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Used condom on floor of kitchen, that was left there after seller had made an appt with me for inspection. She knew we were coming at that day and time. Ewww. I'm embarrassed if there are dirty dishes left in my sink for showings!!!
The statue of Mary in the front yard and crosses hung over every bed? I think I saw that house and passed on it.
I saw a house like that in Pittsburgh once. But even better, the foyer featured large, beautifully framed photo portraits of Pope John XXIII and President and Mrs. Kennedy. I think it's a safe bet the owners were Catholic. Very tidy, too. Every single piece of upholstered furniture in the house had a CUSTOM-fitted, see-through vinyl cover on it. Some of the pieces were obviously old, but they looked like they just came out of the showroom.
And speaking of Pittsburgh, all over the Mid-Atlantic I've heard free-standing toilets in unfinished basements referred to as "Pittsburgh Potties."
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Someone's comment here reminds me of two other things I have seen.
A home with the chalk outline of a body where apparently someone died.
I feel like what is more odd than the chalk outline, the crime scene and the coffin, body and grieving relatives I spoke of....is the fact that these things did not dissuade people from continuing their viewing. Perhaps more out of curiosity or the excitement of telling friends later, "guess what I did today" than genuinely wanting to see the property.
We draw a chalk outline of a body, sometimes two, in ALL our properties before we lay new flooring. LOL
I would just love to be there when a future owner recarpets.
I think next time we will leave some yellow crime scene tape in the corner.
I didn't mean to say it was unusual for a 1950's home to have a bathroom in the basement. I meant that I didn't think it was placed their by the original builder so that a future owner could build a bathroom.
Everyone I knew did build a bathroom. Who wants a toilet sitting out in the open?
Recently drove by an open house a few weekends ago. Two huge flags loosely attached to the side of the house. One American flag and to the left but slightly higher on the wall a bigger Confederate flag. Seemed odd for New England...
I saw a house like that in Pittsburgh once. But even better, the foyer featured large, beautifully framed photo portraits of Pope John XXIII and President and Mrs. Kennedy. I think it's a safe bet the owners were Catholic. Very tidy, too. Every single piece of upholstered furniture in the house had a CUSTOM-fitted, see-through vinyl cover on it. Some of the pieces were obviously old, but they looked like they just came out of the showroom.
And speaking of Pittsburgh, all over the Mid-Atlantic I've heard free-standing toilets in unfinished basements referred to as "Pittsburgh Potties."
Yep. The millworkers and miners came home filthy, entered via the basement, took off the filthy clothes, washed up, if not showered, and used the potty in the basement before coming upstairs clean, so they wouldn't drag all that muck into the house.
A good friend of mine had what she called indoor/outdoor type carpet in her kitchen. The kind you could put in your outside porch. It was very tightly woven and not much nap. It was actually a good idea. She could get up any crumbs easily and it felt good to walk on. And a glass or plate dropped didn't break.
The home I grew up in had carpet in the kitchen. It sounds very similar to this. It was a very very tight nap material that was more like a thin foam mat than carpet. It was easy on your feet though and stuff didn't break when you dropped it. I think the downside is we had to get it cleaned regularly. I haven't seen this in any home I have ever been in around here.
Maybe not strange, but a conservatory with a herb garden. Some of the herbs weren't for cooking.
Basement of a foreclosed property. Which was weird already because very few homes have basements here due to the cost. It hadn't been cleaned out and was a fully stocked prepper paradise. Plastic tubs full of dried beans, rice, wheat, etc. All kinds of books and material about survival and such. Those blue plastic barrels full of who knows what. It wasn't just a couple things. The entire basement was bulging with stored food and supplies.
I looked at a house once with a grave marker at the bottom the back porch steps.
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