Fugly listings
Can we start a new thread with the ugliest listings or flips that do not have a chance in heck of selling, here is mine:
http://www.redfin.com/WA/Woodinville/12 ... ome/454648
I can honestly say this is the ugliest house I have ever seen and this is supposed to be an improvement. Blah
http://www.redfin.com/WA/Woodinville/12 ... ome/454648
I can honestly say this is the ugliest house I have ever seen and this is supposed to be an improvement. Blah
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The front roof line combined with the unpainted wood siding is just horrendous. The late 60's/early 70's were a bad time for residential architecture. This remodel has actual made the house uglier.
Ditto with townhomes or newer homes with 3 garages front and center like a mutant monster.
Or skinniesI hate skinnies.
This one's trying so hard to be ugly, it's kinda cute.
But what I hate the most is the houses made of light, one-inch tall brick. Absolutely hate 'em. Particularly if they paint them over. I'll see if I can find a prime example.
Of course, Now I'll probably end up finding one that's an absolute bargain and can't pass up, and end up living there for 50 years.
<img src="http://www.redfin.com/WA/Mercer-Island/5340-Butterworth-Rd-98040/home/257144">http://www.redfin.com/WA/Mercer-Island/5340-Butterworth-Rd-98040/home/257144</img>;
Jon - I think this will work ....
I like it!!! Way out of my price range though
5340 Butterworth Rd Mercer Island, WA 98040
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Hat tip: Aubrey Cohen
Who knew it would be a man in phinney ridge?
More like "Hardwood floors, hardwood walls, hardwood ceilings, hardwood cabinets, hardwood bedrooms..."
You beat me to the joke! but I like the parquet....
http://www.redfin.com/WA/Seattle/647-NW ... ome/302455
Not fair. An extremely small minority of residents actually do swim - a lot. If I swam 6 days a week 11 months out of the year, I would think a modest pool with jets (so you can do "laps") and a heater would be worth having.
Of course, I'm not one of those people. And neither is pretty much everybody else. If you had 1 1/2+ acres however, the land usage wouldn't seem so bad.
A pool in the NW is only usable from mid may to mid september. If you keep your pool heated up here any other time of the year, you're a fool.
That cracks me up, but it's so true for an in-ground pool around here. My neighbors behind me have an in-ground pool that hasn't worked in about 15 years. All it's good for is breeing mosquitoes and there's a family of ducks that live there about 9 months out of the year.
Neglected, landscaped, they're basically synonyms right?
No, the same argument doesn't apply, because central air does not have any specific downside. Dislike it, and you can just not run it. It might have very little return on investment, but you have no risk that a neighbor child will drown in it or any such thing.
In that regard, central air might be more like buying a tuxedo, at least for most people.
Funny, you mentioning central air on probably the hottest day of the year.
Yes, just like that tuxedo--you don't use it except for a few times a year, but when you do use it, you really need it!
I grew up in eastern WA and used to spend all day outside with the temperature in the 90s or low 100s, but I'm really out of practice now!
Back to that fugly listing above, holy crap, almost $600K for that fixer :shock: ???? Folks, listen up, what we have here is proof positive that we've got a long way to go. And while on the rant, what's up with the discrepancies between some information in the listing and KC records?
Listing says: 2007 taxes are $2566
KC property records say it is: $2828 ($2566 was for 2006)
Listing SHOULD say: taxes for this coming year are $3076 (still seems low relative to the asking price)
Listing says: electric heat
KC records say: gas
Did anyone really NEED central air today? It was what.....88? There has been maybe one time in my ten years of living here where I thought I could really use some A/C right now.
I would argue that central air does have a big downside. The cost to put in and cost to run the thing. Very similar to a pool, at least up here. You are right in that there is no risk of child becoming injured in having one. My family, from TX, is still shocked when I keep mentioning that we don't have A/C.
Ira, this is true elsewhere, not just Seattle. It was true in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana. In Indiana, I think appraisers usually used the cost of removing the concrete, filling the hole with good dirt and planting vegetation, which is marginally costlier than just filling the thing in. A good friend bought a house with a very nice 40x20 in-ground pool and it lowered the appraised value of the house by about $15k (from $160k to 145k).
The flipside is that it more than doubled his homeowners insurance, and only double because it was completely fenced in so a kid couldn't wander into it without climbing a 5' high fence.
I really can't see having a pool in Seattle as being that great. I used to swim laps and there's no way I'd do it in a backyard pool (too short and way too costly to keep at a reasonably warm temperature). And it's not like we're in a desert for those twice-a-year 85 degree days when swimming seems like a good idea.