Photo Gallery: Deferred Maintenance Disasters

Whenever I go out shopping with clients, I always make sure to have my camera with me.  I never know what kind of interesting things we will find along the way.  For your amusement, here are a few of the more interesting sights we have seen.  You won't find these photos on the MLS.

If the bare concrete walls and makeshift curtains don't make you feel at home, the giant sewer pipe intruding in your space certainly will.  

This is what happens when water is allowed to seep under the linoleum floor tiles. 

And this is what happens to your basement walls when you have a swamp cooler and sprinkler head dripping onto dirt that slopes into the foundation.  

Remember that time you ran your swamp cooler duct only to discover you made it pop out where you had framed a wall?  Then remember how you salvaged a box fan grill to cover it?  I do. 

This water is melted snow.  Typically we like to find this in the parking lot, not on the office floor and running down the hallway.

You know there is a design and water management problem when moss is growing on the stucco.  You know you have neglected to take care of the problem for a very long time when there are lichens growing there too.

I think it has been a while since someone has used this door.

Can you spot where the BBQ grill was?

Every property has its flaws, but these are just a few of the more interesting ones I have bumped into lately.  There will be more to see and share in the future.