This 4-bedroom, 3-bath house, on the market in Michigan for $425,000, appears to be stuck in some kind of weird ’70s time warp. But it’s the unusual, um, sculpture (?) in the entry that makes all the foil wallpaper, dark paneling, and shag carpeting fade into the background.
I have no idea what that’s supposed to be. And I think I’m a little afraid to find out. (I just noticed the plant in the top photo that seems to be hugging the corner, as if it’s trying to get as far away from the thing as possible…)
How would you caption this? (Thanks to Maureen for finding the listing.)
Go to Bad MLS Photos to see more!
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Excellent find, Julia. The plant says it all!
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I…. I…. Yep, speechless.
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hahahhaha the plant catch is priceless.
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There’s something frightening about this listing. It’s like something terrible happened in 1972 & everyone left in a hurry & never came back. 400k? The lot must be huge and spectacular!
$425,000 for a monstrosity needing total renovation, kitsch included.
Please call our office for a private showing, complimentary aspirin and 3D glasses with every tour.
Gah!! That is so funny!
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That is hilarious! What is that thing and why wouldn’t you take it out of your house before listing it?
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That’s to keep you from noticing the walpaper.
I’m still trying to work out what the sculpture is made of… It looks like a fly paper pile! Lx
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P) Sherman, set the way back machine for 1970. Home of the Chinese wood sculptor. Chow Cha Ching, in Michigan.
S) All set Mr. Peabody.
S) Why are we going to this point in time sir?
P) To show why you should never put a large scary sculpture in your entryway.
This particualar sculpture wards off good taste. Therefore the Interior Designer, the painters , carpet layers, and the furniture delivery people could not enter. This house was doomed to stay as it is in 1970 for the next 40 years, untouched by style, trend or fad. Sad really.
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That, my friend, is the stuff of nightmares.
How about naming the sculpture ‘War of the Lobsters”. At least that’s kind of what it looks like to me. I don’t know – it’s really bizarre and as frightening as the wall paper.
I wasn’t enough that he had chosen his ex-wife’s wallpaper for his new bachelor pad. Mike Brady decided to put his new girlfriend’s “sculpture” right up front in the foyer, so he could rub Carol’s nose in it when she dropped off the kids for the weekend.
I love all the unusual homes you post about! That sculpture is a space eating monster! I hope it has some special meaning to the owner.
Oh, poor, sad, neglected house!! If I toured this house, I would be crying. It certainly has potential though!
What in the….?
Here in Portland, Oregon, that house would be pretty retro cool. But it’s true that the crustacean-looking sculpture is nightmarish…
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I would call it scary indeed!
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It appears to be a gaint piece of wood burl they usually saw them up into veneer but in the 60′s and 70′s, they would varnish them whole and make lamp bases, coffee tables and such out of them, allthough I have never seen one that big before, as they weigh a ton!
Never mind the sculpture. I’m terrified of the wallpaper!
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“Carol, Greg, Marcia, Peter, Jan, Bobby, Cindy?! I’m home! What has Alice made for supper?”
OK, again, your faithful followers have said everything I wanted to, but .. I have to ask: what’s up w/ these Realtors? Who in their right mind would even *think* of taking a picture of that and posting it on MLS? (As if the 70s theme going on wasn’t enough .. yuck!)
By the way .. I’m with the plant.
It looks as if Disney has started reproducing mini-Trees of Life for retail sales!…Oh wait…I think I see a dog in there!! LOL
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We thought Geordie had fixed that transporter!
It looks like worms!
Wow, talk about a time warp! 70′s for sure! The shag carpet and the wall paper say it all!
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Where did they get a deep-fryer…that big???
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Julie M.
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I wonder if that statue comes alive and wouldn’t let the homeowners do some updating in their house.
I can’t stop laughing! This house is hilarious. Just when I think I have seen it all. Think anyone will want to buy this house? I think not. Even if I had tons of money, I wouldn’t have the patience to do some updating in that house. That’s why if I ever buy a house, it will be one that doesn’t need a lot of work.
I can only conclude that the people who lived here were blind. I am a real estate consultant in New Zealand, and in my job I am visually tortured daily…boo hoo!
AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
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I imagine this house smelling like stale cigarette smoke and mothballs.
As scary as these pictures are, I think if someone took the time to update it, it would be a lovely house.
The price seems a little steep though. I can only assume that people who have ignored their decor for 30+ years might have also been oblivious to structural maintenance as well.
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Careful of the wood monster!
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Put your hope in God, not in mere idols made by man. Because man can make some really ugly idols – and some really ugly 1970′s brown and beige temples.
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Gee, I wonder if they would throw in the sculpture if I bought the house. I see a lot of wallpaper removal in somebody’s future.
This reminds me of my parents house (minus the sculpture). My sisters and I have to figure out how to dispose of check stubs, junk mail and paperwork that dates back to the 1950′s AND somehow update the house and try to sell it in this dreadful market.
No idea. Sometimes it boggles my mind that people have not redecorated since the 70s!
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This retro home comes with it’s own built in babysitter. Just tell the kids this monster sculpture comes to life when children are bad.
That will scare them straight!!
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Ahhh, why that is the god that sucks your soul out when you live in surroundings so depressing that your soul actually dies and is in need of being removed from the empty shell that was formerly known as you.
Also known as Blair Witch II — the Extreme Home Makeover Edition.
LOL! It looks like an upside down lobster ready to be dropped into the pot of boiling water! Gad, the wallpaper too.
Oh my, lovely setting, though. Still, the flocked bathroom wallpaper and that carpeting in the living room is pure 70s. This must be older people ready to retire, but still why can’t they do something to the house in all those years. By not changing it, however, they probably can afford a wonderful retirement on all that money saved.
Call it: “Tree Love”.
Albert had always wondered what his collection of ships’ mastheads would look like when combined.
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Agree with everything that’s been said. It needs major updating.
But it has lots of potential and the setting is beautiful.
Hopefully, it’s not in a flood zone being so close to a lake.
Some folks really do believe that if you put enough varnish on a fungus it will look really good.
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Oh, my!
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Oh goody, the guard plant is finally asleep. Time to make my escape.
Ha, ha, ha… Aren’t houses fun… it’s not just what they look like it’s what’s in them too.
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haha that poor plant trying to escape through the drywall. That “sculpture” is both hideous and terrifying. That should really help with the staging process. Yeesh.
Release the kraken!
Eek! What in the world IS that? I’m skeered. haha
What the?! The plant had me LOL!
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In between hunting season, Michigan’s Militia tunes into its creative side. Now on the market: Gehry? Gaudi? Hell no – this is Gaylord, Michigan.
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I couldn’t stop laughing when I read your comment about the plant! Too funny!
Yeah, have no idea what the reasoning was behind that thing. Someone had to have come up with a good reason to put it there when some asked why the heck they placed such an atrocious thing in the middle of the foyer.
How could anyone with taste not know that is a sculpture of a pork rind. Come on people get a clue. Sheesh.
Pork rind? HAAHAAAHAAA!!!!!!!!
On the flipside, I couldn’t get over the size of those bedrooms, though. Nice. But certainly a lot of work ahead for someone…
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That home is deeply saddening. It appears to be an estate sale. How many of us will remain in homes that are slowly going out of date as we grow older? Having to choose between paying rising property expenses and medical costs or remodeling it in the latest style in hopes to avoid snarky comments on the Internet?
It looks like the sculpture-monster is blocking the way downstairs. So the question is, what freakish, unholy thing is down there that requires the sculpture-monster to shield it from any possible human encounter? The plant knows whats up.
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