We don't need a stager, we need an Exorcist.

Alan~ Now that's some STUFF! People will be so busy looking at the STUFF they wont see the house at all! Could they anyway??

Alan, i have a priest who can help out this realtor!  i'm re-blogging - this is amazing...

Oooh, they need more than a Priest!  This must have made your stomach turn, let alone your head!

The potential buyer might think, "Oh, I have a lot of junk, too!  I can see how it will all fit nicely here!"

This reminds me of my own post, Look Away or your Eyes will Bleed!

"Good luck with that," is what I have to say to the Realtor® and homeowner who listed that!

Oh, yeah, and "Hire a professional stager ASAP!!!"

I'd like to re-blog!

Welll...looks like this homeowner came from the "more is never enough stuff" school...Yicks !  For some people, "inventory reduction" is beyond comprehension.

Good morning Alan,

Wow!! It's hard to believe the agent allowed these pictures to be taken! Great example of how not to present your home to the public!!

Hi Alan - Whoa! Time for the storage truck and a team of stagers to load it! Amazing what people will put on the market "as is."

Alan~  Wow.... nuf said!

Alan, to add to the uniqueness, 3-D glasses could be handed out just prior to the showing.  How much for that "watermelon" rug in #1? 

I'm only a little curious Alan?  Are you concerned at all with upsetting the owner of the home?  Or are you concerned at all about the listing agents response? Or the potential for either of them to read your blog post?

Don't get me wrong, I totally agree the home needs to be professionally staged.  But, I question if pointing out a home owners error in judgement, or a listing agents failure, is beneficial to you?

I've often seen the exact same scenario within our MLS, with dreadfully decorated and cluttered looking rooms displayed in photos.  However, I've never openly and outwardly published my opinion for the public to view, read and comment about this kind of scenario.  I guess it comes from how I was raised?  If you can't say anything nice! Don't say anything at all.

Well, at least the pictures are in focus and properly exposed. (I know, I know. Maybe it'd have been better if the pictures were out of focus and under/over exposed.)

I've run into a surprising number of situations like this and the listing agent explains that the place is decluttered: "You should have seen it before"--as you note.

And quite an eclectic collection it is. The various styles of furniture. The various styles of artwork. But give them a bit of credit: Lots of books. Lots of artwork. Musical instruments. And only a small TV. The sellers may be a bit odd, but I think I'd rather have dinner with them (albeit at a neutral location) than with owners with no books, no artwork--but a couple of chairs and a 72" flat screen TV mounted above the fireplace.

As for the comment about "If you can't say anything nice . . . " Well, "cacophany of colour" isn't inherently negative. In fact, in the right context, stretched just a mite, that could be construed as a compliment. So, I'll take that as your teaspoon of sugar in your posting.

Words cannot describe the nausea I am currently experiencing .......

I was chuckling when I started reading this post.  Maybe vacant would be better.