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Wait, what kind of condos?

Posted by The Tim on August 26th, 2008 at 5:00 PM · 14 Comments

It’s got unnecessarily crude language and site design that’s still pretty rough around the edges, but Cheap$#!& Condos is still pretty funny.  I hope whoever is behind it keeps updating.

Hat tips: Marlow Harris @ 360Digest & Matt Goyer @ Urbnlivn.

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  • 1 EconE's avatar EconE // Aug 26, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    This “Colorful” complex belongs on the list IMNSHO

    http://www.redfin.com/WA/Seattle/14300-32nd-Ave-NE-98125/unit-105/home/12306827

    Thanks for making my day!

  • 2 matthew's avatar matthew // Aug 26, 2008 at 5:24 pm

    OMG that was good for a laugh. I’ve never seen so many butt ugly condos before… Wow.

  • 3 Niuska's avatar Niuska // Aug 26, 2008 at 6:54 pm

    That is hilarious stuff. I hope they keep it updated.

  • 4 b's avatar b // Aug 26, 2008 at 8:12 pm

    Apparently if you paint "chocolatey" apartments from the 60’s with “trendy” colors and give it a stupid name you can just reel them in. I wish I had been a developer about three years ago, easier money than running a casino.

  • 5 Thomas B.'s avatar Thomas B. // Aug 26, 2008 at 9:27 pm

    Reminds me of the saying “lipstick on a pig.”

  • 6 EconE's avatar EconE // Aug 26, 2008 at 9:36 pm

    B…

    I was wondering…if we bubbleheads were to buy one of these “chocolatey” condos…does that mean we have graduated from the class of the great unwashed?

    ;^)

  • 7 shawn's avatar shawn // Aug 26, 2008 at 10:59 pm

    Wow. Maybe those condos will sell due to their ugliness? Like those real bad movies that get cult status?

  • 8 Architeckie's avatar Architeckie // Aug 27, 2008 at 8:44 am

    Funny that we thought this for years: all of those condos were within a few blocks of where I lived on Capitol Hill. We watched the neighborhood be flooded/replaced by those monstrosities until we gave up and moved to a neighborhood that was not a full attack on the eyes and sensibilities.

    Each one of these comes with their own Kinkos, Quiznos and/or Coffee Shoppe.

  • 9 HappyRentingInSeattle's avatar HappyRentingInSeattle // Aug 27, 2008 at 1:15 pm

    I walk by the “trendsetters” place all the time. I hate that building. I’m also particularly annoyed by all the “live historic” advertisements. Is it really vintage if there’s a big green advertisement/sign out in front of the building?

  • 10 Riley Smith | Coconut Grove Realtor's avatar Riley Smith | Coconut Grove Realtor // Aug 27, 2008 at 1:50 pm

    Too funny….love the corner balcony post!

  • 11 JM's avatar JM // Aug 27, 2008 at 2:25 pm

    @8: Don’t knock Kinkos, Quiznos and/or Starbucks/insert-favorite-indy-coffee-joint-here. I’d never leave the building if it had those.

  • 12 Ken Mott's avatar Ken Mott // Aug 28, 2008 at 10:43 am

    I’ll see your crappy condos and raise you a “Most UGLY over priced house”

    http://www.johnlscott.com/propertydetail.aspx?IS=1&ListingID=32026538

  • 13 CParis's avatar CParis // Aug 31, 2008 at 10:45 am

    Loved the picks - I’m originally from Seattle, living in NJ now- we have some butt-ugly condos here, too.
    I recall a building that was flush up against Rt 280 (you could reach out of your living room window and touch the cars commuting 24/7) that advertised itself as “close to transit”.

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