It’s What’s For Dinner
Rubber chickens. On plates (on plates on plates). At the dinner table. Expert staging for the win.
Articles by Marty E.
The Gaze
Stared down by a dead moose in the primary photo. I guess that’s one way to sell a home. Gotta love that giant head over…
Suddenly: Surprise Swordfish!
You know how sometimes, you’re flipping through the photos of a listing, checking out the living room, kitchen, and bedrooms… Everything is normal enough, but…
We’ve Got Our Eyes On You
Nothing says “welcome to your new home” like three pairs of glowing animal eyes staring right at the camera in the primary listing photo.
Orbalicious!
For when your family room just really needs that “plummeting into the surface of the sun” feeling. From the outside: They even took the orb…
The Brown Beneath Her Feet
You like brown, right? Right?!? No? How about yellow flowers? Sheesh, you are impossible to please.
Hangar Time
“Hey, maybe if we plaster all the walls with framed posters and photographs, nobody will notice that we’re trying to pass an airplane hangar off…
Knocked Up
All of the rest of the photos on this listing are perfectly normal, but for some reason they chose this odd closeup of the door…
Earning the Commission
You’re looking at the full-sized, one and only photo for a 50 million dollar listing. If this sells, the listing agent stands to “earn” $1.5…
Hope You Like the Old West
This is what’s known in the industry as “hyper-targeted staging.” One question though… What’s with the creepy rag doll hanging on the wall in the…
Post Number 100
It’s Looney Listing’s 100th post! To celebrate, here’s a lovely home for sale in Phoenix with an asking price of $100K. It features many fine…
Yikes.
Sold in January for $367,000. Seattle Washington, ladies and gentlemen. It’s like a grisly freeway wreck. I want to look away, but I just can’t….
Observe the Effects
I’m sure that the recreation that takes place in this room is limited to the enjoyment of strictly legal substances. Interesting that the very next…
May Have a Barking Problem
Keep your windows closed at night unless you want to be kept up by the barking. Not from the neighbor’s dog. From the neighbors. In…
You Might Want To Call CPS
What? Is a seemingly incapacitated child splayed out across the living room floor a deal-breaker for you? How about a baby-eating lion? Not your cup…
A Healthy Winter Glow
Wow. Just wow. This is apparently what happens when a listing agent spends 30 seconds reading a Yahoo Answers post about “that new-fangled HDR thing”…