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A picture says a thousand words. Or raises a million questions. Maybe even more when it comes to real estate listings. After all, it's not every day you get to see a ceiling piano.
But the appropriately titled subreddit 'Ridiculous Real Estate' is full of such absurdity. Much like the legendary 'Ugly Irish Houses' and 'The Broke Agent', it shares the funniest and weirdest architectural and interior design features that homeowners have ever installed.
It's like the polar opposite of all those pretty decor boards on Pinterest.
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Hope You Like Natural Lighting
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heidi hunt heidi hunt Community Member Follow
I'll take it!!!!
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A Bathtub With A View
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The reputation you would get in your neighborhood
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We managed to get in touch with the creator of the subreddit, u/tavenger5, and they were kind enough to have a little talk with us about it. "I started 'Ridiculous Real Estate' after seeing weird or over-the-top extravagance during my own house hunting," the Redditor told Bored Panda. "I wanted a place to share the ridiculousness, and it seems others do too." Indeed, since its inception in 2016, the online community has grown to 27.7K members and while the number doesn't sound like much if you compare it to some giants like r/AntiWork, for such a narrow niche, it's quite something. The best part is that it remains active and still receives new content. "The community has a keen eye for the bizarre living environment. Original content often comes from locals searching for a new place to live," u/tavenger5 said. "These are likely pics that others would never see unless looking at real estate in the same area. The community really brings light to the strangeness that some people enjoy living in or around."
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Groovy!
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I don't do not like it....?
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Yes This Is The Front, Street Facing Window
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Kaspar Kristiansen Kaspar Kristiansen Community Member Follow
What a s**t show!
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I Think This One Counts
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Architect: What sort of shape would you like your house? Customer: ALL of them!
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Being familiar with all the trends of the subreddit, u/tavenger5 said that "it seems like there are a lot of homes out there that people build or make into something that resembles a castle. In 'Ridiculous Real Estate', the more cringe the better." And while you might like to philosophize with a friend over a beer that there is no such thing as bad taste, a scroll through these pictures should convince you otherwise. "There are some submissions where it's obvious the people that inhabited a house couldn't change their situation if they wanted to or not. That is different from bad taste," u/tavenger5 highlighted. "Bad taste happens when someone made a conscious decision to do something in their house that they think is perfectly fine (or are clearly into it), but most people would agree that it looks or functions in a strange way. Other ridiculousness comes from over the top style of the times that hasn't changed since."
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Matriochka House
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C. Wade C. Wade Community Member Follow
It sold for 1.5 mil and the interior is lovely. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/124-Eshelman-Rd-Lancaster-PA-17601/9758785_zpid/
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#7
I Don’t Think I Would Ever Run Out Of Cabinet Space, That’s For Sure!
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When you build your kitchen too big in the Sims...
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I Love It But Wife Says No Way!
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i kinda like it :D
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Lately, 'Ridiculous Real Estate' must have seen an increased number of submissions as the Covid-19 pandemic upended the home-buying process. Historically-low mortgage rates coupled with an inventory shortage created a red hot market, with houses selling within just hours of being listed, often for well over the asking price. And while no one knows exactly what the future has in store, housing experts told CNBC Make It that in 2022, buyers can expect similar trends to the past two years: elevated prices, low inventory, and fast turnaround. Zillow predicts that it will continue to be a seller's market and home values are expected to increase by double-digital percentage points, but Skylar Olsen, principal economist at Tomo, a home-buying app, thinks it won't be quite as wild as it was this year. "None of us can promise that [finding] housing will be easy," Olsen highlighted. "But it feels reasonable to promise that it will be easier than this past year."
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It Gets Worse As You Scroll...
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Titas Burinskas Titas Burinskas BoredPanda Staff Follow
The 5 stages of grief
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#10
House As Advent Calendar
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Мара Гончарова Мара Гончарова Community Member
Remember how you could sell a window in Sims to buy a fridge, for example? I'd buy a lot of fridges!
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#11
I Heard Y’all Like Castles...
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This is actually so pretty
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The Federal Reserve is expected toraise interest rates a few timesin 2022, which meansmortgage rates will likely rise. BothRedfinandRealtor.compredict a 30-year-fixed mortgage rate will reach 3.60% by the end of 2022,compared to an average of 3.30% now. But according to Olsen, that’s not necessarily bad news for buyers. The silver lining of higher mortgage rates is that fewer speculative buyers will be in the market (because there is less money to be made). That could help the average person. "When you have higher interest rates, it becomes more of the people who buy homes just to live in them. That’s something the market will benefit from, coming back down to sanity." “When buying a home in the next year or longer, it will be important to watch new listings, including ‘coming soon’ listings, and be very prepared to not only visit the home quickly, but prepare to decide and extend an offer almost immediately,” Glenn Phillips, CEO and lead economic analyst for Lake Homes Realty, told CNBC Make It. But with that said, don’t overpay for a house that, for example, includes 13 dead people out back. Prices will be up, so be careful not to take something outside of what’s reasonable for your budget.
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A Carpeted Pool!
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C. Wade C. Wade Community Member Follow
Do you want to get mold? Because this is how you get mold.
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#13
Have You Ever Wanted To Live In A Town But The Town Is Inside Your Own Home?
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C. Wade C. Wade Community Member Follow
Idk dude I love wood and bricks. Looks cosy as s**t. I'd move there tomorrow if I could.
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Sexy Bath...
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Ooooh yes *fanning myself*.
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#15
Anybody Want To Start A Cult? 21,000 Sqft Rural Compound Listed Near Me That Used To Be A “Faith Healing Ministry”
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I would indeed like to start a cult. We will have pizza every Tuesday.
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House Includes 13 Dead People Out Back
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At least you'll have someone to chat with when you're feeling lonely.
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What In Tarnation
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Robert T Robert T Community Member Follow
That's a heck of a fondue set!
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Okay, We're Doing Ceiling Pianos Now. Sure
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C. Wade C. Wade Community Member Follow
Ha ha nice try, Will E. Coyote, I'm not falling for it.
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#19
Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!
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I feel so sorry for anyone who hated orange and had to live through the 70s
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Probably The Wildest House In The Whole Country (Slovenia). Looks Innocuous On The Outside, But Oh Boy...
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When you think you're a pimp.
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Ideal Bedroom For Your Least Favourite Child
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Susan S Susan S Community Member Follow
You know it's bad when jail cells look more spacious
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#22
Bedroom Toilets And Flying Saucers
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Julia Atkinson Julia Atkinson Community Member Follow
Don't be fooled by the "toilet". It swivels aside to allow access to a bunker containing the aliens who landed here in 1957
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The Castle Garage
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C. Wade C. Wade Community Member Follow
You know what? I don't even hate it. Good for them. Dress for the job you want.
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#24
Yeah, Certainly Not My Taste In Decor But It’s Not Exces— Dear God What Is All That?
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C. Wade C. Wade Community Member Follow
Yeah, corpses on my walls is not my thing either.
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#25
When You Buy The Light Package Before The House
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They thought it was a brilliant idea!
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Someone Found A Great Home Improvement Deal On Tile...
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third pic looks like a prison bunk
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Lovecraftian Nightmare Geometry
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This hurts my eyes.
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#28
I've Got A Fever And The Only Prescription Is More Columns...
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Amanda Amanda Community Member Follow
This photo smells like mildew
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#29
One Room Studio Apartment In San Francisco. This Is It, This Is The Apartment. Total Steal For $1400/Month
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C. Wade C. Wade Community Member Follow
So you shower, poop and brush your teeth in the shower?
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Tubular
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So 90s. I'd live here
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#31
This Door That Only Opens 18 Inches
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C. Wade C. Wade Community Member Follow
I mean, it wouldn't have been so bad if it opened outward.
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#32
I Don't Really Know Where To Start... Here Goes... 8 Kitchens And It's A Time Capsule...
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How the hell did they get that car in there?
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#33
It's A Brick... House...
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I feel like this has potential
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Just A Tub
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Draco's Dragonfly Draco's Dragonfly Community Member Follow
But what a view from that tub!
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Red vs. Blue
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Somebody was definitely murdered in this house
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It's A Pretty Little Kitchen
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Susan S Susan S Community Member Follow
I think Bored Panda recycles real estate pics cuz I see the same ones over and over...
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#37
Let’s Just Put The Island Riiiiiight Over Here. No A Little Bit Further. Keep Going
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Only skinny cooks live here. Look at the size of that work triangle. The kitchen that comes with an exercise plan of 6000 steps per meal.
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#38
Liminal Space Meets Ridiculous Real Estate
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C. Wade C. Wade Community Member Follow
It's like the 9 circles of office hell. You know? Like the special hell office workers go to. Dante's Intern-o.
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#39
Ever Get Hungry While Showering? Then This Is For You
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I can imagine taking a shower whilst nibbling a giant turkey leg
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When The Column Is Bigger Than The Beam It’s Supporting…
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For pole dancers that want to show off their grip strength
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Gurnox Gurnox Community Member Follow
A good few more a matter of taste than objectively 'terrible'
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Fellowbob Fellowbob Community Member Follow
Yeah defiantly, they were all weird but I kind of liked some of them
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I love some of these
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Lydia Dean-Melchior Lydia Dean-Melchior Community Member Follow
This post made me nauseous. Like being sea sick type of nausea from looking at all the photos.
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Bobby Bobby Community Member Follow
Understood. I have sea legs and still questioned gravity with a few of these listings.
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Gurnox Gurnox Community Member Follow
A good few more a matter of taste than objectively 'terrible'
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Yeah defiantly, they were all weird but I kind of liked some of them
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I love some of these
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Lydia Dean-Melchior Lydia Dean-Melchior Community Member Follow
This post made me nauseous. Like being sea sick type of nausea from looking at all the photos.
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Understood. I have sea legs and still questioned gravity with a few of these listings.
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