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Quite a few people would likely agree that browsing real estate listings can be fun even without the intention of investing in new property anytime soon. In addition to allowing you to marvel at some quite impressive dwellings, they also present a fair share of not-so-marvelous homes, viewing some of which can be equally as enthralling.
Plenty of examples of somewhat bizarre-looking homes can be found on the X (previously Twitter) account ‘The Best Of Zillow’. Dedicated to “the best worst houses online”, as they say themselves, it has amassed nearly 45,000 followers and shared countless pictures of tasteless design and weird architectural decisions, among other disasters. Scroll down to find some of the best-worst ones on the list below and see for yourself how amusing viewing them can be.
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Imagine The D&d Campaigns...
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Hippopotamuses Hippopotamuses Community Member Follow
This quite appealing. But I really hope it has central heating.
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If There Were An Award For The Best Kid's Rooms....
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Hard to clean though. Imagine your kid has a stomach bug and their bed is inside the millennium falcon 😬
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This House Looks Like A Forgotten Disney Hotel
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I...weirdly sort of like this :S
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Beloved by many, the X (formerly Twitter) account dedicated to the best of Zillow real estate listings (even though not actually affiliated with Zillow—the American real estate marketplace company—as they mentioned in their description) was started just a couple of years ago in 2020. It quickly became a source of entertainment for both fans of interior design and people who have nothing to do with it, likely because of the fact that at that point in time, interior design and our surroundings were more important than ever due to the pandemic.
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I Wish This Was An April Fool's Joke
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Leanne Hailes Leanne Hailes Community Member Follow
Banana'sssssss for scale
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Oh Do I Have A Treat For You Guys Today.
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Ah yes, a 1994 Escobar.
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In addition to being a space to eat and sleep, one’s home became a place for work, socialization, studying, and basically everything else that needed to be taken care of during the pandemic. And apparently, spending this much time in a confined space can make one notice things about it that they don’t like or evoke a desire for a home improvement project for other reasons. During covid, that resulted in quite a noticeable increase in home repair activities. ADVERTIsem*nT
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I Feel Like I'm Watching The Brady Bunch On Acid
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Hippopotamuses Hippopotamuses Community Member Follow
I've never done acid. But it's nice to see the effect it would have.
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Found The Set Of The Next Knives Out Movie
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I love the door!
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Two Words: Stiletto Tub
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It has a built in slide!
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Quite a large part of the home improvement projects during Covid were DIY—do it yourself—endeavors. Surveys carried out during the first couple of years of the pandemic found that over the year from March 2020 to May 2021, roughly 60% of respondents said they’d started a DIY project; in June of 2021, the number was as high as 69%. The increased interest in improving one’s home is evident by looking at the change in size of the home improvement market, too, which saw a spike in numbers around the year 2020.
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Finally, I Can Realize My Dream Of Living Inside Casa Bonita
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I love the bottom picture
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Y'know, Personally, I Don't Think They Have Enough Hats
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Hippopotamuses 2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
A bit too 'busy' for me.
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"Swole Zeus Isn't Real, He Can't Hurt You" Swole Zeus:
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"New, improved Ambrosia!! Now infused with anabolic steroids!"
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Like any other undertakings, DIY projects, too, differ depending on the homeowner’s imagination. While some want to flip half of their furniture so the room resembles page nine of a popular interior magazine, others go a totally different direction and create something completely out of the ordinary (something resembling the homes on this list, for instance). That’s when browsing all sorts of listings can come in handy, as it is a never-ending source of inspiration for admirers of all sorts of styles.
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I Love When Houses Have Some Tasteful Brass Accents
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When finished will the second include 76 trombones?
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$1 Mil In Texas Buys You 8 Bedrooms, 10 Bathrooms, And A Scale Replica Of Christ The Redeemer
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Very cheap!
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I'd Like To Be Under The Sea In An Octopus's Bathroom Beneath The Waves
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rullyman rullyman Community Member Follow
Gorgeous! How lucky to move into a home with handmade mosaics
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Even if you’re not ready or simply don’t want to buy a home, browsing real estate listings and viewing their design can be a fun pastime. That’s because, in a way, interior design is an art form, which typically calls for either an exceptional talent or years of experience—or, in most cases, both—and results in some awe-inspiring ideas. Though, in her Ted Talk from 2017, interior designer Phoebe Oldrey suggested that good design is something you don’t even notice. Unlike a bad one, which can be compared to a pebble in one’s shoe (something you can’t help but think about constantly), it doesn’t make one think about how convenient it is on a daily basis. ADVERTIsem*nT “The funny thing about design is, you don’t really notice good design; you’re just using it,” Oldrey pointed out in her talk. “Sure, you notice the aesthetics of a room—‘it looks nice, therefore, I like it’—but you don’t notice how you feel about it. You just feel content.”
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Polar Vortex Hitting Hard? Retire To This Cocaine-Fueled Palace, Featuring An Indoor Pool And Too Many Statues
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Hippopotamuses Hippopotamuses Community Member Follow
Shame the front of it looks like a chainstore.
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Got Coins In My Toilet Seat Call That Dirty Money
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Mirrored rooms like this are all fun and games until it's 3am, you need to pee, and you don't wanna turn on the main bright lights. My husband's bachelor flat had 360 mirrors in the bathroom and night peeing was oddly terrifying. Step forward and so do a whole bunch of shadowy reflections
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I Wonder What D-Tier Magician Lived In This One
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Ngl take the crosses off the wall and I’d live here
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In her talk, the expert discussed that good design has to make sense on several levels—it has to be physically, emotionally, and visually appealing. The items in the space have to be placed in a way that makes sense, the space itself should serve a purpose and make the person in it feel comfortable; and that requires careful consideration in regards to everything from decor elements to colors of the walls in the room.
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Look, I've Seen A Lot Of Stuff In A Lot Of Houses... The Waifu Wine Cellar Is A New One.
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I like the house
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Weirdest-Real-Estate-Zillow
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Welcome to the Mirror Dimension.
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This House Reeks Of Hairspray And Trickle-Down Economics
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Why does the white dild* in picture #3 have a blue reflection! That's really odd.
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Even though browsing real estate listings can be a great way to gather ideas for the interior of your own home or your DIY projects, copying the entirety of someone else’s design might not be the best option for your dwelling. “If we make design only about the visual factor and don’t take our own journey to get there, we are missing the amazing opportunity to create groundbreaking design of our very own,” interior designer Phoebe Oldrey suggested, adding that with a holistic approach, people can create spaces that meet their needs physically, emotionally, and visually, and live in peace without a pebble in their shoe to think about.
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NY Cocaine-Core Is On Another Level. Never Have I Been So Threatened By A Group Of Bonsai Trees
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So Mister Bond. We meet again.
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I Think 90's Greco-Roman Maximalism Needs To Make A Comeback
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Tasteful understatement be damned!
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At least this one looks like you could actually live in it.
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While for some people the designs on this list might seem odd at best, for the owners of these houses it’s a way of expressing themselves and creating the environment that best fits their needs, be it physically, emotionally, or visually. ADVERTIsem*nT The only problem is, such designs might be difficult to find buyers for; however, they sure are interesting to look at. If you find such real estate listings somewhat fascinating as well, take a look at Bored Panda’s previous edition of ‘The Best of Zillow’ here.
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The Nude Magicians Really Tie The Room Together
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...why does this person like hands so much? Wtf
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"We Have Bridgerton At Home." The Bridgerton At Home:
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Lotekguy Lotekguy Community Member Follow
Deceptively normal exterior...
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They Rolled Out The Red Carpet For Us
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Lost me at the carpeted bathroom
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This Jail House Rocks
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Sort of scared to ask what the pizza oven is used for. Pizza Tuesdays?
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Interior Crocodile Coffee Table Inside My Upstairs Movie The-Ater
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Regrettably, I like the table in the bottom pic.
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We're Leaving Shiplap And Whitewash In 2022. 2023 Is All About The Meat Walls, Baby
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Pink Panther insulation Ad
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These Patterns Are Worse Than That World Cup Game
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Busy.
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How do people have so much money and so little taste??
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You can't buy taste. But you can buy a golden throne toilet if you want to.
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Rebecca Broscombe-Adams Rebecca Broscombe-Adams Community Member Follow
There's either acres of space with no personality or acres of space with entire Pinterest boards thrown at it.
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The captions had me dying
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How do people have so much money and so little taste??
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You can't buy taste. But you can buy a golden throne toilet if you want to.
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There's either acres of space with no personality or acres of space with entire Pinterest boards thrown at it.
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