Your Condo Hard Sell Is No Longer Needed

It’s not clear exactly who it was that first noticed the oh, maybe 9- or 10-inch-tall object sitting upright in the background of a bathroom photo included in the for-sale listing on Cressida Glen Ln. in Crescent Park Village. The listing for the Alief property — just minutes from the Westpark Tollway! — was first posted 15 days ago, but it wasn’t until early yesterday morning that email and online discussions about it really got going. The photo caption read “Large master with jacuzzi tub” and showed the sink, toilet, and a bit of the shower curtain, but that’s not what caught your attention. “I called [the real estate agent] to give her a heads up and she hung up [on] me so I took a picture to post on the internet for eternity,” a Reddit user commented around 1 pm. An hour or so later, the photo was gone from the listing.

What photo? The NSFW one below:

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No, not that one. That’s just the living room. Gotta set this one up just a bit first. “SHORT SALE– This open 2.5stry 2/2.5/1 shows like a model,” read the listing. And really, at $68,900 for a 4-year-old 1,430-sq.-ft. condo in the 77072, how could you go wrong?

Oh. Did you need that last image enlarged? Probably not, but just in case:

Not long after the Reddit user’s phone call, the listing wasn’t just withdrawn temporarily; it was terminated. (Although the other photos in the listing are still posted here.) “Makes me wonder if the homeowner saw it and got mad at the agent for posting the picture and fired her,” writes one of the readers who was kind enough to point Swamplot to the listing. “Who knows?”

Photos: HAR

77072, Alief, Condos, Crescent Park Village, Home Decor, Interiors, Real Estate Marketing

31 Comment

htownproud January 31, 2011 at 1:10 pm

ha ha ha
Lost_In_Translation January 31, 2011 at 1:23 pm

saw that over the weekend on the city-data forum. How you miss something like that, I have no idea. I’d have fired that RE agent too. However, leaving something like that out at all is…uhh…not wise.
wilf January 31, 2011 at 1:24 pm

I’m sure they realtor is telling all her friends and co-workers, “I thought it was some sort of tribal inspired fertility candle. How was I supposed to know it was a Jumbo Jack Man o War?”
Electra January 31, 2011 at 2:08 pm

At least there’s an electrical outlet located close-by for convenient recharging…
Hugo January 31, 2011 at 2:17 pm

Lmfao!!!!! So realistic..
markd January 31, 2011 at 2:31 pm

I love reddit!
Lou Minatti January 31, 2011 at 2:33 pm

And I thought burying a statue of St Joe was weird.
doofus January 31, 2011 at 4:43 pm

Damn, am I the only one feeling less-endowed after having seen this listing?
Adam Smith January 31, 2011 at 5:38 pm

LMAO ROFL OMG!!!!!!!!
SFP January 31, 2011 at 5:45 pm

I bet Adam is a really fast texter.
Lindsey January 31, 2011 at 6:11 pm

what a crazy world we live in….
a casual observer January 31, 2011 at 7:18 pm

That’s included in the asking price….right?
realtor January 31, 2011 at 7:55 pm

i have encountered much worse…
array of enema tools anyone? try spinning that into a piece of performance art to your client
Veso January 31, 2011 at 8:00 pm

OMG! I want to recruit that agent for my company!! Either way, the ad mentions that the place comes with washer, dryer and a 50inch TV, but says nothing about the self-pleasuring device! Odd, it probably would have sold by now….
PYEWACKET2 January 31, 2011 at 8:45 pm

so funny…..I’d have thought it would be in the bedroom….
kt2le January 31, 2011 at 8:48 pm

I can’t stop ROTFLMAO!! OMG that’s the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. And to think I was initially appalled that the toilet seat was up. I’m crying I’m laughing so hard.
realtor January 31, 2011 at 9:01 pm

I saw this on Digg yesterday and was awed by the amount of comments about how it was just so amazing that you could buy a place in Houston like this for under 70k. HAR….where are you????? BTW changing tag from Realtor as that is against the rules…will now be RealAnon
marketingwiz February 1, 2011 at 8:23 am

Fire the real estate agent? I’d fire the moron client! Who TF would want to touch that thing in order to remove it from the photo, other than the person who uses it? That’s a bit much to expect from a Realtor, eh? Maybe remove it with tongs? Talk about slime! Ick.
Craig February 1, 2011 at 10:03 am

What a ding dong!
Brandy February 1, 2011 at 5:02 pm

Highlight of my day seeing this picture. Wowsa!
BoarCoon February 1, 2011 at 8:36 pm

MANDINGO!
I call it February 1, 2011 at 9:03 pm

It’s bad enough that thing is there in the picture. What’s worse is it’s there ON TOP OF THE TERLET. Which begs the question, was it placed there before or, er, after…

Oh come on. Don’t tell me it didn’t cross your mind, too.
Bill February 1, 2011 at 10:26 pm

Looks like Big Johnson Plumbing company left one of their “tools”.
Lucy February 2, 2011 at 7:17 am

I know one’s eyes immediately focus on one thing, but why are there dual toilet paper rolls?
Bill February 2, 2011 at 9:56 pm

His and Hers, of course.
Bill&Bob February 2, 2011 at 10:27 pm

His and His, of course.
PYEWACKET2 February 2, 2011 at 10:50 pm

I’m guessing the bathroom with the black shower curtain is jealous.

And Bill #23

I was laughing so loud, I woke up the old man.
Wink1111 February 16, 2011 at 4:52 pm

So that explains the TWO toilet paper roll holders that are BOTH almost out of paper. And I don’t want to know what’s on the wicker table with the magazines and hand towel laying on it!
Big Johnson April 22, 2011 at 1:21 pm

Don’t drop it in the toilet! You could electricute yourself getting it out… :)
Mark April 26, 2011 at 12:12 pm

Why WHY WHY is that thing on the TOILET!?!?!?
rent condo makati May 3, 2013 at 11:51 pm

LOL! Now that is a ‘hard’ lesson learned.. for both parties!