Has Your House been Discussed on DCUM?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Someone else made a thread about a unique house on the market, while it was pending with me as the buyer. It got mixed reviews.

The inspection turned up so many major issues that we backed out. They took it off the market, fixed nothing, and then relisted it for a higher price 2 months later, at which point it sold to a naive, dumb "entrepreneur" who probably couldn't afford it and definitely couldn't afford the necessary repairs.

I'm not sure what happened after that, but the house seems to be empty and neglected now. The whole thing makes me sad, because I'd envisioned a future in that house. But ultimately I bought nearby and love my house.

geometric dome?

No, but now that I trashed the owner, I'd rather not say which one.

[Anonymous]

Yup! Someone posted about the home we were selling. Feedback was mixed. I refreshing like crazy the three days it was on the market! Luckily the negative feedback wasn't too brutal. Just comments that they'd want more storage. Hey, wouldn't we all?

[Anonymous]

House no, but exact street a couple houses down, yes. Supposedly it was overpriced but went for way over asking.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, my house was one of the "rejected" houses on House Hunters DC and someone made a post about the episode.

I love that show and I am so happy to see new episodes! I generally think the rejected houses are better than the house the people chose.

Was your house a legitimate 'for sale' or was it borrowed for an episode? Either way, thank you for being part of the process so the rest of us got a half hour of joy watching the show!

So my house was for sale, but the way the show works is that the "buyers" have already bought their home, then they show them 2 other houses actually on the market for them to "reject." My house was FAR better than the one the buyer "chose" but admittedly the selected one was in a better location.

Interestingly enough they didn't even tell me they were using our house. We showed up the morning of closing to take a last inspection and were shocked to find the house full of camera crews.

Holy cow. That WOULD have been a surprise!

[Anonymous]

I posted about my previous house when it was for sale, without saying it was mine, suggesting it was priced too high for the neighborhood (which it would have been, a few years before we sold it). Other posters sneered at me for being out of touch and said it would easily get more than the list price. Turned out they were right, we had four bids and sold for well over where we had listed it. I mostly did it just to gauge what people thought about the pricing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes when we sold our cute little house in Bethesda last year someone started a thread on it (I suspect it was our realtor because the initial post was very complimentary). Then the usual posters jumped right in to rip our house to shreds, then the pendulum swung back and other PPs weighed in on how nice it was. We sold it too soon! We listed it right before the boom and sold it for $900k, it would probably get $1.2 today. Sigh.

On the bright side though, you probably also bought low. Whatever you purchased has likely also appreciated quite a bit, I would assume.

I bet it must have been hard to read some of the negative comments at the end of the day our home is our sanctuary...even if it's quirky or outdated or whatever to someone else.

DCUM has such awful taste that anything negative they said about my house I'd take as a compliment. You could post Fallingwater and they'd call it a dated teardown s*itshack with too much airplane noise and suggest you build a hideous McMansion right up to the property line so every family member can have 3,000 square feet and they never have to interact with their horrible spouse and spoiled children.

This just isn’t true though. If you put up a genuinely cool house people here praise it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, my house was one of the "rejected" houses on House Hunters DC and someone made a post about the episode.

I love that show and I am so happy to see new episodes! I generally think the rejected houses are better than the house the people chose.

Was your house a legitimate 'for sale' or was it borrowed for an episode? Either way, thank you for being part of the process so the rest of us got a half hour of joy watching the show!

So my house was for sale, but the way the show works is that the "buyers" have already bought their home, then they show them 2 other houses actually on the market for them to "reject." My house was FAR better than the one the buyer "chose" but admittedly the selected one was in a better location.

Interestingly enough they didn't even tell me they were using our house. We showed up the morning of closing to take a last inspection and were shocked to find the house full of camera crews.

I would be so, so pissed about this. There would be nothing you could do and it sucks to have your house on TV.
Holy cow. That WOULD have been a surprise!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes when we sold our cute little house in Bethesda last year someone started a thread on it (I suspect it was our realtor because the initial post was very complimentary). Then the usual posters jumped right in to rip our house to shreds, then the pendulum swung back and other PPs weighed in on how nice it was. We sold it too soon! We listed it right before the boom and sold it for $900k, it would probably get $1.2 today. Sigh.

On the bright side though, you probably also bought low. Whatever you purchased has likely also appreciated quite a bit, I would assume.

I bet it must have been hard to read some of the negative comments at the end of the day our home is our sanctuary...even if it's quirky or outdated or whatever to someone else.

DCUM has such awful taste that anything negative they said about my house I'd take as a compliment. You could post Fallingwater and they'd call it a dated teardown s*itshack with too much airplane noise and suggest you build a hideous McMansion right up to the property line so every family member can have 3,000 square feet and they never have to interact with their horrible spouse and spoiled children.

I agree with the calling Fallingwater a s*itshack part but not about building a McMansion part. DCUM hates McMansions! They would instead suggest one buys a tiny house someplace walkable instead of Bear’s Run.

[Anonymous]

Yep! It’s how I found our current house actually. People liked it, and a complaint someone had was valid (but not a problem to us).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yep! It’s how I found our current house actually. People liked it, and a complaint someone had was valid (but not a problem to us).

^^People MAINLY liked it, I meant to say. There are very few houses that DCUM will fully approve of!

[Anonymous]

A nice condo we had previously owned was discussed a few times when it was relisted asking why it was not selling. We loved that place and thought about renting it (instead of selling), but we were afraid it would be rented by roommates and not families since it was in a popular area and had 3 beds and 3 baths.

The most sensible justification we saw for it sitting and not selling was that it was priced near the cost of a decent, but small, single-family home, but had over $1,000 in condo fees. Most with that financial profile would be looking for a house, and not a condo - so a smaller market of buyers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A nice condo we had previously owned was discussed a few times when it was relisted asking why it was not selling. We loved that place and thought about renting it (instead of selling), but we were afraid it would be rented by roommates and not families since it was in a popular area and had 3 beds and 3 baths.

The most sensible justification we saw for it sitting and not selling was that it was priced near the cost of a decent, but small, single-family home, but had over $1,000 in condo fees. Most with that financial profile would be looking for a house, and not a condo - so a smaller market of buyers.

Did it eventually sell? And did it sell at list price?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A nice condo we had previously owned was discussed a few times when it was relisted asking why it was not selling. We loved that place and thought about renting it (instead of selling), but we were afraid it would be rented by roommates and not families since it was in a popular area and had 3 beds and 3 baths.

The most sensible justification we saw for it sitting and not selling was that it was priced near the cost of a decent, but small, single-family home, but had over $1,000 in condo fees. Most with that financial profile would be looking for a house, and not a condo - so a smaller market of buyers.

Did it eventually sell? And did it sell at list price?

It sold for about $30K less than the initial listing.

[Anonymous]

A family friend's house was back in October. The poster disclosed basement water issues and it's still sitting on the market. It's been on the market since July.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A family friend's house was back in October. The poster disclosed basement water issues and it's still sitting on the market. It's been on the market since July.

I think I know the one. I felt like calling BS on that poster, it sounded fishy, but not like I know any better. Anyway, the fall was weird, we had a house sit for two months, which is why I noticed other houses sitting. Finally re-listed with a new agent in December and it was under contract first weekend.