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Terrible Estate Agent Photos

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Terrible photos listed by estate agents/realtors that are so bad they’re funny.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It looks like a Saw location.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Reminds me of the hotel in Silent Hill 2.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Check for secret rooms in the basement

https://youtu.be/GUDcSeUvkOw

[–] [email protected] 44 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Is it for the whole building? Where's it located?

105k might be a steal for the land alone

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thought it might be with the two entrances. I'm kind of surprised this unit is so bad without making the whole building condemnable

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago

That's what amazes me. Unless something drastic has gone rapidly wrong (dead resident, closed windows, heating on high, etc - I have friends in housing with horror stories about people exploding), how have the other residents not kicked off about this as it must be... impacting them too.

It definitely feels like there is a story to be told there.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It was a house and depending on the location, yes it would have. The land is often the most expensive part of buying a house

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago

I looked it up. It's located in Thamesmead near the Thames. The auction went for £117 000 for the shown unit, not the entire building, and the land is leased. No explanation for the mold.

https://auctionhouselondon.co.uk/lot/11-eastgate-close-thamesmead-london-se28-8pj-281629

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 days ago

If you could convince the sellers to rent it for an afternoon, and you have a high quality camera, you could get some amazing digital assets for some horror video games.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If its $105k in a place with manicured lawns and close neighbors, as seen in the first photo, then there's mold and rot all the way through to the frame and the underground pipes are wrecked too. But that still leaves the slab and service hookups.

$105k still sounds OK until you start to realize the demo and remediation costs.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago

Frame? This is in London, so it’s going to be blockwork and brickwork. The only frame would be the roof trusses.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Definitely sweetens the deal!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

And drapes!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 days ago

She's a bit of a fixer-upper. Oh, and you should really like breathing mould spores.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago

That looks like even the mould has mould growing on it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago

Damn, next Silent Hill looks so realistic?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago

You also get extra mold and bonus rodents for no additional charge!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago

The ladder in the second picture is to let everyone know it's being worked on.

The comfortable but rotting chair in the second picture is to enjoy a rest between hard work sessions with the ladder.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Are the evil spirits included in the price?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Technically they own the flat, you'd be their tenant!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

That looks like a 10 unit building. Say you can make it fifteen when you rebuild. Average US cost of a condo is about $350,000. About $5,240,000. Worth it to do a total tear down and rebuild.

edit = silly me. They want $105k for one apartment in that mess.

Caramba!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I thought it was 105k for one flat.

We might need a link to more information.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yep, here is the Rightmove link - 2 bedroom flat, not the whole building.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

edited my comment

You have the eyes of an eagle, and the noble soul of a warrior!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You are too generous - it's a pity everything else is fucked. 🤣

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

$4k/mo, plus utilities.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

Only 105K to buy Dracula's ACTUAL mansion? Bargain!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Silent Hill vibes

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Did they raise hogs in there?

[–] ArbitraryValue 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

It looks like a fire-damaged apartment in an otherwise nice building, and it could be worth a lot more than 105k in the right location.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

Those photos don't look like fire damage.

[–] neidu3 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I think the damage was caused by feral hogs, not fire.

[–] ArbitraryValue 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don't think they're feral anymore if they live in an apartment.

[–] neidu3 2 points 5 days ago

Considering some of the flatmates I've had, I don't think the two are mutually exclusive.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

only 105 grand microsievert per hour? what a blast