Similar to @VVKills27 the house we purchased three and a half years ago was originally described as recently refurbished. We didn't actually view it then as we're just checking out the area ahead of a long distance move (England to Wales) and wanted to see what was available with land in our budget. Actually, in our case we were looking for a project as we've done loads previously 🙄
Anyway, when scrutinising the pics I noticed that not only did it have very obviously peeling paint to front door and windows (which looked ancient, and not in a good way considering the property was a 400 year old cottage!), but that both bathroom (actually a shower room) and kitchen - which were both described as newly fitted - looked at least ten years out of date. But, because of its great location/land and its project-worthiness, I saved this particular one to my RM list although I didn't really think about it again till a couple of years later when it turned up, hugely reduced in price as a repossession!
Of course during the intervening years when we finally viewed in person in Jan 2018 the condition had deteriorated, but nonetheless I was proved right about the pics from the original listing. Turned out it had been refurbed by a previous owner in 1999 😮, then sold in 2006 at a massive profit to a couple from the US who subsequently did very little. These were the ones who got repossessed. We even found dates on the kitchen and bathroom fittings dating them to the early noughties (2000/2001) with the previous owner's name...she's an artist, well known locally.
So a really recent refurb - of about fifteen years when the place was first advertised for sale! We're still uncovering poorly done jobs too and by the time we're finished nothing from that recent refurb will exist (we're not in a listed building, btw!).
On the subject of ridiculously sized rooms, one recently sold near us with a kitchen that was 16' x 3' 😂 meaning there was a 30cm sliver to stand in whilst cooking etc!!