This house in Panama City Beach, Florida, doesn’t have a lot going for it to begin with, but the truly awful listing photos certainly aren’t helping. Not only are they frequently fuzzy and out of focus, but almost every room features something that is open. For example, in this bathroom, the cabinet door and toilet seat are both open wide.
In the next bathroom, the cabinet drawer is, too:
But the kitchen takes the cake. I mean, even the refrigerator, microwave, and oven doors are standing open!
I have to say, I’m baffled. These aren’t even the worst of the photos in the listing, though, which includes winners like this:
Thanks to Melissa for finding this one. She says it makes her think of the movie The Sixth Sense. Too bad the agent can’t blame the bad photos on dead people! You can see them all (bad photos, that is, not dead people) in the listing.
Go to Bad MLS Listings to see more (if you can stand it)!
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omg!! that kitchen!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is hysterical.
What on earth? Did the agent think this would demonstrate the spaciousness of the cabinets/toilets/etc???
And WHAT is hanging off the ceiling fan in the bright blue room?!!! It looks like a bra or something!
I couldn’t figure out what was hanging there, either. Then I decided maybe I don’t want to know. Ha.
It looks like a bra left over from a wild party. Ah, good times.
As for the house … I’ll pass. I’m good.
They look more like photos someone would take when moving out of a rental, not when they are trying to sell a house.
But look how spacious it is!! Oh my goodness that is just bad! It is a crazy selling tactic!
HAHAHAHAHA
No way!!!! Seriously?!!! LOL
It looks very spacious!
Really funny!
Have a wonderful day!
xo
Luciane at HomeBunch.com
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Hilarious! This is right up there with the dolls and the plant that moves around!
I bet a cleaning crew went through before the photo and left everything open to show it was cleaned? Very strange.
I worked for a company that served as the middleman between the bank and various tradesmen. This may be a house that the bank has taken possession of. The tradesmen go in and “reclaim” the house i.e. putting antifreeze in the lines, draining the hot water heater, etc. They then take photos to prove they’ve done the work. The fridge. cabinets, etc. are opened to aid in air circulation since appliances are unplugged and the a/c will be off. It does look creepy like “The Sixth Sense”!
I agree, Jacqueline. Most of the pictures that I have seen like this are ones that are in foreclosure.
I agree – when we were looking at houses, all the foreclosures had EVERYTHING wide open.
That’s a hoot! Yeah, I’d think that maybe the house had been taken over by the bank and at the very least spiffed up a lot, thus the open, cleaned-out cabinets. But the kitchen takes the cake!
I know! I know!!!! I am reading Karen Marie Moning’s fever series, and there are these barely sentient shades that live in the dark and devour humans. The listing agent wants to show that this is a shades-free home! Oh, I will share this post with the Moning Maniacs over at Karen’s forum…..LOL!!!!
Stay to the lights!!!
I think it’s hilarious! And it’s working too, since you are writing about it. Very odd indeed, but creative nevertheless!
What in the world could they have been thinking?
Wow!
I think agents are trying to make it into this blog : )
It’s working! Ha.
I do believe they are trying their best to show what the house has, see, storage here, and here and look in here! Crazy! Janell
It looks like the oven is trying to scream! The only thing I can think of is maybe the agent wanted to show off how clean (?) and uncluttered the cabinets are?? Wowzah.
The sad things is some brokers use a photographer to go in and take pictures and they dont care. They just take pictures no matter what the place looks like. And then again from the last picture this looks like a male and they leave cabinet doors open all the time so this looks normal.
so… if you go to the listing and look at picture 23 of 25…. is that a bra hanging from the fan? strange. so very strange.
“The things that make you go hmmm, hmmm, hmmmmm…”
Thanks for sharing Julia, I need some good entertainment today; seeing that I’m currently living in the snow globe of the mid-west!
The open drawers and cabinets bothered me, but, not as much as the man lurking in the closet. I’m thinking of the movie “Psycho”! In fact, I’m stifling a big scream right now!
One of the bedrooms has some huge carpet stains! And are they trying to show off that dingy storage box in the front as a feature? On some of them it’s hard to fire out what’s being shown, but did I see a wall that was partially carpeted?
Yep, that scene in the Sixth Sense is the first thing that came to mind.
The pictures are terrible, but in this case it doesn’t matter because the price is great! $139,900 for a 5 bedroom house 6 blocks from the water? This is definitely a fixer-upper if the neighborhood is decent.
What ever is hanging from that fan is very disturbing!
I think Hildi from trading spaces needs to apply some of her magic that that house!
My first thought was that maybe they wanted to show how clean the place is, until I saw the stains in the bedroom carpet. I do detest seeing a toilet seat up. Urrgggh!
Then, someone mentioned the house possibly being in foreclosure and these photos are proof that the house has been “reclaimed” for the bank. Makes sense. Looking at listings of pretty, staged houses one sometimes forgets how unglamorous reality can be.
It’s like they are trying to air out a bad smell or something… these pics definitely wouldn’t make me want to go take a look to find out if I was right!!
I am guessing the termite tent had just been removed from the house. When a house is “termited” all the drawers and cabinets are left open to let the gas do it’s thing.
Echo Jaqueline’s assessment — bank takes possession, and has a clean-out crew to go in and “trash out” the house (remove all personal property of the previous owners). They are required to submit before/after photos, and the “after” photos must show proof that all personal belongings are gone, including inside cabinets.
If this house were in my market area, I would say “Wow, this REO (bank-owned) listing agent actually took interior photos, not just 1 photo of the exterior front while driving by…”
HA ha… too funny… what are they trying to show off anyway?!
I agree with the probability that it’s a bank foreclosure and there was a purpose for everything being open at one point. However, as a realtor, you don’t leave it that way for the MLS pictures!! That’s crazy!
I was thinking of the Sixth Sense too! So creepy. And just bad for business. It is so obviously unoccupied – they are going to lure a lot of bargain hunters who smell a desperate seller.
That kitchen one is SCARY!
I think this listing screams “Look how easy I would be to demo!!!”
Following Virginia’s guess about the termite tent, my suspicion is, the tent is actually still in place and the photographer’s got the wobbles. Eeew.
Hahaha! Oh, this is terrible. I wish I could reach through the screen and flip the oven door shut…for some reason, that’s the one that bothers me most.
What a mess! Why is everything open?
Ha ha! The Sixth Sense came to my mind, too! No secrets here – I guess they just want you to know that those cabinets are REAL. Some house might try and sell you a facade, with a wall of what looks like kitchen cupboards that don’t really open. Not this place! Right up front you know that you get real, operating cupboards and appliances!
No staging in this place! The real estate agent apparently wants the potential buyers to see the spaciousness of the cabinets and refrigerator. And er, the toilet? This is beyond puzzling. Definitely reminds me of a horror movie! Like the scene in Paranormal Activity 2 where the ghost blows all the cabinet doors open in the kitchen. Truly terrifying!
My first thought…”fumigation!”
I’m wondering if this has to do with this house being empty in a humid area of the country. Maybe they are trying to show that even though it’s empty, nothing funky is growing. That’s all I can think of. So bizarre!
What the heck?? Is that house built over an Indian burial ground or something? Way too poltergeist for me! Heeby-jeebies!
I would bet this is a house in foreclosure. The bank had some ding dong go out and take photos for them. Florida is such a mess with abandoned properties that they rarely are cleaned. Due to the humidity and lack of power to some of them this is how they leave them. All open. Weird don’t you think?
Oh wanted to add that the guy in the mirror totally reminded me of the little boy in the door for the movie “Three Men and Baby.” I still think that little boy was a ghost in the apartment. Later someone tried to say it was a cardboard cutting. Idon’t think so. It still creeps me out to this day and you can see the shot gun in the corner as well. SO CREEPY!!!!!
That is hilarious. The photo of the kitchen made me laugh out loud. Then I started wondering, “Hmmm. What are they hiding in those three closed drawers?”
Maybe they were looking for something……
rats maybe??
Lou Cinda
What a great post! My first thought was ghosts had opened up all of the cabinets too, ha ha. Gives me the creeps looking at those pictures.
HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!
Have a pretty day!
Kristin
Reminds me of poltergiests!
OMG the last image actually scared me
What in God’s name? Oh that’s bad.
The real estate agent’s homepage is riddled with spelling and grammar errors. Obviously he does not have an editor for his website OR photos.
Good grief! In today’s market to “show” a property that badly is insane!
These are incredibly funny pics. I love the last one!
My favourite shot is the one of the blurred blue …. thing. If you squint and turn your head and focus … it’s a wall!
SOLD!
{teee heee heee}
It had to be a conscious decision to leave all of those doors open–especially in the kitchen. Maybe they wanted to show that they were empty?
LOL… My favorite is the kitchen or wait it could be the one where you see the agent.
Well, it says right on the listing “Bank Owned Property”…..
Too funny Julia. Here’s Aston Kutchner’s house, it’s up for sale!
http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2011/02/ashton-kutcher-lists-hollywood.html
Just like in the Sixth Sense!
So that’s what you all mean by open house!
So funny. One of my most annoying pet peeves is brokers who leave the toilet seat up during an open house. Obviously not nearly as crazy of an infraction as these photos but really, how hard is it to close the lid.
I think I’m addicted to this site. I love seeing this kind of stuff. I don’t know why but it makes me feel normal!
Funny and just awful!! No class at all. I wouldn’t want to even go into there .. unless I needed a good laugh.. It screams nightmare from hell.. No way, no thanks and they need to learn to take clear photos with absolutely no TOILET SHOTS!! What were they thinking? Imagine.. I was watching the royal wedding and there are William and Catherine, just married with such highly regal circumstances.. She’s in a stunning Rolls Royce with her father.. the queen, Rolls as well, her mother a Jaguar, Bentley’s you name it.. all British names.. The end of the wedding is Prince William and his new bride driving away in an Astin Martin I believe.. only to retreat to this DUMP for their SECRET whereabouts of their honeymoon!! ugh!! It’s just humorous because you know the monarchy is worth billions.. I’m sure they’ll never see a sight like this.. hopefully none of the commoners like ourselves, according to British rule will ever either.. ugh!!
Makes you wonder if they bombed the place to get rid of some type of rodent, like roaches or bedbugs. Ewwww!
Selling this house should be an open and shut case.
it is a foreclosure. the listing agent took those photos to prove the bank that the cabinets were empty and the house had been winterized. They were then too lazy to go back and get new ones for MLS.
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