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This Instagram Account Collects Terrible Real Estate Pics, And Here’s 40 Of The Worst Ones (New Pics)
With home values in the US soaring up to 31.2% since 2019, you naturally expect that the images in real estate listings have ameliorated. Don’t get it wrong. Nobody’s expecting the real estate agents to master the art of fine photography, nail decoration and have it all skillfully presented to their clients. But what we do look for is an absence of gag reflex at horrendous estate shots that transgress the border of decency and common sense.
Well, let me tell you, from what you are about to see, things have barely changed. The Instagram account “Terrible Real Estate Agent Photos,” aka pure nightmare material not to be consumed by your inner interior geek, still has plenty of property pics that hit rock bottom, fall beyond the ground, hit the bottom of the barrel that nobody knew was possible, and then hit the earth's core.
But hey, there’s also some charm in this whole tackiness, so get your popcorn ready, we’re about to see what disasters are on the real estate menu most of us would never be able to afford. Psst! More terrible real estate agent pics can be found in our previous posts here, here and here.
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#1
Have you tried turning the room off and back on again?
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#2
Spice up your morning with an unexpected trip to the ground floor.
Hannah Edwards 4 years ago
On the plus side, it could make painting the staircase a lot easier.
The Terrible Real Estate Agent Photos blog, which has gained quite a cult following in the past years, started 8 years ago. In 2013, the guy named Andy was flat scouting in London but he soon realized the listings had unique things in common. He told Bored Panda in a previous interview: “I was spending more time saving hilariously bad photographs to my desktop than booking viewings, which left me with a dilemma: What to do with the photos?”
On the other hand, Andy assured us that the level of professionalism in real estate photographs is definitely improving. “Perhaps partly due to the risk of appearing on Terrible Real Estate Photos,” he added. After all, no homeowner or landlord would like their baby, I mean real estate, to end up in this horrid collection. Which even has its own book of the worst examples!
#4
Aunt Bessie’s next lockdown project is to knit a conservatory.
#5
If M C Escher had tried interior design.
Hannah Edwards 4 years ago
With the steps and ladder and hidden bed it could be a wonderful kid’s hideout! Hate the grey though.
#6
The spare bedroom features a lingering stunned silence.
Lance d'Boyle 4 years ago
That is so cheesy. That is obviously a homemade heart with the heart heart cut out? Disgusting!
In the current real estate crisis with properties soaring in prices that would outgrow Everest, the terrible real estate photos are relevant as ever. Are we really willing to put up with the absurdity of terrible properties sold for thousands upon thousands of dollars?
However, if you are still thinking about buying a property in this crazy post-covid market, you are likely to end up getting something that may need (or may not, depending on your budget!) a home renovation. And this is a crucial point that tests your skills, knowledge and savviness in taking every measure so that the house or flat doesn’t end up in Terrible Real Estate Photos some time in the future.
#7
As the foliage grew in strength and numbers, the cushions made plans to reclaim the ground floor on behalf of all the soft furnishings.
#8
Deleted scene from Clash of the Titans where the Minotaur emerges from the bathroom to ask if that was the last of the toilet paper.
#9
“It’s that time of the evening again, just talk amongst yourselves“
And doing that is a form of artistry in itself. So we reached out to 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” some time ago. Philippa was happy to share what are some of the most common errors people make while home renovating, so that we can all learn something useful today.
“There are so many errors people make when doing home renovations that can be summed up by the idea that it is more expensive to try to do something cheaply, because it will inevitably cost you more in the long run when it has to be redone in order to make it right,” Philippa explained.
#10
Lockdown business opportunity: Trampoline helmets.
#11
It's a sh*tchen...
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago (edited)
It's easy to laugh at these pics, but spare a thought for the poor sods who have to live like this
#12
“It’s important for kids to have their own space, and that cavity wall was going to waste anyway”
Otter 4 years ago
Aunt Petunia put some wallpaper in the cupboard under the stairs. Isn't that nice...
L. Murphy 4 years ago
Seriously, what is it with grown ass women who decorate their homes as if they were 6 and trying to match it to their My Pretty Pony collection?
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Tamsin Far 4 years ago
I somehow like it - you cant fall out of the bed and it's cosy. I would just decorate it differently. Not much room for any personal stuff, though -still might be nicer for someone who wants/needs to sleep alone than sharing a room.
Remi Flynne 4 years ago
Claustrophobic... this would be a nightmare for me. I don't even like looking at it.
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Dinah Brand 4 years ago
Coming from a kid that didn't have her own room growing up, this would've been AWESOME!
Immortal Emperor Paradox 4 years ago
It's a privilege to have a saperate room of your own. Nothing to complain here.
Robert Beveridge 4 years ago
Finally, an inlaw suite that accurately reflects the family's desire to host them
Lav Oravaf 4 years ago
imagine if these people are poor class and this is all they can afford ... my parents with their first 3 kids used to all live in one room. that is all they could afford way before I was born.
Leatrice Kerr 4 years ago
Definitely; my dad died when I was a baby, wemovedin with my Nana but at that time sharing a bed with both your children (while sharing what was technically a 3 bed house with 5 other adults, 4 of whom were lodgers) did not qualify as overcrowding. To get some peace, quiet and privacy, we moved into a single room in the next street wher we all slept on a sofabed. People do what they have to!
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Shy Foster 4 years ago
as someone who never had her own room till she was 15 and chose to sleep in the living room floor I would have killed for this
Pena Perkele 4 years ago
Lol I once dragged my bed into this storage space attached to my room when I was a kid, and it was pretty much this big, but with an angled ceiling. The most surprising thing about the space was that there was a power outlet in there :D Spent a few months sleeping there before I got bored of it.
Randy Klefbeck 3 years ago
My friend shared a studio with a friend, and his was a raised bed in the closet with a set of drawers and small hanging area for shirts on a rod. San Francisco CA has a few of these places. My place was similar in a finished basement of a 1904 Irish shanty, stuck in a hillside.
albernistuff 4sale 4 years ago
YES. Many houses I lived in the 'bedrooms' didn't have ANY windows and was very lucky to not be in house fire - I would have been toast!
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cute ghost person 3 years ago
knowing some people they would lift the bed and somehow put storage under it then do other stuff
Stan Chung 3 years ago
Too claustrophobic. A large mirror would help but this is quite unpleasant to look at.
somnomania 3 years ago
this would be appealing to me sometimes tbh. i've joked to my mom that i should get a hospital bedframe so i can stop losing my leg pillows off on the floor.
Sabrina Fisher 4 years ago
Tell me you're the middle child without telling me you're the middle child.
Davo gifman 4 years ago
Hey pumpkin. We had to make your room a little bit smaller; momma needs more space for her "Shoes!"
Marco Conti 4 years ago
To top it off, the lighting is a fluorescent tube lengthwise. For ambiance.
Dave Nalesnik 4 years ago
This would be perfect for a Star Wars “Death Star trash compactor” - themed room.
Raena Celis 4 years ago
Looks like some tiny home bedrooms. They could actually work as long as you keep your material belongings to a minimum.
Rose Civitts 4 years ago
looks like something an american univeristy would charge students a few thousand to live in
The realtor went into more details and said that one of the biggest mistakes people make when renovating a home is hiring unlicensed professionals to do the work. “I had a client go under contract on a home recently that was in the process of having a covered patio installed. During inspections (before the covered roof was even complete) the home inspector discovered none of it was up to code and it could have potentially been a hazard in high wind situations.”
#13
"If the 1870s had happened in the 1980s."
#15
"It would be possible to blame Accidental Selfie Syndrome were it not for the room-by-room costume changes."
Philippa continued: “in order for it to pass county inspections and for the buyer to feel comfortable moving forward with buying the home, the sellers had to replace the entire structure. So they paid once for it to be done poorly, then paid to have the materials removed, and then paid for new materials and for a professional to properly install it.”
“On top of that, the unqualified person they first hired to do the job actually ruined the main roof of the home during the installation, so they had to hire a roofer to repair their roof as well,” Philippa recounted and added that “All that could have been avoided if they had hired a professional who was licensed and insured to do that kind of job from the start.”
#16
Local man admits running illegal workshop making nightmares and panic attacks.
#17
Wishing you all a deeply disappointing and poorly furnished Christmas.
#18
“You’re welcome, honey. I also got the Tom Selleck bath towels”
#19
By combining random elements of a livingroom, a utility room, a hallway, and a staircase, mankind finally created the Livingway Stairtility Room.
#20
"The painting in the hall is of Arthur’s most recent colonoscopy."
Carrie Henderson 4 years ago
This is genuinely the worst thing I've ever seen. How do you eat your dinner in front of that?!
#22
Bob’s ability to empty a room was renowned across the children’s entertainment industry.
#24
Interior design influencers are already predicting a strong year for images of dogs printed on a towel hung over the only window in a wooden room.
#25
Next time you have prunes before bed, we swap sides.
#26
The perfect beachside property in which to relive the Allied Normandy Landings of 1944.
PeachPossum 4 years ago
What is that thing standing on top of the barrel or whatever in front of the window of the house next door?
#28
Microwaves are widely regarded as the most needy of the kitchen appliances.
#29
Check for flakes and residue before making your toilet brush the focal point of the diningroom.
#31
Don’t bugs the let bite bed.
#32
"According to the Curse of Amenhotep, he who discovers this tomb must commit to some minor rennovations before putting it back on the market."
#33
Don’t be fooled by the bunting.
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
The neighbours really pulled out all the stops for Harry and Meghan's wedding
#34
Misery is having to read someone else’s definition of happiness while trying to unblock a U-bend
#36
Stan began to wonder how often the other chairs had been meeting like this without him.
#37
The years of practise paying off for Jeff here, as he executes a flawless accidental selfie from a different room.
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
Jeff refused to compromise his masculinity by actually setting foot in a pink room
#38
On the 5th day, God gave his preliminary sketches to the couple next door as an apology for all the noise.
Wesley Lucas 4 years ago
This one was NOT terrible! It was a local house here in Pittsburgh and it had: The 2 story galactic mural A kitchen with a hatch door leading to an adjoining room and HAL 9000 fridge A room with real, working helicopter controls and space style furnishings all over A basement painted to look like a beach with a small adjoining boom boom room It was on Zillow but I can't seem to find it again 😭 But this house was cool AF and if they showed ANY other pictures from the listing, it wouldn't have been anywhere near this article.
#39
Zach’s new garden saved him a fortune in hay fever medicine.
Kristof De Smet 4 years ago
Could be the coast, where I have seen this quite often. They use it as a terrace.
#40
Hands up if you absolutely refuse to be hurried when you’re on the toilet.
#41
In this version, the Princess pricks her finger, orders some bleach, packs her books, and moves out.
Rose Civitts 4 years ago
why does the paint color switch from grey to neon green halfway through the room ?!?
#42
The shared courtyard is available for an hour a day, provided you can reach an agreement with the other inmates.
Mihai Mara 4 years ago
Actually they could clean that wall and then paint it in nicer colours ;)
#43
“We can talk about how I got up here when you find me a way back down”
#44
High art.
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
Alternatively, just hang the picture above the lamp...nah, too easy
#45
Evenings were the worst for Trevor, who only got to see the rest of the suite on weekends.
#46
Property’s integrated security system provides peace of mind, lack of access and a trip hazard.
#47
I can really see ourselves here honey. This can be the corner I cry in when I’m ruining your parties.
#48
“If the show sucks we can always leave during the interval“
#49
Please make your way to the upper deck where you will be assigned a lifeboa
#51
Property features some excellent outdoor space for entertaining.
#52
By combining random elements of a livingroom, a utility room, a hallway, and a staircase, mankind finally created the Livingway Stairtility Room.
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Becky Moore 4 years ago
Some of the funniest captions I've read on here, have they got a new member of staff on bored panda?
PeachPossum 4 years ago
Captions are from the original post. Click the link "terriblerealestateagentphotos" under the photos.
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Dystopian Present 4 years ago
They should have included some of the "garden chair of solitude" entries from the OP. Those are some of the best ones
Joyce Blodgett 3 years ago
I see someone found some of my former apartments and living spaces.
Tina B 4 years ago
The privileged, judgemental comments on these real estate posts are just overwhelming.
PeachPossum 4 years ago
Please explain how your comment is not privileged and judgmental?
Load More Replies... Becky Moore 4 years ago
Some of the funniest captions I've read on here, have they got a new member of staff on bored panda?
PeachPossum 4 years ago
Captions are from the original post. Click the link "terriblerealestateagentphotos" under the photos.
Load More Replies... Dystopian Present 4 years ago
They should have included some of the "garden chair of solitude" entries from the OP. Those are some of the best ones
Joyce Blodgett 3 years ago
I see someone found some of my former apartments and living spaces.
Tina B 4 years ago
The privileged, judgemental comments on these real estate posts are just overwhelming.
PeachPossum 4 years ago
Please explain how your comment is not privileged and judgmental?
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