Monday, May 7, 2007

Decoding Real Estate Jargon

Here's what some popular descriptors may really mean:

State-of-the-art: Meet the Jetsons
Spacious: Airplane hangar
Charming: Small
Gourmet: Viking range
Cute or cozy: Small
View: Of what?
Fantastic: According to whom?
Well-maintained: Old, but not a disaster
Wonderful: Not much to talk about
Great neighborhood: What's wrong with the house?
Renovated: Red flag: botched job?
Remodeled: When? How long ago?
Fixer-upper: A shack
Handyman's dream: A wreck
Needs TLC: Somebody screwed up a remodel
Romantic: Old
Tear-down: Just what it says: tear it down
No price: Overpriced
Great starter home: Tiny
As-is: Smells like a tear-down

Source: zillow.com

1 comment:

ann said...

Love the site Charley. Ann D and I had a great laugh over the "Decoding Real Estate Jargon"