History Main / TheAllegedHouse

* In China, there is the term "Tofu-dreg project" (豆腐渣工程), also known as "Tofu Buildings," which refers to buildings that are so poorly constructed (as a result of corruption and many corners cut so that only cheap materials are bought, not helped at all by rampant growth of urbanization) that walls can easily by dug with bare hands, and as well as a ''much'' shorter building lifespan.

* In China, there is the term "Tofu-dreg project" (豆腐渣工程), also known as "Tofu Buildings", which refers to buildings that are so poorly constructed (as a result of corruption and many corners cut so that only cheap materials are bought, not helped at all by rampant growth of urbanization) that walls can easily by dug with bare hands, and as well as a ''much'' shorter building lifespan.

* ''VideoGame/DotsHome'': Grandma Mavis' house has wallpaper peeling off the walls, stains in corners of the ceiling, a leaky roof on the second floor, and a dusty basement that's giving Carlos asthma attacks. This is because she was scammed into owning it by Murphy's grandfather when she and Karl made the deal with him in 1959.

** In strict comparison to the house owned by his ex-wife, Jack's apartment is this. It's utterly Spartan with only a few items of furniture, Jack's closet with [[WallOfGuns his reserve guns]] and lots of similar clothes (and assassins always trying to hide there so Jack spends a fortune constantly paying for replacement doors), and a nice view of the highway.

* Many of the default houses in ''VideoGame/TheSims'' series are described this way. They generally come with the lowest tier items, which are prone to breakdowns and malfunctions. It's also possible to create your own if you don't know what you're doing, or are [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential feeling a bit malevolent towards your sims]].

* You can buy one of these in ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}''. It isn't until after the purchase that you'll be able to see that it's one due to missing a wall.
* ''VideoGame/CragneManor'': The available houses in the shady, horrifying town of Backwater, as detailed in a real estate pamphlet, have such upsides as "Concrete-sealed basement, hardly any muttering!" and "Entire upstairs still mostly above water!"

[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Understatement}} It's a bit of a fixer-upper.]]]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "To Love and Die in Dixie", the Griffins put in WitnessProtection and relocated to an ''[[DeepSouth extremely]]'' [[DeepSouth rural town in Alabama]], and upon seeing their new house for the first time, Lois blithely comments "If we fixed it up a bit, it could be [[BaitAndSwitch a piece of crap.]]"
* WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} tries to build his own house in the short film "Home Made Home." Through a variety of [[DoomItYourself the usual mishaps]], the finished product becomes this by virtue of {{Bizarrchitecture}} and collapsing ''during the housewarming party''. Peter [[FloorboardFailure falls through the floorboards]] ''twice'' (once immediately upon entering the house for the first time, again while exploring the upstairs]]), there's a smell that Brian describes as that of either bad meat or good cheese, a goopy jar in the basement with ''a human hand'' in it, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and for some reason]], Creator/JeffFoxworthy is in the closet. Peter tries to turn on the TV to "some kind of nature show" and gets attacked by a racoon, and in trying to use the bathroom -- i.e., an outhouse -- [[OverturnedOuthouse a bird crashes into it and tips over while he's using it]].

* WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} tries to build his own house in the short film "Home Made Home." Through a variety of [[DoomItYourself the usual mishaps]], the finished product becomes this by virtue of {{Bizarrchitecture}} and collapsing ''during the housewarming party''.