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10.18.11

5 Very Scary Real Estate Photos

In the spirit of Halloween, here are 5 real estate photos that might give you the shivers…

bloody handprints on shower curtain

#1. The former homeowners really left their mark on this place.

Gothic fireplace

#2. With that fireplace, this living room is ready for Halloween year-round.

A bed with spikes on four posters

#3. This bed looks like it could be dangerous, especially for sleepwalkers.

A snake on a bed

#4. Um, did someone forget to put Slither away?

young girl standing in hall

#5. “I see dead people.”

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Comments

  1. Luciane at Homebunch.com says

    10.18.11 at 6:55 am

    LOL My favorites!!!! Wow!!!! This is hilarious!!!!

    What go to people’s mind when they list something looking like this??? It’s incredibly funny though! 🙂

    Wishing you a GREAT day, Julia!

    xo

    Luciane at HomeBunch.com

  2. Jennifer Creviston says

    10.18.11 at 7:04 am

    Oh, my gosh! That fireplace is HORRIBLE!!!

    The snake… the bed….little girl in a black dress just standing in the hall…

    The first one.. you can tell the people enjoy horror movies… the pictures on the wall..but still to sell a house?

    Remind me… when I sell my house to take my own pictures.

  3. Carrie says

    10.18.11 at 7:38 am

    Oh my!! I really have no words. The one with the little girl is a little bit creepy!!

  4. Ellen says

    10.18.11 at 8:04 am

    Those are funny! Although if you really think about it, it’s kind of sad because that means somebody really likes that fireplace… and thinks that bed is pretty…. EEK!!! 🙂

  5. Rick says

    10.18.11 at 8:07 am

    These should be on House Hunters Halloween. Will they pick the Gothic Bed house, the Psyco Shower house, or the Snake’ s Lair house. How could you forget any of these. Even if you tried.

    rick

    • hookedonhouses says

      10.18.11 at 9:13 am

      Ha! Love it.

  6. Shellie says

    10.18.11 at 9:18 am

    What is wrong with people???

  7. Mom in High Heels says

    10.18.11 at 9:29 am

    Wow! The hand prints are CREEPY.

    BTW, hosting a week of giveaways on my blog. Come on over!

  8. Dean says

    10.18.11 at 9:53 am

    HA! The fireplace really did make me LOL. And with a Mona Lisa portrait? How bizarre.

  9. Amanda @ Serenity Now says

    10.18.11 at 10:46 am

    The snake just sent me over the edge. Really. Ick!!!

  10. Jimmy Welch - Realtor says

    10.18.11 at 10:55 am

    Love the pictures and the holiday….the blood hands were the best!

  11. Arie @ The Ugly Barn Farm says

    10.18.11 at 11:17 am

    The little girl in the hallway really creeps me out. I don’t think I would ever feel comfortable touring a house for sale that had creepy, bloody, evil, or ghostly listing pictures.

  12. Melanie says

    10.18.11 at 11:42 am

    Julia,
    Snake porn on your website? Well, now we have seen it all 🙂

  13. Jenny says

    10.18.11 at 12:13 pm

    Yikes!

  14. Lori-Anne says

    10.18.11 at 2:22 pm

    Those are great – but I can’t believe they actually showed up in real estate listings! The shower curtain with bloody hand marks is my favourite. I had a friend who had a shower curtain with a “Psycho-esque” sillouette of a man with a knife on it. She was otherwise quite conservative and classic with her decorating style so it was hilarious to see!

  15. Lou Cinda says

    10.18.11 at 2:32 pm

    Shut.Up!! That fireplace looks like it has seen a burnt offering or two in its life!! All those candles on the hearth! Creepy!!

    Lou Cinda 😉

  16. Kim says

    10.18.11 at 2:54 pm

    That first picture reminds me of Psycho.

    That has got to be the ugliest fireplace I have ever seen. Makes me wonder what type of person the owners were or if they were all right in the brain. Maybe they were Gothic.

    That bed looks like a place a vampire or some type of creature would sleep. I hope the owners took it with them.

    I have no words for that snake.

    That doll is so creepy. She looks like she could come alive when you’re not looking.

  17. Bre says

    10.18.11 at 2:59 pm

    This post is awesome! That fireplace is beyond sinister looking and that bed looks downright dangerous-and painful. With my klutzy nature I would definitely be risking severe injuries if I had such a bed-yikes!

    I still love that terrifying shower curtain!

  18. threadbndr says

    10.18.11 at 3:35 pm

    OK, fuzzy puppies in your photos – can turn off people with allergies.
    SNAKES in your photos – will turn off almost everybody!

  19. Donna @ Cooking + Praying says

    10.18.11 at 3:56 pm

    And before this we only thought the hoarders were scary?!! Yikes!

  20. Juju at Tales of Whimsy... says

    10.18.11 at 4:13 pm

    Goodness gracious! Yowzers.

  21. Nick & Anne: The Just Married Blog says

    10.18.11 at 4:53 pm

    OMG, the little girl in the door way is hysterical. Creepy…yet hysterical. So “6th Sense.”

  22. shabbychick says

    10.18.11 at 6:53 pm

    Oh my. :0 We live near New Orleans, this house would fit right in there. I really don’t understand this staging that is such a trend right now. My husband was a real estate broker for 14 years, I think he would say it’s distasteful…unprofessional… desperate…oh, and creepy. To each his own, but if I were in the market for a house I’d pass on this one just because of these pictures.

  23. T. says

    10.18.11 at 7:01 pm

    I’m trying to figure out what is in that painting over the snake bed. It almost looks like a giant snake! Ewwww.

  24. Middle Sister says

    10.19.11 at 9:21 am

    This is the stuff that I love. A good laugh in the morning to start my day staging homes for sale. Imagine if we hung a bloody shower curtain….

  25. Nathan says

    10.19.11 at 12:30 pm

    That gargoyle fireplace and the Mona Lisa just look so wrong together.

  26. Louisville KY Real Estate says

    10.19.11 at 12:57 pm

    Hilarious…Thanks for the laugh.

  27. Kelly Berg says

    10.19.11 at 7:56 pm

    so funny. that bed is just AWFUL!! thanks for the laugh.

  28. Ami @ parsnipsandpears says

    10.19.11 at 9:08 pm

    yikes. that fireplace and bed is super creepy.

  29. Decor Girl (@TheDecorGirl) says

    10.20.11 at 9:20 am

    I love it when you post these! Seriously have people selling their homes lost the ability to use their heads? I enjoyed that laugh. The snake would have sent me screaming out of the house!!!

  30. Mrs. Limestone says

    10.20.11 at 3:02 pm

    Wow this is hilarious. Particularily love that spooky child in the last photo.

  31. Ricki Jill Treleaven says

    10.21.11 at 7:24 am

    LOL, Julia…these are creeptastic! Thanks for posting them..they made my day! I definitely would not want to use the restroom in the house with the dangerous-looking bed.

  32. real estate listings says

    11.16.12 at 6:47 am

    Second last pick reminds me of slither movie..

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