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Sparehead3
Jeepers PEApers
PeaNut 446,722
November 2009
Posts: 2,207
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Loc: PNW USA
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I just wonder why they even bothered taking pictures of this house. If it weren't for the pictures maybe it would have sold by now...
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Pea-T-A-Mom
Scrapmaven is stalkin my Kitteh!
PeaNut 159,334
July 2004
Posts: 13,508
Layouts: 0
Loc: Left Coast
 | Posted: 1/26/2013 10:48:15 PM
Yikes! What a sty! |
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cmpeter
PEAceful Pea
PeaNut 14,521
April 2001
Posts: 34,603
Layouts: 31
Loc: Washington State
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Wow, I assume that must be a foreclosure. |
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stefdesign
PhotoshoPEAholic
PeaNut 307,816
April 2007
Posts: 12,070
Layouts: 867
Loc: So Cal Gal Living in NJ
 | Posted: 1/26/2013 10:52:38 PM
Looks like a band of vagrants have taken up residence,  Pretty creepy! |
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mishkismom
AncestralPea
PeaNut 163,728
August 2004
Posts: 4,267
Layouts: 41
Loc: Connecticut
| Posted: 1/26/2013 11:01:11 PM
Omg. Look at the listing price! Gee we can't sell it for 147 what should we do? I kNOW raise the price and trash the house!  |
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naniwebbEMT
PeaFixture
PeaNut 307,637
April 2007
Posts: 3,869
Layouts: 21
Loc: Utah... somewhere in this big city! Finally!!
| Posted: 1/27/2013 12:02:28 AM
Why not just take an hour and throw all that crap away before taking pics? I don't get it.  |
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megmc
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 497,090
January 2011
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 | Posted: 1/27/2013 12:18:25 AM
foreclosure.
Must be the bank wouldn't allow a short sale. I would go in an offer 125,ooo for it.
btw do the drapes in the bedroom look like garters? | |
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megmc
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
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January 2011
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| Posted: 1/27/2013 12:20:14 AM
Nani. My realtor friend would have just pick up the stuff and that would be it, because they would make very little money on the sale. So time working there would cost them money. | |
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Nightowl scrapper
Intl Assoc of Epic Length Posters - USA Chapter
PeaNut 103,889
August 2003
Posts: 24,976
Layouts: 0
Loc: Colorado
 | Posted: 1/27/2013 12:51:01 AM
I especially like the informative shots of the unfinished blank wall and the door frame.
Looks like someone had to evacuate before an approaching disaster. |
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kimberly38
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 198,401
March 2005
Posts: 6,161
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Loc: Wernersville, PA
| Posted: 1/27/2013 7:29:57 AM
I think this is a foreclosure like some other posters have stated.
With that knowledge, yes, a realtor could have picked up said items, but more than likely, they are not making their normal commission on this property in the first place. And if they are not, I certainly would not pay for trash removal.
Most times, when people buy foreclosures, they know going in there is going to be some work that needs to be done.
I noticed that in 2005, home sold for approx. $270,000, now it is being listed for $160,000. Wow. Huge price difference. No wonder the home is foreclosure. | |
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Shih Tzu Mommy
Million dollar camera, 10 dollar lock!
PeaNut 224,352
September 2005
Posts: 23,530
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Loc: Right here
 | Posted: 1/27/2013 7:35:30 AM
The foreclosure cleaning crew clearly did not do a good job before the photos were taken. Yikes! |
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matleavepea
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 382,038
July 2008
Posts: 2,567
Layouts: 1
Loc: hogtown
 | Posted: 1/27/2013 7:35:39 AM
i work in real estate and we would have only put the picture of the outside of the house. and the listing would say "as-in condition". in our market, that is code for "calling all builders and flippers". | |
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Kelpea
In a HapPea Place
PeaNut 176,832
November 2004
Posts: 12,326
Layouts: 2
Loc: gone to chemo with BethAnne
| Posted: 1/27/2013 7:37:37 AM
foreclosure; getting it "as is." It has nice curb appeal and perhaps good bones. Someone could purchase it for waaaay cheap and do something with it... |
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Spongemom Scrappants
HRH pilates teaching wino ball of fun
PeaNut 297,141
February 2007
Posts: 10,705
Layouts: 31
Loc: South Carolina
| Posted: 1/27/2013 7:45:34 AM
My mother-in-law owns a real estate company and they do handle foreclosures, too. When she gets a house like that, she pays someone to come in and clean it up. As I understand it, the money to do that comes from Fannie Mae. I don't think it's much though. The person cleaning does keep the contents and she has stories of them making money off it that way as well.
Maybe it's handled differently here because we have comparatively fewer foreclosures than in other parts of the country. |
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tamhugh
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 12,875
March 2001
Posts: 7,950
Layouts: 11
| Posted: 1/27/2013 8:01:26 AM
Our friends bought a home in foreclosure several years ago and the inside looked like that. It was clear that the owners left in a hurry. They got such a good deal on the house that it was worth the extra clean up and the home is now a showplace. | |
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Velouria
Pixie Pea
PeaNut 41,800
July 2002
Posts: 12,747
Layouts: 642
Loc: Arizona
 | Posted: 1/27/2013 8:54:38 AM
Wow! What a deal!! The house comes with all that stuff??
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Velouria
Pixie Pea
PeaNut 41,800
July 2002
Posts: 12,747
Layouts: 642
Loc: Arizona
| Posted: 1/27/2013 8:56:05 AM
Actually, this is the stuff I have nightmares about. I just had one last night:
This is my nightmare. It's not really happening:
Our house is being foreclosed on and I have no choice but to get out NOW and I have to leave all my belongings behind. It's a frequent nightmare...probably 3 or 4 times a week. |
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Nicole in TX
The Peas did what we do and went insane over it
PeaNut 16,696
June 2001
Posts: 18,282
Layouts: 65
Loc: Not so obvious
| Posted: 1/27/2013 9:02:30 AM
Looks like they had it listed at $143K last July.
Their housing prices went up and down!
Velouria, I am sorry. |
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Velouria
Pixie Pea
PeaNut 41,800
July 2002
Posts: 12,747
Layouts: 642
Loc: Arizona
| Posted: 1/27/2013 10:09:36 AM
Velouria, I am sorry.
Oh, that's my nightmare. That's not really happening. I need to clarify that. |
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melanell
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 26,836
January 2002
Posts: 14,843
Layouts: 86
 | Posted: 1/27/2013 1:49:31 PM
I figure they opt to list with those pics as opposed to no pics to save themselves some time.
Why have umpteen people ask to see it, get one look at the mess, and lose interest immediately when you can post the pics and eliminate anyone not dead serious about dealing with a foreclosure sale, kwim? |
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*Delphinium Twinkle*
I'm just a pea:)
PeaNut 163,613
August 2004
Posts: 69,110
Layouts: 236
Loc: *Sunny Southern California*
| Posted: 1/27/2013 10:25:44 PM
The price increased $17,000 since July.
Holy cow.
Whoever has that listed must not be very serious about selling it.
I can't believe they didn't just rent a dumpster and shovel everything out.
It wouldn't take more than a couple hours to have that place clean |
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*Delphinium Twinkle*
I'm just a pea:)
PeaNut 163,613
August 2004
Posts: 69,110
Layouts: 236
Loc: *Sunny Southern California*
| Posted: 1/27/2013 10:31:08 PM
We bought our first home at auction. It was a foreclosure.
The people left stuff all over. They even shot a hole through the family room wall into the bathroom downstairs.
And they let the bathtub flood upstairs (over the downstairs bathroom) the toilet fell through the ceiling into the downstairs bathroom,
Oh! And the walls of the lower bathroom had been covered in mirrors, those were all broken with the shotgun pellets.
They left the entire mess.
And they didn't pay for trash service for years. So they burnt their trash (including plastic) in the fireplace.
The entire house smelled so bad because the burnt plastic had permeated the walls.
We gutted the place. I wouldn't live there until it looked like brand new. It was a lot of work but worth it. |
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Mary Kay Lady
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 367,913
March 2008
Posts: 2,573
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Loc: The state of Confusion!
 | Posted: 1/27/2013 10:34:07 PM
It's a shame to see such a nice house trashed like that. It would be a good deal for someone who was willing and able to clean it up.
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Sukkii
PeaNut
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January 2012
Posts: 355
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 | Posted: 1/28/2013 1:23:36 AM
It's a shame to see such a nice house trashed like that. It would be a good deal for someone who was willing and able to clean it up.
I'm not sure the house is trashed just that it has a lot of trash in it. It looks lovely from the outside and if it was in a decent neighbourhood it would be a great buy.
I did find the clothes spilling out of the broken wardrobe funny though, but I'm not sure what the last two pics were showing?? | |
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obsidian
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 300,909
March 2007
Posts: 2,154
Layouts: 1
Loc: Waikato
| Posted: 1/28/2013 1:42:41 AM
I like the oak trim but why take a photo of just oak trim isn't it a dime a dozen in north America? | |
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obsidian
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 300,909
March 2007
Posts: 2,154
Layouts: 1
Loc: Waikato
| Posted: 1/28/2013 1:50:11 AM
This house is a ex foreclosure. Some of the families belongings were still under the house when we moved in 15 years later.
I've stayed in hotel rooms where no amount of paint can get the blood off the walls. Things could have been worse. | |
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