I guess you could categorize this one as a "fixer upper'

[True Dough]

More heartwarming photos from this home in Stanwood, WA, at the link below. Bring a hammer and some saws. Maybe a demolition crew! It's just a mere quarter-million bucks, BTW!

https://www.zillow.com/homes/32218-83rd-Drive-NW,-Stanwood,-WA-98292_rb/38544902_zpid/

[Chipper Chat]

1. Lunch al fresco

On a beautiful blue table.

[MiniMe]

2. My thought is that it's the location that is worth a lot, not the house

[littlemissmartypants]

3. Ditto. Plus the property taxes appear to have exponentially escalated.

If I'm reading the listing correctly. My first thought was what a nightmare it would be if you had any physical limitations. Also, wall to wall carpet, no thanks. I'd visit out of curiosity but probably wouldn't stay long.

[Scrivener7]

4. It has a pending sale.

[localroger]

5. Could be more sound and comfy than a conventional house, depending on who built it

I'm sure the value in the real estate listing is for the land minus the cost of tearing the makeshift house down, but if the people who built that house really cared it might be more sound and comfortable than a conventional house made with the usual profit factors in mind. Just because they obviously used found materials and built it incrementally doesn't implicitly mean they did it wrong. I'd have to do an on site inspection before deciding that the house is junk. I could definitely imagine living comfortably in that house as long as it doesn't leak and has appropriate climate controls.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. Agreed -- I'd want to see the bones, foundation, and roof.

[SalamanderSleeps]

8. I concur. Once upon a time I was a frame carpenter.

To my eye it appears to be an excellent "re" sourced house.

[LudwigPastorius]

6. Did the seven dwarfs that were living in it get evicted?

[NBachers]

10. No, the Hole in the Wall Gang got rounded up and sent off to the Territorial Prison.

[NBachers]

9. Rustic Charm