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MAS444 said:

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That's unbelivably awful if I'm seeing what I think I'm seeing. Have an address or link?

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I believe its this one.

https://www.har.com/mapsearch/?map_tools_nwlat=29.482805966259477&map_tools_nwlng=-95.53488631626418&map_tools_selat=29.480023098817654&map_tools_selng=-95.53004455418956&for_sale=1#m54690528

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Thats it. Good sleuthing. Under contract for the low low price of 215 per square foot.

histag10 said:

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No side or back neighbors? I mean, technically....

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Only 1 side neighbor and the seldom seen front neighbor.

Sea Speed said:

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So the house on the left has no backyard and only a wedge of front yard. In this screen grab the only house built is the one on the left side of the first pic posted, correct?

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8927 is the house on the left in the original picture. I had to blur out the dude getting into his car. Probably wondering why I was taking pic.

Yep that's what I thought. So that dude has zero backyard and his front yard is 2x driveways. How annoying would it be if your neighbors had people over and their entire driveway was just cars. You may as well live in a townhouse. This is the best find on this thread since the guy whose front AND back yard were pools.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1616-Abadie-Ave-Metairie-LA-70003/73739178_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

histag10 said:

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I mean, the house is only listed for 150k. The dolls are kind of creepy, but seems like the realtor intentionally moved them to different rooms for photos. Maybe trying to drum up views?

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Agreed, and it's working - floating around the internet, it's October and it's a smart Halloween theme. Lots of views, let's see what it sells for.

House is just absolutely wrecked, salvageable or is that just lot value? Didn't look quite so far gone, at least from the outside, three years ago https://www.google.com/maps/place/1616+Abadie+Ave,+Metairie,+LA+70003/@29.9901076,-90.2074189,3a,75y,273.21h,82.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPMR2UpE1funfKX3qCvxv2Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0x8620b0bdc9216ce1:0x532e44672c151753!8m2!3d29.9900367!4d-90.2076335

I didn't even notice it was pending since 9/13.

i'd buy it if it came with that sweet astro van in the street view

They built a convention center on the back of this $250k house for some reason. People amaze me.

Deepwater Bay

Looking at it closer, it almost looks like they made parking spots with the rocks. Maybe for their convention center?

The Fife said:

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The extravagant 33x30 party room (990/SF room not reflected in Bexar Appraisal District records)

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San Antonio gonna San Antonio!

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This is equivalent to building it without a permit. Gonna be hard to put the genie back in the bottle now.

Local tax authority is going to want back taxes.

Sea Speed said:

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Wait, they admitted that on the freaking listing?

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Yes! I thought it was something called out by the poster but nope, right there in the (removed) listing!

Sea Speed said:

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Wait, they admitted that on the freaking listing?

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It's common is San Antonio listings. Honestly, I don't think the county really cares. I see it daily.

I see it fairly often in listings in Austin area as well - "additional SQ FT not reflecting in tax assessment"

Yeah it's not uncommon in Houston area either - I've seen it a lot. Usually for a finished attic or garage apartment or something similar. Maybe not to this extent though.

Same in Charleston, usually with a finished room over the garage but it's nothing like that amount of square footage. Not common and becoming more rare these days.

I would like to think we've hit peak digital grass when you're "enhancing to neighborhood park, but I dunno. I fully expect to see digital grass in an indoor photo any day now.

Roan Valley

If the grass or house doesn't actually look like the pictures, to me that's false advertising.

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This Dallas one-story home offers granite countertops, and a one-car garage. This home has been virtually staged to illustrate its potential.

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https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/9007-Leaside-Dr_Dallas_TX_75238_M71269-80693
The only untouched photos are of the original bathrooms and the outside. Not sure you list a "project" house at $321 a sq/ft.

Or my eyes need to be checked because the photos are poorly edited and a bit blurry.

you new to advertising?

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If the grass or house doesn't actually look like the pictures, to me that's false advertising.

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The Fife said:

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If the grass or house doesn't actually look like the pictures, to me that's false advertising.

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There are rules to follow, and it's definitely led to lawsuits in some cases.

If it's a characteristic that changes with weather, time of year, etc., it's acceptable to show it at its best (or what it WOULD look like at its best). The line is drawn at "fixing" things that are wrong with the actual structure or removing undesirable elements altogether. Make the grass green, but don't clean up the landscaping. Add leaves to the trees, but don't remove the power lines. Show the pool nice and blue, but don't fix the cracks in the deck.

Personally, I don't change the grass, other than touching up spots with nicer patches of what's already in the yard. And instead of fixing or removing certain elements, I just show it from a different angle. There are some ethics involved in that too, even without doing any extra editing at all. There's a pretty famous case of someone using a very low angle for the front exterior shot, eliminating from view the power plant that can otherwise easily be seen beyond the rooftop.

For me, the worst part of the photos above is the sky. The grass is much easier to forgive.

I'm talking mostly about the pictures where they photoshop in material differences like flooring that isn't real, the ones with a pool in the back, things like that. I think there may have been one with a photoshopped new kitchen or bathroom a couple months ago. At some point it becomes something other than the actual house being sold.

edit: DP, gotta love work VPNs