundry rooms, and especially not bath tubs. Never.
"So in order to give you the en suite you want, we'll have to remove the bed. But the good news is, we can give you a four poster bathtub instead!!"
Please tell me that's not an electric heater on the side of the tub.
Now, there's something you hardly ever see, Jonesy. What's that, Edgar? A 4-poster bathtub!
In the 1980s we had our bathrooms carpeted, rubber backed carpet, I loved it! It never went mouldy either.
Someone dreamed of having a waterbed. Unfortunately they couldn't find one.... So they improvised.
I would like to present to you: THE CARPENTER'S REVENGE! (You want thick carpenting all over the f*** bathroom? I'll deliver, lady!) No, honestly, this must be a joke
It's the bedathtub! Perfect for those who enjoy living dangerously and falling asleep in the tub.
We looked at a house with a tub like this! But it was ice blue carpet throughout the house as well as up the sides of the tub.
Can you see how dirty bath is, let alone carpet all over the place, damp as
Carpet + water = mould people need to stop this also keep bathtubs in bathrooms
What are you complaining about? the toilet makes a good "folding seat" when you have guest
This actually looks like a good idea. It removes that little line of light the peaks through the curtains.
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!
The big question is, do the agents ever manage to sell/rent these places?
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
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!
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
I can't remember the name, either, but I do remember that blog. It was (hideously) awesome.
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Hideous!!! That toilet only for skinny people, and that bathroom design are they expected once you in the house you take a bath right away lol And the bed so close to the bathtub you know once you demolition that house, all the mold growing in flooded or damp spot can cause your health issues. Wtf they were thinking.
Imagine how hard it must be for the real estate agents to sell these homes! These agents have my respect! Haha. :)
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.
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.
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... You're right, and OMG, so much why? over there :)
Load More Replies... What do I think? I think that humanity needs to be destroyed we've passed the brink of redemption.
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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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
I m real state agent, but in Brazil and I already see nonsense pleaces. www.cassialima.com
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.
I think I saw some of these on the Terrible Real Estate Photos website.
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.
Thinking of performing home improvements or a remodel without professional guidance nor advice? You might as well set fire to several thousand dollars. That would be less expensive in the long term.
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.
The real question is, will you credit @pleasehatethesethings from Instagram?
If it's got good "bones" as they say and is super cheap, they can be fixed and made into nice homes
Yup! Chip and Joanna could make these houses into real treasures. (Or die trying!)
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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!
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... The big question is, do the agents ever manage to sell/rent these places?
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
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!
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
I can't remember the name, either, but I do remember that blog. It was (hideously) awesome.
Load More Replies... Hideous!!! That toilet only for skinny people, and that bathroom design are they expected once you in the house you take a bath right away lol And the bed so close to the bathtub you know once you demolition that house, all the mold growing in flooded or damp spot can cause your health issues. Wtf they were thinking.
Imagine how hard it must be for the real estate agents to sell these homes! These agents have my respect! Haha. :)
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.
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.
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... You're right, and OMG, so much why? over there :)
Load More Replies... What do I think? I think that humanity needs to be destroyed we've passed the brink of redemption.
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... 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
I m real state agent, but in Brazil and I already see nonsense pleaces. www.cassialima.com
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.
I think I saw some of these on the Terrible Real Estate Photos website.
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.
Thinking of performing home improvements or a remodel without professional guidance nor advice? You might as well set fire to several thousand dollars. That would be less expensive in the long term.
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.
The real question is, will you credit @pleasehatethesethings from Instagram?
If it's got good "bones" as they say and is super cheap, they can be fixed and made into nice homes
Yup! Chip and Joanna could make these houses into real treasures. (Or die trying!)
Load More Replies... 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!
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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