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  1. Wow. That is weird. I love my two cats but no way I could do that! Breaks my heart to think of whoever lived there with such OCD. Whoever buys the house has a lot of work to do.

  2. I got a great bargain on my 1700 sq ft house because the previous owner had at least 9 cats. No kidding. One of the neighbors told me she tried to count them all, but lost count at nine cats.
    The odor in the house was so strong my real estate agent showed it from the curb, standing next to her car claiming she had to “… return a few calls”. I viewed the unoccupied house in between breaths , running outside for a gulp of fresh air before sprinting through the next room. The air stung my eyes leaving them glassy pink and blood shot too. Afterwards the odor was trapped in my hair. Ugh!
    But, I liked the neighborhood and the house had a great layout. I made an offer and it was accepted.
    The colors were “Taste Specific” , minty toothpaste green kitchen cabinets with curb yellow walls & trim. Though I’m sure it made sense in context with their decor, I personally committed to a palate of daring shades of beige.
    It took a lot of work to remediate the smell. Three weeks and three chemicals later, the smell was much decreased and all of the crickets & spiders were dead. It took an ozone machine 2 weeks, room by room, to erase the last of the lingering scent. Thank God, because I was begining to wonder if I had made a BIG mistake. Several years later, I’m glad I took the risk, it has been a happy home.
    When my best friend called to tell me they had got a cat, I had to caution her , “You are now officially 8 cats away from being a crazy cat lady.”
    Amused she replied, “Is there actually a count?”
    “Yes”, I replied with conviction, “Nine.”

    • Cats get such a bum rap because their owners are slovenly. I have two. I’ve had people come into the house to do work who say when one of them pokes their head around a corner, “You have cats? I would never have guessed. I don’t smell a thing.”

      And I think well yeah. Why would you? I change their boxes and make sure they aren’t nervous wrecks peeing all over the place. And of course, both of them are neutered.

      Cats are very clean. Until they get old and then you have the typical aging pet problems.

  3. Wow… You can’t make this stuff up. I wonder if this was a “finished product” or if the original owner was thinking “it could use one more right there…. And there…and there…”.

    • I feel like they had plans to get to the ceiling that there was never time for :-).

  4. Um, nothing to do with horrid cat house, but could we have a snippet please to chase the uglies away

  5. My daughter showed this to me the other day. Her one comment was “Where are the litter boxes?” **SHUDDER** I love cats. A cat owns me, but…,but…No.

  8. Easier to sell than redecorate, that’s for sure. I hope the actual owner is under treatment, seriously. That’s worse than Dolores Umbridge, and (fans of Harry Potter will understand for sure) is saying A LOT.

  10. Unrelated… I’d like an Ilona Andrews App for my phone and I’m thinking of bribing my hubby for one. Yes, everyone… I’m that lazy.

  11. Ilona, totally off topic, but didn’t you say previously that you liked the “British Bake-off” show, or something like that? I think I saw something about a “British Cake-off” (?) show starting tonight.

  12. When I saw that I was gob stopped. must be serious OCD. Digressing – having turned someone onto Ilona’s blog,
    they sent me this link during our discussion of mythical beasts. I present the Owlcat… (and boy are the freaky cute!)

    http://pleated-jeans.com/2016/08/17/cat-owls-are-the-animal-crossover-you-never-knew-you-needed/

    if such were actual a real animal, how wow would it be? Feral cat smarts with owl stealth and flying. Look out Pidgeons, here comes the owlcat…

  13. I have a friend that lives very near where this house is located and asked her about it. Turns out the owner is a 70 something lady who goes by the name of……Kat. Go figure! Every piece of clothing she wears has a cat on it. Every piece. The pants, the socks, the shirt the sweater. She is selling the house because she’s gotten engaged and is moving in with her fiancee. Which of course begs the question(s). Did he see the inside of this house before he proposed and how long will it take her to do this to his house?

  14. I live next dio to a crazy cat lady. She easily has upwards of 20 cats that hang around her house, inside and out. She feeds them, formally and informally. We used to have lots of birds. No more. This is what her house looks like. I’ve started trapping the cats, have them spayed and neutered, given shots, hoping to reduce the population.

    • Sheryl that is such a good thing to do! I just wanted to say I’m amazed and humbled by your good work.

      Feral cats are a real bane to songbird populations (which are already under threat from urban population expansion) and by far the most moral way to deal with the issue is just to spay/neuter the cats, and keep pets from killing birds. Unfortunately, many pet owners are not conscientious and it is expensive to run public programs to spay/neuter cats. I personally have frequently wanted to do so but have been unable to afford to do so privately, so I just want to say I am really impressed by your willingness to take personal responsibility and do something good for your community.

  15. not going to be an easy sale anyway Concho is a very small town near the border between Arizona and New Mexico, mostly ranching and wind farms.

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