Wednesday WTF

This Apartment Deserves Some Discussion

By Adlene Neely Dealey / December 16, 2020 /

Normally, the genesis for the Wednesday WTF is not one short video clip of an apartment, but instead a whole house. But these are not normal times, and I need to share what I saw this week so that we can all sit and marinate in the WTFery that has been perpetrated on this multi-family…

This Purple Passion Pit Is From ‘Another Dimension’

By Adlene Neely Dealey / December 9, 2020 /

From the Wednesday WTF mailbag comes this week’s offering — something we’re calling the Purple Passion Pit for reasons that will be completely obvious very soon. The Fort Wayne, Indiana, home built in 1975 may have not seen an update since then. The listing uh, employs some purple prose, if you will, to sell the…

Iowa FSBO Listing Is Both Honest and Funny

By Adlene Neely Dealey / December 2, 2020 /

Sometimes, for some reason, people decide to sell their houses themselves. Having bought and sold plenty of houses, I can tell you that the thought of doing an FSBO makes me want to die a little inside, but for some, I am sure it works to varying degrees of success. And it’s kind of a…

In The Spirit of Thankfulness, a Darn-Near Perfect MCM

By Adlene Neely Dealey / November 25, 2020 /

I feel like I’ve thrown a lot of weird at you in the past few weeks, but in the spirit of thankfulness, this week’s Wednesday WTF just might make up for it. Meet this darn-near perfect Midcentury Modern in Lake Forest, Washington. And to top it off, this three-bedroom, almost two-bath home is near the…

This Australian House Has a Surprise You Can’t Unsee

By Adlene Neely Dealey / November 18, 2020 /

We’re all familiar with the concept of a fixer — a house that you intentionally buy knowing you’re going to have to put some money into it — possibly even a lot of money — to make it habitable. But this Australian abode we’ve found this week will require a pacemaker as well. Now, at…