I hope you all had a fantastic (extended?) Canada Day weekend!
For those of you that had four days off, it’s tough to get back to the daily grind.
Here’s a few pretty outrageous photos of the week that should put a smile on your face. I mean, it’s not every day that a real estate slide show for a house in Toronto resembles a bloody crime scene…
Okay, I may as well start with the BEST this week.
Somebody sent me these photos, and I’m not sure which listing it’s from.
But for the life of me, I can’t figure out why: a) these photos were used at all, b) they didn’t change the sheets.
WHO DIED!?!??!
Terrible MLS photos are all the rage these days.
Take this one below, which tries to show a dining room table, but since the room is tiny, and the table and chairs clearly doesn’t fit, it looks more like a set up for a serious interrogation, or intervention:
Below, we have a house that isn’t legally a multi-unit dwelling, but I can guarantee if you bought it, you wouldn’t be the only mammals living on the premises.
In fact, I’m willing to bet that at least a dozen raccoons live here, as evidenced by what they do to the lawn every day:
This photo needs little explanation.
Simply put: it’s the single-greatest shower-head you could ever want, measuring 24 x 18 inches, and containing a whopping 236 perforations:
Here, we have a moron’s attempt at “staging.”
The closet in the master bedroom contained bags from Club Monaco, Holt Renfrew, Mac, and a few other brand-names, yet not-quite-luxury stores.
If you were to put bags from “Tiffany’s” and “Prada,” then perhaps you might make a a point…
…..but seriously?
Bath & Body Works?
Aldo?
Why not Wal-Mart?
And the most incredible part about this house was that it was VACANT, except for these bags!
Your next-door neighbours have to be in their 80’s if they still have one of these:
And last, but certainly not least, we have one of the worst backyards I have ever seen.
This house was advertised as having a “glorious 40-foot-lot,” and yet after seeing this backyard, you have to assume they were talking about the frontage.
That’s right – they made no mention of the “pie-shape lot” that clearly prevails, or the fact that the lot pies to ZERO at the back.
Have a look:
Joe Q.
at 8:50 am
That antenna may not be a TV aerial, but rather part of an amateur radio (Ham Radio) operator’s setup.
Frances
at 11:30 pm
It doesn’t really look like a tv antenna, I admit, but ham radio antennas are much more complicated.
Darren
at 9:59 am
Because of digital TV, antennas have been making a comeback in recent years.
Frances
at 11:31 pm
True, but digital tv antennas don’t look like that.
George
at 11:13 am
As long as you don’t need TSN, TSN2, or Rogers Sportsnet then digital TV antennas (free HD network stations over the air) are the way to go. Live sports is just about the last thing that keeps most guys/families hooked on cable/satellite.
I counted 221 perforations.
prime
at 4:17 pm
Seriously…2 prime numbers?? 17×13?
That just seems irrational…
Vinstyle
at 12:21 pm
Agreed. That house probably gets a lot of great HD channels perhaps even more clear and crisp than many cable channels.
Frances
at 11:32 pm
Nope – wrong kind of antenna.
Long Time Realtor
at 7:03 pm
Speaking of irrational:
According to Wikipedia, the largest known prime number is 2 to the power of 57,885,161 − 1. A number with 17,425,170 digits.
Now a shower head with that many perforations would really be something to contend with.
Duncan
at 12:59 pm
I’m not sure who’s teaching the shopping bag trick… but it needs to get buried… unfortunately i’m seeing it more and more too