You wouldn’t believe what some sellers will display in their house or condo during showings1
Sometimes it’s intentional, sometimes it’s not, and the latter provides for much better musings…
We start this week with a couple of things that you do NOT want to have in your condo when it’s listed for sale.
Whether the buyer is a guy or a gal, young or old, rich or poor – you don’t want to leave acondom wrapperon the floor.
Nothing says “Classy Condo” like a used rubber on the floor of an already-disgusting condo:
Next we have something that screams “A MAN LIVES HERE.”
This is okay to own, and okay to display (especially if you’re a psycho, or somebody pretending to be one), but when you’re selling your house or condo, for God’s sake, remove the ninja swords!
Ever hear of “staging?”
Any female buyer walking into this property isn’t going to identify with it. In a perfect world, every buyer would be able to see past the items in the property, and look at the property itself, but unfortunately it doesn’t work that way. Take down your knives and nunchucks when you’re selling…
I don’t know about you, but this sign does NOT make me feel safe!
If those are the people protecting the neighbourhood, then my safety wouldn’t be the only concern…
Sooooo…..maybe I just don’t understand what’s “in” these days.
This light fixture is one of the ugliest things I’ve ever seen!
I know that furnishing a loft requires some outside-the-box thinking, but this looks like a fuzzy disco ball:
And the very next place we saw had one almost identical!
This one is just as big, just as ugly, but without the fuzz.
It looks like a giant ball of yarn with a light bulb in the middle.
See this is something I can warm up to!
Here’s a modern light fixture in a loft with 18-foot ceilings, and the fixture itself hangs down six-feet.
Love it or hate it, it’s gotta be better than those giant balls in the previous two photos…
I love this!
This is how lazy developers are these days!
Imagine advertising a new movie and you said, “COMING SOON……A NEW MOVIE!” What kind of luck would you have with that?
But when it comes to pre-construction condos, who needs marketing? Just hammer up a sign and say “We’re going to build something here, and while we don’t know what, and we don’t know when, we think you should buy it…..whatever it’s going to be called.”
I drive up Jarvis Street every day to get to the office, and it was a bit congested last week as the city workers took out the bike-lanes and re-painted the lanes.
These three guys decided they were going to protest the removal of the bike lanes.
I could just imagine them saying, “Come on guys – stick together! Stand firm! This is our Tianamen Square!”
But once that big truck with the thousand-degree steam sprayer got close to them, they scattered…
Driving on Jarvis Street hasn’t been this comfortable in years! 🙂
IanC
at 8:30 am
It’s 2012. Making more roads for private cars carrying mostly single occupants downtown has past.
Olya
at 8:52 am
How’s this for dedicated readership.. You mentioned those lights before in your $6000 for a night article (https://torontorealtyblog.com/archives/6000-per-night/2228 – good god, 3 years ago). And I stand by my words from that time – it’s an interesting, unusual light that is popular (with interior design type folk) and expensive. Making it about perfect for a staged condo (IMHO!).
Of course it should be placed properly and not just stuck on a ceiling – looks like it’s just poorly designed up there. A few examples of it being used properly: (Not my website) http://thecubaninmycoffee.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/popular-lighting-moooi-random-light.html
(Can’t believe I just spent 5 minutes of my life Googling through your blog to find that old post 😀 )
David Fleming
at 10:51 am
@ Olya
That IS dedicated!
I can’t believe you remembered! 🙂
Veronica
at 9:51 am
Jarvis was once a great road to shuttle cars in and out of the city and could change due to traffic flow until a bike lane was constructed by Mr. “I want to be known as the greenest mayor in the world” Miller. Well guess what the bike lane didn’t work, it stood mostly vacant while cars stood still and idled releasing more pollution in the air. Now if only Eastern Ave could go back to its 2 lanes without its unused bike lane another major artery into and out of the city could go back to what it used to be. bike lanes do not make people ride bikes……if we want to compete with the other great cities in the world more money needs to be put into transit, because annoying drivers is not the answer giving them a better alternative to travel is.
cquee gee
at 10:19 am
About Jarvis: we get it, you won. No need to be an a-hole.
David Fleming
at 12:37 pm
@ cquee gee
I’m not gloating, not rubbing it in.
It was just a good photo-op, that’s all!
There’s lanes on Sherbourne now, so everybody wins. Cyclists get lanes one city block away, and drivers get a 5-lane artery in the middle of the city that connects with Mount Pleasant and the Gardiner/LakeShore.
cquee gee
at 4:53 pm
Sorry. My words were unduly harsh in absence of a smiley 🙂
You’re a good man, David Fleming! I guess I’m just freaked out by that variable centre lane. I had nightmares about head-on collisions when I was a wee lad.
Jonnathan
at 11:03 am
Jesus has heard our prayers!
PRIASE JESUS, thank you for removing the bike lane.
moonbeam!
at 11:46 am
David, the defaced and damaged Neighbourhood Watch signs show up in too many neighbourhoods… a well-intended idea that lost steam and funding over the years…along with the stickers on doors and windows originally designed to indicate a ‘safe haven’ for anyone in trouble!!
I do agree that a well-kept and graffiti-free street is what we want…when people care for their homes, rake leaves off drains, put away their garbage cans, etc., it benefits everyone.
DavidP
at 12:51 am
1) There’s was a bike lane on Sherborne before. Now it’s just a less convenient bike lane thanks to the hump they installed.
2) They added the middle lane back on Jarvis but also reintroduced street parking..
3) If I bike down Jarvis and the middle lane is flowing up, then drivers will only have 1 lane to use to pass me.
4) Let’s say the middle lane is flowing south. There’s only 2 lanes once you reach Queen anyway. One extra lane just allows more cars to battle it out at the funnel.
Needless to say, as both a driver and occasional cyclist, I think it was just a waste of money.
Alex
at 9:42 pm
4) +1000
Champagne Socialist
at 3:44 pm
We should really just make it illegal to own cars privately.