Y’all ready for this?
It’s Friday, and you know I like fun themes on Friday.
Last Friday, I gave you market stats.
This Friday, I’ll give you a shower-head staple-gunned to the ceiling, a bath-tub in a living room, a missing chicken, and the worst-written children’s book of all-time, among other things…
Does that make sense?
No?
Perfect…
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There’s a certain house in Toronto that’s been for sale now for several months, at various prices, with different “strategies.”
It’s one of the worst renovations I’ve seen in a long time.
Here’s the shower in the basement, which looks like it was “installed” during a commercial break on an HGTV show…
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The title I chose for this video already tells the story, but then again, so does the thumbnail…
My colleague just looked over my shoulder and said, “I really like that! It’s so inviting!”
Well, aren’t I the jerk…
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The placement of this window covering still confuses me.
I tried to make sense of it, as well as what could have been in that nook (or who…), but I can’t…
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Now, how about a few choice photos from my forays out into the real estate wilderness?
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I don’t recall when “open concept” became all the rage, but it’s definitely a trend that’s stuck around!
Then again, I think this might be a little too open-concept for my liking…
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Staging can’t all be about the look, can it?
Having just spent more than I choose to think about on an office chair (I have one of each for work and home-office), I know first-hand how important a functional, comfortable chair is.
So while this looks neat, it’s really, really odd:
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At no point did the guy who owns this condo think about future resale value?
Nobody told him this wasn’t a good idea?
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My clients and I went from a house with a Nest thermostat to this:
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I’m no Thomas Edison, but a large piece of that grey electrical box is missing! Somebody could literally stick their hand right in there, not to mention the makeshift, weathered wooden electrical box to the right also had no lock on the door.
And this house was described as “child friendly…”
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The person who put these green stickers on the door clearly doesn’t understand men.
If you say “don’t” do something, men will do it.
It’s impossible not to….
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Ignoring whether the above holds true, about men and their ability to listen…
…wouldn’t the smarter thing to do here have been REMOVING LIVE WIRES DURING A SALE?!?!?!
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Define “easy” for me…
Let’s see…
Frame the room with 2 x 4’s.
Install electrical, if needed.
Insulate.
Drywall.
Mud, sand, paint.
Install door-frame, door, trim.
Yeah, that’s “easy” in my mind…
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This is cool, and I know how it actually works, but I don’t know that my hands would ever “feel” clean…
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I had absolutely no clue what this was.
Do you?
It’s basically a wine-cooler for your wristwatches.
So says a friend of mine with a darling collection of Rolexes…
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I understand “Smart Homes,” but I’m just not this smart…
Can you imagine what our forefathers would say if they saw this?
Picture them, storing jars of pickles in the basement for a long, cold winter, while we’re building small space stations in our basements…
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The residents of this east-end pocket are either the nicest, most delightful people in the city, or the craziest…
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Last, but certainly not least, this has nothing to do with real estate.
But my daughter has this “bath book” that makes me laugh every night.
Whoever wrote this was drunk, no doubt about it.
The words make zero sense. Have a look:
“Potato is done” makes me smile.
But like Dorothy Boyd from Jerry Maguire, they had me at “different fruit juices are also different.”
Tolstoy, Dickens, Hemmingway, Twain, and whoever wrote this bath-book, all go down in history as the greatest.
Have a wonderful weekend, folks!
GinaTO
at 9:39 am
This book is trippin’. Wow. 🙂
hoob
at 10:40 am
The window covering seems to me, a reasonably smart solution to allow a storage area clutter to be hidden from view if needed. I mean what else is that area going to be used for except to store suitcases, the boxed fake tree 11 months a year, and the disused skis/poles/crutches/curling brooms, etc.
Craijiji
at 10:58 am
That is NOT how you’re supposed to put your watches in a watch winder…wow.
McBloggert
at 11:08 am
Wine cooler for watches – that is a good one 🙂
It is a watchwinder to keep your automatic watches wound and keeping time. I don’t get why anyone would display your watches when you have a public showing…I mean the watches don’t look very high end – but still – they might be pissed when someone takes their gold plated Michael Kors or Daniel Wellington 🙂
Ed
at 11:45 am
Off topic but considering today’s theme maybe it’s right on target.
I’ve been seeing more and more listings listing a ‘primary bedroom’ in place of a ‘master bedroom’. Seriously?
Does ‘master bedroom’ have racial overtones? Is it a sign of a micro aggression?
Lord help us. (are we still allowed to say that?)
Marty
at 12:13 pm
You car has Master and Slave brake cylinders.
hoob
at 4:22 pm
You do know that this terminology has also changed, right?
Appraiser
at 1:03 pm
TRREB has recommended against the use of the term “master” and I am no longer using it my appraisal reports.
Marty
at 12:10 pm
I’m OK with the shower head. Just like with rain, I can’t really control where it’s coming from, but if it’s generally from ABOVE, I can plan for it. Same with that shower.
I swear I recognize the chicken in the photo. But I can’t quite place it.
Marty
at 12:12 pm
Oh, I recognize that toilet/sink combo from a jail cell too. Nifty.
Ed
at 1:57 pm
The chicken looks like it’s standing on an oven rack.
JL
at 1:29 pm
The children’s book is likely reverse translated into English from the language of the country of the manufacturer; happens quite frequently when companies just leave it entirely to “google translate”. Results are always funny, though!
Tamir
at 1:31 pm
First off, that AV rack is the stuff of DREAMS! Don’t hate what you don’t get.
Second, while not your style, that sink/toilet combo is hella efficient.
TokyoTuds
at 1:25 pm
The sink/toilet combo is standard in Japan and very clever. Use clean water to wash your hands which then becomes grey water in the tank for the next toilet flush. The only downside is when you need hot water as this is just cold water and soap.
Dt
at 5:33 pm
Exactly!! After moving back here from Japan, I looked all over for one of these sink/toilet combos. They make so much sense! I couldn’t find one in Toronto. I’m very covetous of the one in the photo.
ChT
at 9:41 pm
The bath book… I’m crying. I need it.