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.
Wait, what kind of condos?
Posted by The Tim on August 26th, 2008 at 5:00 PM · 14 Comments
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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!
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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.
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Niuska
// Aug 26, 2008 at 6:54 pm
That is hilarious stuff. I hope they keep it updated.
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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.
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Thomas B.
// Aug 26, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Reminds me of the saying “lipstick on a pig.”
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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?
;^)
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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?
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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.
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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?
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Riley Smith | Coconut Grove Realtor
// Aug 27, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Too funny….love the corner balcony post!
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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.
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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
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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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