Adlene Neely Dealey

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.

Tickled Pink With This Chattanooga Midcentury Modern

By Adlene Neely Dealey / September 16, 2020 /

As we’ve said before, sometimes the WTF in the Wednesday WTF is more of a “Why The Friend Wouldn’t You Want This House?” Today’s Chattanooga Midcentury Modern with the adorable pink door is one of those times. Someone slid this into my email inbox last week, and I spent a full week using it as…

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A Bubbly House in Australia That Really Pops

By Adlene Neely Dealey / September 9, 2020 /
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Australia has been the fodder of many a Wednesday WTF. Sometimes good, sometimes well, it puts the “what” in “WTF.” This week’s entry in the WTF annals falls somewhere in between. Meet The Bubble House – 11 domes, 20 rooms, three levels, and almost 3,500 square feet of space. Yes, domes. Bubbles. It looks like…

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We Have The Skinny on This Illinois House

By Adlene Neely Dealey / September 2, 2020 /

Ever roll up to a house and think, “Dang if this house wouldn’t be better if it was skinny?” Now, I’m not advocating fat-shaming a house (except for this one that I firmly believe is too much even for Texas), but I do wonder what your hard stops are on how svelte or how zaftig…

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Tin Roof. Rusted. The Love Shack That Will Set You Back $2K

By Adlene Neely Dealey / August 26, 2020 /

When you write about real estate for as long as I have written about real estate, you keep adding places to keep an eye on for amusing stories, especially when one is writing about the oddities in the industry. This week’s Wednesday WTF is a New York love shack, courtesy Reddit. My friends, if you…

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The Missouri Victorian You Need to Lock Down

By Adlene Neely Dealey / August 19, 2020 /

First of all, thanks to all 782.5 of you who emailed me this Missouri Victorian that has been tastefully (mostly) redone. You did well. You sent me weirdness, and the best kind of weirdness — the kind that lies in wait until you’re about 30 pictures in, and then slowly reveals itself until you’re 10…

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