this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2023
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Terrible Estate Agent Photos

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Terrible photos listed by estate agents/realtors that are so bad they’re funny.

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[–] Emperor 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I went to see a first floor flat in a house conversion and it had a sunken bath. I couldn't figure it out why it wasn't sticking out into of the ceiling of the ground floor flat until my friend, a building services engineer, pointed out it must be in the old stairwell. And that there are quite stringent regulations for capping off a stairwell that don't include "put a bath in it". And that the access to the underside, in case of leaks, would likely involve demolishing the bricked up bottom of the stairs, in someone else's flat. It went on and off the market a few times (presumably going back on when the survey dropped and the prospective buyer ran a mile) over a year but someone has now bought it.

[–] Kittybeer@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What a rigamarole! I didn't even think that far into it! It just looked like a bad idea, and you gave a good explanation why. I'm also pretty sure having a full-sized dead tree in the house isn't the best idea either. I bet this house looked good on paper...

[–] Emperor 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A lot of things in that house invoke "it was probably a good idea, in the Seventies". The dead tree is interesting but there's quite a low wall around it that looks to leave the owner one stumble from death.

I didn’t even think that far into it!

It's not too bad if you have access underneath it but if you wanted/had to change it you'd presumably need to build some kind of structure in the bathroom and winch it out.

Of course, stumbling into it is another downside of the sunken path. I also presume you'd either have to get in it to clean it or kneel by it and lean precariously in.

[–] Kittybeer@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

With the tree, I was thinking along the lines of termites and/or other bugs.

[–] Emperor 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Let us now all sit quietly and stare at the stone wall with the offset fireplace. No harm can come of us there, unless you trip and grate your face on the wall.