This is an Open House?

So being a nice sunny long weekend Sunday we decided to go see a few houses.
Our agent is a bit superstitious about seeing houses before you have sold the one you are selling(he was outta town anyway) but I really thought we should at least get an idea for the market is like just in case we are looking for something soon.
Now this was a long weekend and there weren't that many houses to see but I narrowed it down to three in our price range, in the decided upon neighbourhood and houses that were not on busy street and with the potential for a view of the mountains.
House #1 off of Victoria Drive. Yes it had a view. Is it me or should you not be cooking in the house when it is 'open' for viewing? And would you have sleeping people in the bedrooms? What about tenants who are in the basement sleeping on the floor while their children watch tv? Or what about clothes on the floor of the rental rooms? I really hope they were clean but I didn't feel that way after leaving the house. It's too bad as the house might have had potential I just couldn't get past the weirdness of it all.

House #2 off of Rupert Street. Yes it had a view too. I was shocked at the condition of the rentals. Only one was avaliable for viewing. It was in rough shape and the agent warned us that the carpets had just been cleaned and were still wet. Yuck. Upstairs we were not sure what think. There were people in the living room area. Not quite sure who they were. The upstairs had at least three bedrooms and, well, mattresses in every room on the floor (with suitcases) and all the bathrooms were not very clean. The kitchen was so unclean it was scary, in FoodSafe violation for sure. There were maps on the walls and we think it might have been rented out to visiting Asian students for short term, month to month, or shorter term. There were signs with what looked like rules on charts in the house. I felt sorry for the neglected house.

House #3 was on 30th Ave. between Knight and Victoria (in the Bermuda Triangle of Vancouver - anyone who has tried to find an address in this area knows what I am talking about!).
Also had a view (though not as nice as the other two). This was a 2 year old house, awesomely landscaped and on a corner lot but not. Okay what this means is that it is on a corner of Argyle and 30th Ave but the city must own the extra land (I'd say 8 feet) as there is no sidewalk (but some nice leafy trees) but the frontage on the specs sheet says it's only 31 feet and it is much wider than that! Mom thought the extra green space reminded her of a park. After seeing what we had early in the day this looked like a PNE prize home. It was occupied by a bachelor and the decor included a fuze ball table in the living (no dining room table). It had two suites in the basement. One has access only from the outside. The kitchen in one suite has never been used! The other also occupied by a bachelor and we think he was a DJ.

After seeing this one I have hope that there is some nice property out there waiting for us.