Robert C. Christian said:

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The car smashed into the pole is a nice touch for the carport.

Surely this is fake.

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Looks like someone leaned a 4x4 up against the dent as a joke?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/304-E-1st-St-Normangee-TX-77871/87415998_zpid/



There is a window treatment in the living room I enjoyed.

Looked happier in google's 2013 street views:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/304+E+1st+St,+Normangee,+TX+77871/@31.0326115,-96.1077292,3a,75y,175.24h,90.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJIjfiN5Ie6zes8hh6lFohA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x86466a2b7fe99a0f:0xa8eec5178919e025!8m2!3d31.0324303!4d-96.1077071

https://www.google.com/maps/place/304+E+1st+St,+Normangee,+TX+77871/@31.0321076,-96.1077655,3a,57.7y,34.51h,95.29t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sm69-slo-Az1hzujTSt4d0w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x86466a2b7fe99a0f:0xa8eec5178919e025!8m2!3d31.0324303!4d-96.1077071

Might be the same vehicle in car port?

Is the duck head in the kitchen simply for decoration or does it have some kind of functionality?

htxag09 said:

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Is the duck head in the kitchen simply for decoration or does it have some kind of functionality?

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I don't know, but assume it adds to the kitchen's efficiency.

the place even comes preinstalled with christmas lights

Am I seeing actual soil inside this house?
WTF

https://apps.realtor.com/mUAZ/9cqly0pl

JaneDoe02 said:

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Am I seeing actual soil inside this house?
WTF

https://apps.realtor.com/mUAZ/9cqly0pl

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I would not trust my fat ass on that "balcony".

JaneDoe02 said:

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Am I seeing actual soil inside this house?
WTF

https://apps.realtor.com/mUAZ/9cqly0pl

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Yeah, I'd say that looks like a garden area and fountain right inside the living room...

"Fannie Mae offers you this delightful home on a tree-lined street! minutes from George Bush Park & all the fun it offers. Quick access to work centers, entertainment and shopping. This home has a pleasing design with a cute courtyard and a pretty shade tree in the front yard. Plenty of parking with a 2 car garage and double wide driveway. Step into the large formal living room and adjacent formal dining room. You can make these rooms whatever you want; think study & gameroom. The formals flow nicely to the grand den with fireplace. Notice the fireplace has a nice hearth to sit & roast marshmallows. The kitchen is the charm of a home. This kitchen & breakfast could be opened to adjoin the den. This home offers you 4 bedrooms! All have good natural lighting. The hall bath offers 2 sinks! The primary bedroom has it's own bath with an oversized shower. You must come see this home and make it yours. Utilities will not be turned on"

https://www.har.com/homedetail/12419-attlee-dr-houston-tx-77077/11320448

This is a house of great legend in my hood! Rumor has it the grandma that owned it and let some of her grandkids move in when her health got bad. The neighborhood message boards claim that the kids were drug dealers and potentially murderers. No idea if that is true but one of them did crash into a detached garage, attempt to run away, then hit another vehicle and roll his in the process!

The listing description is hilarious considering it appears to have been gutted/destroyed before they evicted the folks in there.

combat wombat said:

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Grand and elegant are descriptors that should not have been used with that property.

Potential, opportunity, imagine, and remodel… those would have been appropriate.

Based upon the condition of that house and probably want assurances that it wasn't used to cook meth.

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And check out the realtor (self owned agency). Besides Spanish, she claims to speak Thai and Laotian. I bet her language skills are as optimistic as her property listing prose.

might be a good cartel safe house. Love the views of a terrible landscape and power lines.

Street View

https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3028435,-98.4125426,3a,15y,273.32h,86.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sqaPT53Ui_oLA9Qex84_J7g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Proud of "The Tower". I thought maybe they were marketing the roof top deck, google found nothing. Then thought maybe it was an AirBnB, but nothing found on that website.

https://instagr.am/p/Cdq_WbhJjZk

Hey look, an actual man cave!

HAR Link

Some of the photo descriptions for this one are something else....

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Current owners are continuously working on the house. They recently replaced the decking and shingles on the roof.

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Guess this is part of the continuously working on the house....

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Remodel this space or keep the retro vibe

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From the pictures and descriptions I honestly can't tell if this house is being sold as is or they are renovating it for the sale.....

There's a lot of cool stonework and tile inside, but JFC what are those idiots doing?

htxag09 said:

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HAR Link

Some of the photo descriptions for this one are something else....

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Current owners are continuously working on the house. They recently replaced the decking and shingles on the roof.

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Guess this is part of the continuously working on the house....

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Remodel this space or keep the retro vibe

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From the pictures and descriptions I honestly can't tell if this house is being sold as is or they are renovating it for the sale.....

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It looks like a project that someone got in way over their heads and budget ballooned out of control.

What the hell is with the railing over the sunroom, err, excuse me, master suite?

I don't have a problem with a chunk of the demo already being done. It makes it easy to see all the janky stuff they did with the mechanicals.

I would totally buy a house like that for the right price. I don't know that market, but $800k feels high for something that's going to need at least $100k to put back together.

htxag09 said:

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I agree, that, in itself, wasn't why I posted that listing. To me, it's more about the descriptions.

For example, in the first picture I posted the shingles are ripped off, and laying all over the property, and new decking, shingles, etc. haven't been installed. The description is the owner is continually improving the house and recently replaced the shingles.

Well, those two things don't add up. Is the picture old, the description not accurate, or are they planning on replacing the shingles?

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That's a great big red flag to me since it looks like they don't have half a clue what they're doing. Everything about the work says it's being done on their own; it's way too haphazard between the randomness of the removals and pileup of debris that's sitting there indoors. No permits visible anywhere either.

Some people know very well what they're doing but I've never seen that coupled with the level of chaos and disorganization going on here. Shame because it was obviously a very nice house with a lot of quality original architectural details before they got in over their heads.

The Fife said:

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htxag09 said:

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I agree, that, in itself, wasn't why I posted that listing. To me, it's more about the descriptions.

For example, in the first picture I posted the shingles are ripped off, and laying all over the property, and new decking, shingles, etc. haven't been installed. The description is the owner is continually improving the house and recently replaced the shingles.

Well, those two things don't add up. Is the picture old, the description not accurate, or are they planning on replacing the shingles?

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That's a great big red flag to me since it looks like they don't have half a clue what they're doing. Everything about the work says it's being done on their own; it's way too haphazard between the randomness of the removals and pileup of debris that's sitting there indoors. No permits visible anywhere either.

Some people know very well what they're doing but I've never seen that coupled with the level of chaos and disorganization going on here. Shame because it was obviously a very nice house with a lot of quality original architectural details before they got in over their heads.

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I'm actually a bit surprised that there wasn't a red tag shown in the pictures...

Not gonna lie, I had to go back and scroll through to see if there was one of those before making that last post! At least over here there's so much work going on it would be next to impossible for an inspector to not notice because they'd pass by the place on their way to a call.

Complete Idiot said:

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Interesting - never seen a "basement home".

https://www.bnd.com/news/nation-world/national/article261531797.html

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/213-N-Mason-St-Deer-Creek-IL-61733/5323272_zpid/

Already sold! I can't even imagine an empty lot going for as low as $35K near any Texas city - and this one is almost half an acre.

I guess the curb appeal is that it looks like your house is literally a curb.

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if i was young and single, i wouldn't mind living there.