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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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[–] uservoid1@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)
[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Make sure the kitchen has a washing machine. That's very important."

"A washing machine? Are you sure?"

"Absolutely, huge selling point. Nobody likes hand washing."

They remembered the word "dishwasher" a few days later, but it was already too late.

[–] OtisRamflow@lemm.ee 39 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I think that might be a UK thing. I saw it and immediately assumed it was England, because I've never seen a washing machine in the kitchen, except in British television.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

It made sense when they added in indoor plumbing to old buildings that were built pre-1900's. The old 2-up, 2-down homes are a good example. They were often retrofitted to add a bathroom at the top of the stairs above the kitchen.

The only place to add in a washing machine was in the kitchen. Since people hung their washing outside to dry in the back garden it was a logical place as well.

[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago

That's where we put them.

[–] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The taskmaster house has a washing machine in the kitchen.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Just ask…..

Little Alex Horn!

[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

do they put it elsewhere? or most places just dont have space for it?

[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where else would you put it?

British houses typically don't have a utility room. We don't really have the space.

Typical house you see on USA TV is massive by UK standards. A house like that here wouldn't be affordable to most folk.

[–] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Don't worry. Houses like that aren't affordable to most folk in the US anymore either. At least for anyone that doesn't already have one.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

I've seen it around Europe, my only guess is that there's already plumbing there, and European houses are much smaller than American ones so space is at a premium.

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Surprising that this beauty hasn't been snatched up yet

[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Check out those spatulas though!

[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Holy shit! I've been on that street. They've used the same type of chip board to make other stuff in the house too. I'm guessing the landlord was able to source it for free and fitted it themselves. Hope it's rated for interior use as others here have pointed out.