Hideous, Strange and Disturbing Photos from Houston Real-Estate Listings
For a while now, the lively real estate blog Swamplot has been running a daily feature on well, unusual photos included on listings in the area.
HAR via Swamplot
Editor Gus Allen tells Hair Balls the photos are not merely picked on the basis of their oddity or horrendousness, although there's plenty of that.
"Listings photos are often so clichéd, especially if you spend a lot of time looking through them -- the same couches, the same angles. It's a terrific relief when you come across pix that have a little extra 'ooomph,'" he says.
The idea has caught on to the extent that most of the photos now are sent in by readers who troll the HAR listings for likely candidates.
Like the one above, which we're sure would absolutely cement a sale to anyone...who keeps a lot of dolls.
Here are a dozen others:
12. Tall people need not apply
With the window, you never have to worry about claustrophobia.
11. Suitable for indoor soccer
"I SAID, CAN YOU GET ME A BEER -EER -EER -EER -EER?"
10. Sorry, it's not a two-holer
That has to be the nicest outhouse door we've ever seen, even without the traditional half-moon.
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