{"id":10976,"date":"2010-05-17T12:40:42","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T19:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=10976"},"modified":"2010-06-21T21:36:18","modified_gmt":"2010-06-22T04:36:18","slug":"real-actual-listing-photos-take-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/17\/real-actual-listing-photos-take-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Actual Listing Photos: Take 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m going to take another shot at a new regularly-occurring column: Real Actual Listing Photos.  The idea is once a month I&#8217;ll round up some of the most bizarre listing photos from around the Seattle area and post them here, with brief excerpts from the real actual listing description, and probably a bit of snarky commentary.<\/p>\n<p>The idea for this series stems from the ongoing forum thread <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=1&#038;t=2102\" title=\"Detrimental Listing Photos\">Detrimental Listing Photos<\/a>, which is where you should post your nominations for next month&#8217;s Real Actual Listing Photos post.<\/p>\n<p>Enough explanation.  Let&#8217;s get to the photos!  Click the photo to view the Real Actual Listing.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 600px; margin: 0pt auto; border-top: 2px solid #000000; clear:both; padding-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Seattle\/4418-Meridian-Ave-N-98103\/unit-B\/home\/28562665\" title=\"4418-Meridian-Ave-N-98103\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ralp-4418MeridianAveN.jpg\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;\" title=\"4418-Meridian-Ave-N-98103\" alt=\"4418-Meridian-Ave-N-98103\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"><\/a>&#8220;Nothing like this on the market today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:20px;\">Note that this is the <em>primary<\/em> photo.  Hat tip to <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?p=21238#p21238\" title=\"Detrimental Listing Photos\">tomtom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 600px; margin: 0pt auto; border-top: 2px solid #000000; clear:both; padding-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Seattle\/5405-33rd-Ave-S-98118\/home\/477864\" title=\"5405-33rd-Ave-S-98118\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ralp-540533rdAveS.jpg\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;\" title=\"5405-33rd-Ave-S-98118\" alt=\"5405-33rd-Ave-S-98118\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/a>&#8220;Instant equity for you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:20px;\">Also check out the spacious laundry room on that one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 600px; margin: 0pt auto; border-top: 2px solid #000000; clear:both; padding-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Snohomish\/20326-85th-Ave-SE-98296\/home\/2581771\" title=\"20326-85th-Ave-SE-98296\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ralp-2032685thAveSE.jpg\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;\" title=\"20326-85th-Ave-SE-98296\" alt=\"20326-85th-Ave-SE-98296\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\"><\/a>&#8220;loads of potential&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:20px;\">I guess the current owners never realized that potential because they were too busy watching TV?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 600px; margin: 0pt auto; border-top: 2px solid #000000; clear:both; padding-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Seattle\/8024-Interlake-Ave-N-98103\/home\/307055\" title=\"8024-Interlake-Ave-N-98103\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ralp-8024InterlakeAveN.jpg\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;\" title=\"8024-Interlake-Ave-N-98103\" alt=\"8024-Interlake-Ave-N-98103\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/a>&#8220;Charming and cozy&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:20px;\">At first I thought that was a <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=1&#038;t=610\" title=\"Pink Ponies on Seattle Bubble\">pink pony<\/a> on the fridge there, but it&#8217;s just some kind of pink bear.  How sad.  Hat tip to <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?p=21236#p21236\" title=\"Detrimental Listing Photos\">tomtom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 600px; margin: 0pt auto; border-top: 2px solid #000000; clear:both; padding-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Seattle\/1617-E-Fir-St-98122\/unit-B\/home\/28494514\/nwmls-54831\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ralp-1617EFirSt.jpg\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;\" title=\"1617-E-Fir-St-98122\" alt=\"1617-E-Fir-St-98122\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/a>&#8220;amazing views of the city&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:20px;\">Amazing.  Hat tip to AD.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 600px; margin: 0pt auto; border-top: 2px solid #000000; clear:both; padding-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Everett\/5106-S-3rd-Ave-98203\/home\/2712837\" title=\"5106-S-3rd-Ave-98203\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ralp-5106S3rdAve.jpg\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;\" title=\"5106-S-3rd-Ave-98203\" alt=\"5106-S-3rd-Ave-98203\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/a>&#8220;Built in 1905, this turn of the century charmer could be restored to it&#8217;s original splendor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:20px;\">The entire photo set on that one is worth clicking through.  Yikes.  Hat tip to <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?p=21203#p21203\" title=\"Detrimental Listing Photos\">Everett_Tom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both; border-top: 2px solid #000000;\"><\/div>\n<p>Let me know what you think of this as a recurring monthly feature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m going to take another shot at a new regularly-occurring column: Real Actual Listing Photos. 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