people are rude...

[boodie]

Overheard comments from today, with my mental replies in italics.


"What an ugly loungesuite" You ain't buying my lounge, just the house

"I don't like the colour of the walls" Guess what Lady, beigey mushroom shit coloured isn't my fave either, but I was never allowed to repaint.

"The carpet is very tatty" After 15 years of continuous use you'd be tatty too.

"The windows are ugly" Yep, you'll get NO argument from me on that

"The curtains and the lounge dont match the walls and carpet" Sorry dear, I got what I could afford and no they don't match.

"What a dark and gloomy house" It's winter and in case you hadn't noticed theres a monsterous 40ft Gum tree planted just oustide the window, it cuts out a LOT of the light.

"What idiot knocked the wall out between the lounge and kitchen" That would be the idiots who owned the house 20 years ago.

"Oh how quaint, cloth covered electric cable" Not quaint dear, think rewiring ASAP dear.

"Half the light switches don't seem to work" Thats right, half of them dont, think rewiring.

"Does the shower and toilet work?" No lady, for the past 14 years we have showered outside under the sprinkler, Oh and watch where you put your feet down the back, thats where we shit.

"It's very cold in here" MY GOD could that be because the front door is open and it's winter and theres fifty people trooping in out of the place, I'm sorry I'll go put the heater on IMMEDIATELY.

"This place is a dump" Well thank you very much, I'll be round tommorrow to pass critique on your house shall I?

"Eww, they have cats, I bet the carpets are covered in cat urine" No, my cats have NEVER piddled on the carpet, thrown up a few times, but never piddled or crapped on the carpet.. My children on the other hand have done all three at one time or another.

"This place isnt worth $150K" Well I'm with you on THAT one.

"I wouldn't want to live here"

WELL I DO!!

Comments

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

The place is listed as a fixer-upper. I wonder what they think it means.

[dharawal.livejournal.com]

probably not as quite as much fixing uppering as they now see it needs.

[svashtar.livejournal.com]

Too bad you can't post signs that read:

"You can repaint."
"The furniture isn't staying, so stop bagging on it."
"Do you live in a barn? Shut the door and it won't be cold."
"Carpets can be replaced. Not my department."
"Stop talking like I'm not here."

When my landlord had open house, I just sat and glowered at people, mainly because I was so pisssed off at him. We eventually sued him for non-payment of our security deposit and won.

Later found out he had been using our phone to call England. Couldn't prove it, of course, but I don't know anyone in England and neither does the SO.

[dharawal.livejournal.com]

*giggle* Oh I have been so tempted, the few people who have actually bothered to ask me questions have been told the truth, and I have been very polite about it, because theres no way that the agent knows all that I know.

[mistystriker.livejournal.com]

Normally I'd give you this on IRC but it's too early for you to be awake =p

I won a Furbid sketch commission a few days ago.. enjoy.
http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/7008/boodiesketchzy6.jpg

and *hugs tight*

[mistystriker.livejournal.com]

The artist is Foux, by the way XD

[dharawal.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh, thank you sweety, thats so lovely

*hugs*

[inaniac.livejournal.com]

I do love your commentary.

[dharawal.livejournal.com]

hehe thanks, its probably just as well I keep it all subvocal, or else i might end up offending a lot of people 8-)

[inaniac.livejournal.com]

Oh, indubitably!

But do please keep sharing with us.

[dharawal.livejournal.com]

hehe, of course, it keeps me sane

[dimenianz.livejournal.com]

Was this with the agent around? They're probably nitpicking, making things out much worse than they are, in order to get some sort of discount on the place.

[dharawal.livejournal.com]

lol no, there were too many of them for the agent to do more than take names as they came in the door. He let them wander around the house alone.

[dimenianz.livejournal.com]

Granted the place does need work, but it baffles me how many people come to a low priced house (It still is pretty cheap on today's market) with such high expectations, and then feel they have a right to complain if they get disappointed.

[dharawal.livejournal.com]

god yes, what did they expect for $150k... I mean the ad said it all, a do upper... and thats what it is.