I wonder what it said?

You've made me want to trawl the estate agent sites now.

Foxygloves

Does anybody remember the property ads by Roy Brooks, the refreshingly honest London estate agent of the 1960’s?
His weekly advertisements in the Sunday Times and Observer became must-reads, predominately for their refreshing honesty in a profession not known, then as now, for its candour.
An example
Wanted: Someone with taste, means and a stomach strong enough to buy this erstwhile house of ill-repute in Pimlico. It is untouched by the 20th century as far as conveniences for even the basic human decencies are concerned. Although it reeks of damp or worse, the plaster is coming off the walls and daylight peeps through a hole in the roof, it is still habitable judging by the bed of rags, fag ends and empty bottles in one corner. Plenty of scope for the socially aspiring to express their decorative taste and get their abode in The Glossy, and nothing to stop them putting Westminster on their notepaper. Comprises 10 rather unpleasant rooms with slimy back yard

Who could resist indeed?

wonderful

Does anybody remember the property ads by Roy Brooks, the refreshingly honest London estate agent of the 1960’s?
His weekly advertisements in the Sunday Times and Observer became must-reads, predominately for their refreshing honesty in a profession not known, then as now, for its candour.
An example
Wanted: Someone with taste, means and a stomach strong enough to buy this erstwhile house of ill-repute in Pimlico. It is untouched by the 20th century as far as conveniences for even the basic human decencies are concerned. Although it reeks of damp or worse, the plaster is coming off the walls and daylight peeps through a hole in the roof, it is still habitable judging by the bed of rags, fag ends and empty bottles in one corner. Plenty of scope for the socially aspiring to express their decorative taste and get their abode in The Glossy, and nothing to stop them putting Westminster on their notepaper. Comprises 10 rather unpleasant rooms with slimy back yard

Who could resist indeed?

'Greeted by the lounge in floor length velveteen with maribou trim'.

😂
‘Are you a genuine buyer, or just having a good old nose?’

Funnily enough we have just seen one of our previous houses houses which we bought as a new build and sold 25 years ago on Rightmove. The estate agents description is “needing a little TLC which is reflected in the low price” Nearly half a million pounds is not a low price for that house!
It looks as if nothing has been done to maintain or update the property since we sold it, apart from removing a very expensive fitted carpet in the living room and varnishing the floorboards! The photos are dreadful too. Needless to say it hasn’t sold and has been on the market for 7 months!

I used to plan the property pages for several of our newspapers, which involved trawling local estate agents' websites for suitable properties. One agent in particular (north east England) was terrible - their photos were just awful. No-one had ever made an attempt to even tidy up the properties, with rubbish lying around everywhere - and in one notable instance, dirty knickers lying on the unmade bed!

Wipe your feet on the way out!

Ooh, I'm on a roll now.

Another house has glazed, double doors which flow to the sun room.

kittylester

And, 'a louvred door grants access to an understairs cupboard'.

… but only if you know the password!

And, 'a louvred door grants access to an understairs cupboard'.

Don't buy me, this estate agent has hugely overpriced me..

Germanshepherdsmum

Did the lounge go on to ‘boast’ a log burner? I find properties almost always ‘boast’ things.

To be fair gsm, this house didn't 'boast' about anything being 'ripe for renovation and modernisation'.

It did have a very nice, old, stove of some sort in the voluble lounge.

That's funny. Maybe the agents try different wording to make things more interesting from time to time. I too enjoy those property sites. When we sold our house I insisted on proof-reading the estate agent's details and found several spelling mistakes and omissions. I especially love the photos. Some people obviously make a huge effort in presenting their home well whereas others look simply dreadful. My pet hate is seeing a tea towel hanging from the cooker.

Did the lounge go on to ‘boast’ a log burner? I find properties almost always ‘boast’ things.

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