House Shopping

It should be no surprise to anyone that I've already starting looking at homes for sale back home in Michigan via the web.  Nearly every day I see what's listed at Trulia.com or Realtor.com.  To be honest, I'm getting sick of the same old houses that have been on the market for months and months.  There are so many in foreclosure that are empty and neglected and sold "as is."  There are many more that are short sales which are famous for taking months and months for the paperwork to be processed and so we are trying to steer clear of those.   There's really not much out there that I'm even interested in seeing in person.  It's quite depressing.

Then the other day, I found a website that highlights all the ridiculous homes on the market (worldwide).  Check out lovelylisting.com for a couple of good laughs.  Actually, I find it hilarious!  It's everything strange you might see in a real estate listing from poor decorating taste to realtors taking terrible pictures to just plain junky homes.  Or as the website defines itself:  "Odd finds in Real Estate Listings."

This is one of my favorites:  http://lovelylisting.com/2009/09/double-duty.html  I love that there's a dedicated bathroom sink...because you couldn't just use the kitchen sink 6 feet away.  You'll understand what I'm saying when you look at the pic.

This makes me wish I had a camera with me back in 2004 when Ben and I were last looking for a home.  We toured one house which was clearly lived in by a man recently divorced.  It was so obvious that half the stuff in the house was missing...from the way the closet looked like she just took her clothes and ran to the bookshelf with random empty spots where she took anything that interested her.  The icing on the cake, though, was the master bedroom.  There were candy wrappers on the floor around the unmade bed and porn videos sitting on the dresser.

Sigh...I'm not looking forward to house hunting in ernest.  If only I could just click my heels together and already be moved into our new home...wherever that may be.