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In one Santa Cruz house, there were skulls and crossbones scrawled on the walls, with the message: "Get Out"! and a huge rusty machete with what looked like old blood on it.
Another house had a hidden "kitchen" under the main house with a tiny ladder in. And it reeked like cat pee (meth operation?).
In one Pleasanton house, we found a huge rock on a kitchen counter that had been hurled through the window..glass was everywhere.
APOCALYPSEFUCK is Tony Manero says
The not-so-distant sound of automatic weapons fire.
Not automatic weapons, but in Piedmont, you can hear gun shots coming from down the hill in Oakland almost every night.
Stories of buyer's remorse and regret are huge turn offs for buyers.
Maybe I should feature a daily story of regret.
APOCALYPSEFUCK is Tony Manero says
The not-so-distant sound of automatic weapons fire.
AF, I thought that would turn you ON to buying the house!
How best to collect stories of buyer's remorse?
A "Buyer's Remorse" forum?
Chain-link fences and Rottweilers, complete with the "Beware of Dog" sign.
From what I can tell from watching house hunter type of shows, the number one turn off for women seems to be lack of granite countertops.
From what I can tell from watching house hunter type of shows, the number one turn off for women seems to be lack of granite countertops.
Don't forget lack of stainless steel appliances and hardwood floors!
You'll probably want to allow anonymity on that forum...
Everyone is already anonymous, except for me and a couple of people who choose to use their real names. Should there be some kind of hyper-anonymity? Then again, anyone can re-register with a new throwaway email address. that would make them pretty hyper-anonymous, so maybe I don't need to do anything.
I decided against showing that multiple users are on the same IP address, so that people can preserve that extra anonymity if they want to.
From what I can tell from watching house hunter type of shows, the number one turn off for women seems to be lack of granite countertops.
Don't forget lack of stainless steel appliances and hardwood floors!
I've seen them complain about paint. PAINT!!
10 other couples at the open house with realtors pointing out all the possibilities of an over-priced fixer-upper and one of the husbands raving about all the things they could do to improve the house to his wife who did not seem too happy.
I always tell my kids not to comment until we're in the car - don't like giving my game away - obviously some people have more money than sense.
Old houses have a lot of dead skin in them. Gets in everything. Hardwood cracks, ducts, everywhere. It can make you sick to. Its dead flesh. Sometimes its better to burn them down. Start over. You can actually smell dead skin if its bad enough. Like people shed skin dude its a fact. Very serious, even tearing the walls out doesn't help if its bad enough.
Seriously if that was built out of all stone you just hose it down. You can't do that with wood and chalk. Forever rehabing. Lowes loves you of course so does every hardware store on earth. I'll try it again. Tornado - goodbye. Stone lasts 500-1000 years mostly people never move from those. Handed down. They get a fortune on resale.
One thing that sticks out in my mind...
Go up to a house I was interested in, neighbor had a pitbull jumping against the fence that divided his yard and this one.
No thanks.
From what I can tell from watching house hunter type of shows, the number one turn off for women seems to be lack of granite countertops.
If the homeowner isn't insulted by your offer...you didn't bid low enough!!!
5K to add if you can do it yourself. Easy work.
Go up to a house I was interested in, neighbor had a pitbull jumping against the fence that divided his yard and this one.
Were there hub caps on the fence? And a "beware of dog" sign too?
Asbestos, mold, no garage, not enough room, no closet space, priced too high, realtor scum.
Badly done additions
Creepy bathrooms
Dark kitchens
Particle board cabinets
Pergo
Latex paint on top of oil-based paint on the woodwork
Those trees where all of the branches have been removed and only the trunk remains.
headless barbie dolls hanging by nooses
How does that work?
You've obviously never torn the head off a Barbie. There's a notch that holds the head (or noose) on.
From what I can tell from watching house hunter type of shows, the number one turn off for women seems to be lack of granite countertops.
If the homeowner isn't insulted by your offer...you didn't bid low enough!!!
5K to add if you can do it yourself. Easy work.
Actually, it can be less than half that if you go direct to the supplier and not Home Depot. In the BA we have several.
Go up to a house I was interested in, neighbor had a pitbull jumping against the fence that divided his yard and this one.
No thanks.
If that guy was a renter, he's a genius. His rent will remain low.
If he was an owner, he's a moron and you're definitely better off not living there.
Actually, either way, you're better off not living there.
patrick heres an idea to help solicit a large # of 'daily buyers remorse stories' (AWSOME IDEA!)
You could place a 'donate to original poster via paypal' link up for them in exchange for them detailing thier sob story and answering our questions. (The board will not be kind to these people for actually_buying_a_house!)
Thanks Pocky! It would give away their email address though, since to accept a payment, you have to let people know who they are paying. Think they would write their remorse story anyway?
Or maybe I could take a percentage, forward it on, and keep their email anonymous? But then there would be two Paypal commissions instead of one. Great deal for Paypal.
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According to an article on Yahoo:
Dirt
Odors
Old Fixtures
Wallpaper
Popcorn acoustic ceilings
Too many personal items
Snoopy sellers
Misrepresenting your home
Poor curb appeal
Clutter
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-ways-turn-off-homebuyer-070118154.html
Nowhere on that list did it mention headless barbie dolls hanging by nooses from the ceiling in a bedroom that was painted black... when I was selling my house 12 years go, one of the prospective buyers described this to me when I apologized for the unicorns on my daughter's wallpaper border.