Adlene has been a real estate writer for the better half of a decade, but only recently came to CandysDirt.com to write our Wednesday WTF column. Have a doozy of a listing not fit for public consumption? She wants to see it.
We’ve talked about this again, and again, and again — staging and professional pictures will make or break your listing. But you know what else will? Decluttering and cleaning. In fact, if you’re marketing gut jobs to investors, you might even say that you don’t even need 56 photos of your scary, less-than-photogenic house. Post […]
Read MoreEvery so often, I will come across a home for the Wednesday WTF that is so, uh, WTF-y that I will drag colleagues into the mess, and inevitably, someone will say it’s “greatness.” Now, usually, it’s our executive editor, Joanna England. But in the case of this Soddy Daisy, Tennessee, abode, it was the boss […]
Read MoreSo, let’s face it — I’ve shown you some really weird stuff in the past few weeks, but today I’m going to redeem myself by showing you a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Midcentury Modern that is pretty much a perfect time capsule. There are a few things I might change, but all in all, this house […]
Read MoreYou know how sometimes the new year brings a blank slate, and sometimes the new year means you have to blank that slate yourself before you can do anything? This Australian house is the architectural embodiment of that. Yes, that’s me saying the inside of this Midcentury Maybe in Queensland is a gut job, but […]
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This year has been a decade, right? So many things happened, lots of things were postponed, and houses continued to sell despite it all. While the CandysDirt.com team takes a hot minute this holiday season to recharge the ol’ Energizers, we’re serving up our very favorite stories from 2020. Enjoy! Adlene: Thanks to the […]
Read MoreSo, I bet you think this house looks superordinary. It’s a nice Midcentury Ranch that probably needs a few updates, but it’s a thoroughly ordinary mob house. Nooooothing to see here, right? Hah! Wrong! Are you new here? It’s the Wednesday WTF. OF COURSE THERE IS SOMETHING TO SEE HERE. So, I will admit to […]
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