“1 beds, 1.0 baths,” says the listing. What? You don’t see them? Fortunately I went to art school and am very good with Photoshop. Let me help you.
But the real estate agent was being too modest. Here, a few of the features they forgot to mention:
Ta dah! This home is way undervalued, clearly.
(I have no idea what a “great room” is but neither does anyone else. That might be one.)
Found By: Brianna B
Loveliest comment, by the dark ferret: Does the house come with a clear title? Where can I get the VIN so I can get a Carfax report on this property? Has it ever been in a major accident?
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I am totally confused by this one. What is actually for sale? I went to the address with Google Maps and looked around. It could actually be a 1-bedroom condo in a larger building. But out front of the building was an SUV with a magnet sign for the same business painted on the van. WTF?
Every now and then, one of these posts makes me clutch my head and cry “I just don’t getttt it!” This is one of those posts. I just… don’t get it.
Does the house come with a clear title? Where can I get the VIN so I can get a Carfax report on this property? Has it ever been in a major accident? Garage kept? How many owners? Service intervals?
HA-HA-HA! What’s the mileage on this property?!
obviously a “great room” is self-defined. it’s a room that is better than a “mediocre room”, but not quite as good as a “super-fantastic-fun room”.
duh.
Considering “fun size” candies are smaller than the regular size of the same candy, would a “super-fantastic-fun-room” be something like a walk-in closet?
It’s the laundry hamper nook.
A great room is usually a glorified name for a living room. Often has a big fireplace, pool table, etc.
When you’re working a 60 hour week to afford one of these properties, you won’t have time to live in it, you’ll just have time to walk past and say, “Wow, what a great room!”
A great room is another name for a family room, not the living room.
The living room is usually a formal sitting area and typically smaller than the family room/great room a/k/a den (in the 70′s and 80′s).
You’ll have plenty of time to live in a VAN down by the River when… you’re living in a VAN down by the RIVER!
Yo dawg I heard you like vans down by rivers so we put your van in the MLS so you can live in your van!
“…and I live in a VAN, down by the RIVER!” was the first thing I thought when I looked at this, too!
My mom’s house has a “great room”
Basically it might have been called a “ballroom” in another age. There’s a livingroom, dinningroom, and then a room that is bigger than any room has any reason to be. Its weird.
Usually houses with a “great room” have a formal sittingroom, a livingroom (or sitting room) that you would actually use, a formal dining room, another room you would actually eat it (kitchenette, sunroom, whatever), and then an unreasonably big room called the “great room”
The only use my mom seems to have found for it is:
1) Teen sleepover.
2) Storing almost the entire contents of someone’s house while the family of 4 had to move into their parents temporarily
When she bought the house she was going to start a coffee shop in it, and it is zoned commercial so she pays a higher tax rate on her unusably big, empty, room.
That makes sense – one time we were living in a townhouse converted into apartments. Our neighbors still had the full townhouse as a single property. With seven kids they needed all the space they could get. Boys den in the basement, Dad’s study, kitchen, dining room and bathroom on the raised ground floor. On the 1st floor they had this huge room which stretched right across all three windows of the property. It was used as a TV-room for the kids. Even with three sofas, it still seemed empty.
The spacious front foyer has a window wall, built-in guest seating, and opposing doors that can be opened for a breezeway effect — great for reduced heating bills in summertime!
I really like the wood paneled accent wall in the greatroom. The back porch seems a little narrow although it does have a nice natural curve to it. The grid-style security system on the back windows is a real plus.
It’s missing a few crucial accents though: the bar table in the guest seating is missing some shag carpeting. And there’s no 80′s-era Aztec-Sacrificing-Virgin artwork on the side. Oh, and no waterbed. It must have a waterbed!
This home is mislabeled — I clearly see *two* separate bedrooms with a loft space above them! Now, it’s true that there is just one, plywood door that provides access to both chambers, but still. That’s a whole lot of bonus privacy there! Love those wrought-iron security doors you noted.
And don’t forget, the entire structure is mounted on a steel & rubber foundation to protect against earthquake tremors.
And in case of hurricane you can just move out of the path!
One of the few properties where the address is “negotiable”.
Similarly it’s one of the few with a delivery charge.
I didn’t know Joe Dirt was selling his house.
can’t breathe! stop the jokes! i’m choking on my oatmeal!
At first I thought, “Oh, how funny, the realtor uploaded the wrong picture by mistake.” But then I looked at the listing. Is it really possible to upload the wrong picture six times in a row?
Exactly. Like I get that mistakes happen. Maybe the realtor also sells cars and that’s where the pictures come in. But to upload them to a website 6 times, post them, etc., and still not notice? What?
A “Great Room” is really just a big living room with a high ceiling. It’s supposed to be a symbol of wealth (“look, my house is so big I can waste this much space”).
I like having one because I require room for my grand piano. In this case, the big room is necessary not only for the floor space, but also for acoustics. Small rooms with right angles really stink for sound.
i don’t think they’ll be able to fit a grand piano in this particular great room…
hmmm, so if this is a one bedroom home, then I guess all the people living out of cars really aren’t homeless either.
I suspect there’s a one bedroom condo listed on an auto sales site somewhere
You had me at “spice rack.”
As to the “great room” comment, I’ve always understood a great room to be (and verifed with wikipedia) a large room that encases several rooms. They are very popular here in Alaska as they tend to be more casual and easier to heat (you can think of a log lodge type place, but they also work in smaller homes). It is a large room that contains the living/family area, dining room, home entrance area, and sometimes kitchen area. They often contain vaulted ceilings, but not so much for pretentiousness as such a large room just feels awkward with a low ceiling. They also save on space since you don’t waste any area on halways. Anyway, I hope that helps.
I love your blog, by the way. I come here when I need a good laugh. : )
Great rooms in Alaska? I think not. I’ve seen what Alaska is like.
If you look, it isn’t a house for sell. It’s the business for sell
“From Home Gasket Replacement Business”
Basically you are buying the van and the right to use the name. Now why they listed it under real estate makes you wonder how incompetent the business owner was to begin with, and if you actually want to have that company name attached to you.
I don’t know how Zillow works (if it’s just an aggregator or if people have to submit the stuff there or whatever), but the fact that it made it onto not one, but two real estate sites utterly baffles me. Although, to be fair, a single family (as in a family composed of a single person) could live in there if they stopped at fast food bathrooms and stuff to pee.
I found this one in San Diego! My first thought was could you imagine some guy bringing you back to “his place” and this was it?
I know its actually for a business but seriously, I’m stunned at this mistake!
I flagged the Zillow listing – appears to be a spammer selling a business franchise. I can’t explain the other listing that Zillow links to since that appears to have been placed by an actual real estate agent.
I seen it on the sketch there is really a bed in the van but I can imagine my self sleeping inside.