this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2023
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Terrible Estate Agent Photos

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Terrible photos listed by estate agents/realtors that are so bad they’re funny.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Do you happen to have the original ad? I am kinda interested in how this is set up and where.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is what we call a shoebox house in Montreal. There are quite a few in my neighbourhood. See more in this article. Mind you, these are pictures of the pretty ones, they are not all as cute, but not many are as far recessed from the street either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That website is absolute garbage. I have to turn on adblockers.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The earliest source I can find is a Tumblr post from Dec 2015, but I could not locate the address. You may be able to get in touch with that account, though it's a long shot given the age of the post.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Nice detective skills!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sorry, most of these are ancient. You could try reverse image search but I don’t suspect you won’t find much more info.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could try reverse image search but I don’t suspect you won’t find much more info.

No joy but I did find this remarkably similarly sited building. It may be quite common. Apparently part of a class of buildings the Chinese call nail houses.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I am used to seeing this sort of thing a a back yard in old cities, but not the front like this. If I was living in city this would be what I would want to rock.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah too bad. I kinda want to find more like it. You could put up a facade on the street and have like a secret home. Might be a good option in some decaying citys.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Someone posted one above: https://lemmy.world/comment/2377576 In this thread @Emperor found some similar ones too.