As a recent house hunter, I stumbled across my fair share of house oddities during Chris and my short two-week house hunt. As such, I found this blog to be particularly hilarious (hint for ye of little computer knowledge: click on the word "this"!). It's called "It's Lovely! I'll take it!," and it is a collection of funny/strange photos from actual real estate listings. This got me reminiscing about the memorable homes that we came across. We tried our best to look at the bones of the house and look past the cosmetics which we could later change, but some of these were just too much.

House #1 - It was made of cinder blocks which gave it the appearance of a rectangular igloo. So much for curb appeal. Don't you worry, they were ready to wow us with the inside: A Pepto Bismal pink colored room. It had brown horses stamped all over the room and ceiling, along with stamps of the word horse (just in case you weren't sure what the brown paint blobs were). Other notables: Stairs too narrow for even my size 7 feet and a backyard fence made of stolen pieces of fencing from 10 or so of their neighbors. Words of wisdom for the owners: at least steal fencing that is all the same type. Five feet of a 3 foot white picket fence next to a five feet section of a 6 foot tall chain link fence just don't blend well.


House #2 - It gave us fleas. Enough said.


House #3 - Built in the 1960's and remained in the 1960's. We could have been the lucky owners of a built-in blender in the kitchen counter, fancy red shag carpeting, and a random toilet in the unfinished basement.


House #4 - This beauty was complete with gargoyles. Sure, it looked like a witches house from the outside, but looks can be deceiving...right? A built in flower bed in the stairwell and the world's very first microwave (seriously, this thing was ancient) was just the beginning. The icing on the cake was a sanctuary in the back - a steepled room complete with stained glass. I would have guessed that it was last inhabited by a nun from the looks of the interior, but the fact that it was haunted threw me off. I mean really, do nuns spend their time haunting or go strait to partying with Jesus after death? I vote for the latter. The ominous ceiling fan which was left on, the cavernous basement, and a spooky chill upon walking into the bedroom were all it took to get us out of there, and fast!

So, this leaves you thinking to yourself: What can possibly top these houses? I give you the following beauties:




Last, but not least, I give you the open-fronted sink. I'm thinking they washed both their dishes and their hair in this sink, but please, install a shower before you try to sell!




For more laughs, go to the site and check out the $2 million dollar house with a picture of a hoagie for it's listing, the bathroom with an enema bag, and the home with a stolen cop car in it's driveway.