Enter… If Ye DARE!
Welcome to my home! Now prepare to be boarded! Note that these are two different cannons (the light above is different). Nothing says “this home…
Articles by Marty E.
How To: Stock Your Bomb Shelter
From the listing description: There is even a bomb shelter in the basement that sleeps six and has a periscope from a WWII submarine (which…
Game On! And On, And On, And On…
I’m fairly certain that this is the first home I’ve seen for sale with its own mini-golf course. Not sure that the placement of the…
Lonely Chair Enjoys the View
The above photo is the only one in this listing’s set of eight pictures that shows any part of the actual house. The rest of…
Wine Butler Does Not Convey
I’m not sure which thought is more creepy, that they would photograph the wine cellar with a butler posing at-the-ready, or that it might actually…
Odd Obelisk Offering
Wow that is the least-inviting condo building I’ve ever seen. Oh wait, this photo isn’t actually the “sun-filled,” “well appointed” home being offered for sale?…
You Can Do It, We Can Help
That’s a lot of orange Home Depot buckets. Unfortunately, it looks like they couldn’t do it, even with Home Depot’s help. Seriously… Yikes. Are those…
Far-Out House
Groovy toilet, man. Groovy.
Because Dinner With Horse, That’s Why. So Shut Up.
Um. What. The listing describes a “magnificent 12 stall stable w/ every amenity.” I didn’t realize that dining with one’s horse was considered an “amenity.”…
Living Room Motivational Material?
Not exactly what I would have chosen if I were going to decorate my living room with six foot tall paintings, but to each his…
LSD: Listing Saturation Distortion
This home’s previous primary listing photo was apparently attempting to convey what the home would look like to a prospective buyer who was totally tripping…
Forgot the Key
This condo’s photo set starts off well enough with an artsy shot of the building’s exterior. But a few photos in you realize… you’re only…
Half-Assed Half-Mill
You would be forgiven for wondering why a dated, dingy, run-down, nondescript home in Aberdeen, WA… …with a totally half-assed set of photos (I mean…
Fill In The (Many) Blanks
You’re going to have to use your imagination on this one, since this is the only photo that the listing agent felt like including. The…
Blue his house, with a blue little window…
Yo, listen up here’s a story About a little guy That lives in a blue world And all day and all night And everything he…
“Egrets Seek the Sky, Involuntary Sigh”
Other than the very creative photo featured above, most of the pictures on this listing are your typical multi-million-dollar beachfront fare. What really makes this…