dah... dah... dah... DAH DAH! dum dum dum dum dum dum...

This house reminds me of somewhere else... where was it?

Oh. Right.

SeaTac House of Mystery

What is this? Is it a desirable feature? If not, why include it in the listing?

Investment opportunity

Is it just me, or is this photo supposed to make one think of starting a grow room? Is that what "huge grassy yard with tons of opportunity" means in Realtor-speak?

I'll pay extra if you don't include it.

What is it? And why?

On the other hand... in the same house, we have this excellent paint job:

I really do like that. I'd quickly go insane if it were my room, but I'd just stick my kids in there. (They're already nuts, so it's okay.)

It's all about Work Triangle Efficiency.

Let's see. I'll put the microwave here, in the middle of the kitchen:



And I'll stick the fridge here, in front of the window:


And the freezer? Um... here, that'll be fine. We never use the left side of the sink, anyway.

P.S. The fridge comes with the house.

At least it doesn't have granite countertops.

This is the kitchen. You can see the sink over there, next to the fire extinguisher.

I guess it's really no different from all the unfinished projects I have around here -- a skirt that needs a zipper, a quilt that I haven't finished piecing together, and a whole (virtual) stack of unwritten books. So I'm lucky: my cast-aside projects are in the $0 - $25 range, not the $200,000 - $250,000 range.

No, I swear, I own it.

Listings like this one -- where they don't even bother to get out of the car before taking the photo -- confuse me. It's not a dare. List the house or not, but why do such a half-assed job? Are there renters inside, and they don't want to let them know the house is for sale? Good luck with that, sport. Or does the person doing the listing not have the owner's permission? That also seems... odd.