From the listing:

Extreme Fire Damage From Fire 4/17/2013

Gotta love that they used what appears to be a photo of the home actually on fire as the primary photo.

Yup, looks like a total loss.

The price isn’t too bad for a lot in that area, so I guess it’s not surprising that the listing is pending.

Sweet castle.

Only one problem…

…inside (if you can call it that), is a bit of a disaster.

“Needs work,” in listing agent speak.

$1.4 million seems a bit high to me for a few castle walls and a burned-out, weathered shell in southern Florida, a.k.a. Hurricane Central.

Flipping through the photos on this listing might give you the impression that you’ll be buying a spacious, if somewhat tacky (check out all the pool flamingos), home. Then you get to the last photo, and you read this in the listing description:

HOME WAS TORN DOWN TO THE SLAB AFTER RECENT HOUSE FIRE.

Wow. Can’t say I’ve ever seen a listing that includes a photo of the actual fire that burned down the home that used to stand in this place.

The first photo might give us a clue as to the cause of the fire…

Finally, what the heck is this?!?

A painted sink, wrapped in bubble wrap? Is it included in the sale, or was it burned in the aforementioned fire?

I’m so confused.