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There's nothing horribly wrong with this real estate photo. But, I've seen this style bedspread in multiple homes. I'm not a fan. I wondered why people are drawn to buying it. My suspicion is the pintuck design means less smoothing/neatening is required when making a bed. Just toss it on. If you want to buy your own pintuck comforter (why?) here's one on Amazon.
Real estate photos are supposed to entice potential buyers, not repel them. Sometimes the least amount of effort can improve a room. In the following picture I've circled problem areas. All the home owner and/or realtor had to do was remove the items from view. This would have presented the kitchen as clean and uncluttered. From the other end of the room, more clutter on the counter and a very concerning towel beneath the dishwasher. The only conclusion one can draw is the dishwasher leaks. No thanks!
The following three photos are from three different homes. What, pray tell, is the purpose of including this shot of the stairwell in a series of photos for a home? To demonstrate it's too narrow to put a corner shelf on the landing, that's why! And how lazy not to tuck those extension cords out of view. While this looks like a nice kitchen, what is the point of taking the photo from toddler-level? How odd. This house was not a log cabin, so I was confused why the owners framed a room with logs. Then I realized it was log cabin wallpaper.
WHY?! Why does log cabin wallpaper even EXIST? I realize I've posted a lot of critiques of real estate photos lately. I admit, it's quickly becoming a hobby. My husband and I are fixing up our own home to sell and searching real estate ads for homes or land, so naturally I keep stumbling upon these questionable real estate pictures. The next two photos are not questionable real estate photos but are of a typical new home construction. They represent very common designs available around the Twin Cities metro. And they have three features I really dislike. Let's look at the first photo. This home design is what I call, "Three Car Garage (with attached home)." The typical new constructions feature the garages so prominently and oh, yes, there's a house, too. The appeal of a home should be in the overall design, the front door/windows, the porch or landing. Not the garage. Garage doors are not attractive to me nor are they a selling point. Additionally, most of the Three Car Garage (with attached homes) are split levels. You walk in the front door and the first thing you see are stairs. A set going up to the main level and another leading to the basement.
Whatever happened to foyers? Bring back foyers! The next photo features my biggest pet peeve regarding new home construction in Minnesota. There's no deck. The deck is not included in the construction. If a new homeowner wants a deck, they have to get a contractor to build it or do it themselves. And many, many homeowners must not include the cost of a deck in their financing, and their home stands for years without one. A back door that opens to nothing but a fifteen foot free fall. So homeowners board up the back door to prevent their toddlers from tumbling out. I've never seen this zero-deck rule for new constructions in other states where I've lived. I just don't understand it. Look, I'm an animal lover. Dogs, cats - I've had both.
But when it comes time to sell my house, I'm not going to pose my dog alluringly on my leopard-print bedspread in the real estate photos. That's just exploiting the poor animal. Usually I critique sloppy realtor photos and poor home staging. Then I came across this photo.
The windows above the doors serve no purpose and aren't centered at all. It makes no sense. My only guess is perhaps those two rooms do not have exterior windows and these were installed to let in natural light. But then, why not center them? Probably some framework or ducts in the way? Was this a builder design or did the homeowner do their own remodeling? Either way - no. I've seen so many real estate photos including a vacuum cleaner in the room. Are they trying to tell the viewer the home is clean? About to be cleaned? What they are really telling us is they are too fricken lazy to move it out of the way before taking the picture. For instance, in the photo below, the vacuum really should have been moved so potential buyers could get a clear view of the mold on the walls. Honestly, I think there are some homes that are a lost cause, so they just take pictures of the rooms as is.
After all, you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig. (No offense to pigs.) I've had dozens of jobs and even more managers, most of them were mediocre, at best. Sadly, I've had very few good managers. I've worked for many bad managers and two were pure Machiavellian.
From my experience and observations, here are some bad manager traits:
There are plenty more poor manager traits and usually mediocre managers possess only a few of these. the really crappy managers have several of the above traits. Really evil managers are usually bullies. Not only do they embrace the bad traits above, but they go out of their way to make their employees' lives pure hell. If nothing else, the quaint rotary wall phone is enough to lure potential buyers to snatch up this gem.
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