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Terrible Estate Agent Photos

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Terrible photos listed by estate agents/realtors that are so bad they’re funny.

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For the discerning homebuyer/vampire who hates the idea of natural sunlight!

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1119-E-Puma-Ln-Lincoln-KS-67455/128506191_zpid/

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[–] GroundedGator@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

I knew of a house like this in another state and I'm guessing this one was done for the same reason. Hiding from the tax man. Buy some land, build a barn, get it on the tax rolls as an uninhabited structure and finally build your fully functional home inside.

I'm guessing this will be a headache of a sale. The taxes on Zillow didn't make much sense.

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 1 points 27 minutes ago

I never would have guessed, but that makes a lot of sense now. I'm on board with the theory that it's a big tax scam of some sort.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 1 points 3 hours ago

I was curious about how the zoning works on it. (I also have not a clue how planning permission works in the US)
It doesn't look like any external windows, so maybe it's a "this is technically industrial/farm space, but oh look, there is a bed and a kitchen, fancy that!" sort of deal.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 points 10 hours ago

The property tax? I checked a couple other listings of traditional homes around $160k in tbe same town and they showed nothing for taxes with assessed values around $10k which doesn't make any sense to me either.