The "have a look at this!" thread

Rachel_123

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-33432356.html

If only I had one of these for my driveway!

devotee

Rachel_123 wrote: »

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-33432356.html

If only I had one of these for my driveway!

Looks like they are advertising the driveway!:think:

BugglyB

mamamoi wrote: »

been having a giggle reading through this thread tonight.

Check out the size of this conservatory pic 14.... poss bigger than my whole house!
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-27162883.html?premiumA=true

Ahh you say that but if you look in the bottom right hand corner at the lamp you can see it strrettchhh - thats a nice big wide angle lens there!

Davesnave

492800 wrote: »

I was always under the impression that EA were not allowed to use wide angled lenses or to "touch up" their images.. (we were told this by our EA when trying to sell a place a couple of years ago)

Having seen so many places recently, it would seem i am wrong. Does anyone know if there are any "rules"?

First question: What is a wide angle lens?
Answer: As what the eye sees is closest to a 50mmm lens, perhaps it should be anything less than 50mm.

Second question: Where do modern zoom lenses start?
Answer: Usually around 28mm, and often less.

Therein lies the problem, if it is one. Personally I don't think it is.

As for touching-up images, that's pretty hard to prove. I made the sky better on the photo our EA took of our frontage, but that was because the sun made it impossible to shoot well at the best time of day.

Leory

Rachel_123 wrote: »

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-33432356.html

If only I had one of these for my driveway!

I did have one of those in my flats in Manchester! Good idea when working, crap idea when your car is stuck 6 foot in the air and it will take the engineers 2 hours to get there :mad:

Skint_Catt

BugglyB wrote: »

Ahh you say that but if you look in the bottom right hand corner at the lamp you can see it strrettchhh - thats a nice big wide angle lens there!

It's stil 16ft wide though!

The EA I used to work for always used (and still does) wide angle lenses - you can tell when the toilet looks 2ft wide and the tv on the wall is 8ft wide but 1ft tall! Widescreen anyone?!

Davesnave

492800 wrote: »

I wonder if photoshoppping the sky would come under this description.. :-p
Im always amazed at how this estate agent always manages to get the same sunny/cloudy sky in most of their pics .. it must always be lovely weather in S.E London

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html/svr/2711;jsessionid=A4A1529B8BD96754700D5FF26C9F1AC0?locationIdentifier=BRANCH^14975&includeSSTC=true&_includeSSTC=on&index=20

But is that a problem? The seller wants their house to be viewed first time in the best possible light.

In my experience, a good agent will pop back and do a new first picture if conditions are poor when the original was done, so what you seem to be highlighting here is a good agent, or perhaps the sunny weather without rain which we had for months this year; I'm not sure which.

So far as I can see, a pretty sky would only be misleading if the area the house was in never had good weather. (No jokes about North Wales, please )

Matt1977

Caveat_Mortgagor wrote: »

This house dispells the myth that everyone who buys a council house will take better care because the own it.

WARNING - Do not click the link if you are easily offended!

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-30527899.html?premiumA=true

I know some people trash their houses when they are repo'd, but this isnt merely down to a last minute wrecking spree.

Surely its always been this bad. The worst house I have ever seen.

That is incredible. I would love to know the background story behind that house. Surely the person who eventually bought it must have had children to be able to live in the house in the first place? Unless they were estranged, how could they allow the house to decay into such a state? :huh:

Interesting to note that there are some identical houses to this design on estates to the South and West of Norwich (steel construction, I believe). Also noticed similar houses on a 'neighbourhood watched' type documentary filmed in Lancashire. Was this some UK wide approve design of council house for quick construction after the destruction of World War 2?

celyn90

Matt1977 wrote: »

That is incredible. I would love to know the background story behind that house. Surely the person who eventually bought it must have had children to be able to live in the house in the first place? Unless they were estranged, how could they allow the house to decay into such a state? :huh:

Interesting to note that there are some identical houses to this design on estates to the South and West of Norwich (steel construction, I believe). Also noticed similar houses on a 'neighbourhood watched' type documentary filmed in Lancashire. Was this some UK wide approve design of council house for quick construction after the destruction of World War 2?

I think they are these http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BISF_house

We have a large estate in Oxford of these type of houses; plus a lot of solid concrete ones in other parts of the city.

My grandmothers house was in this state when she died; she wouldn't accept help with it's upkeep at all; even if it was cleaned, it would be back in that state within weeks. My uncle, who lived with her until she died never made any effort either. When he moved into a seperate flat after her death, his house got that bad really fast and it had to be gutted when he died - it was shoulder high in takeaway boxes in some rooms. Both were unwell but neither would take the help that was offered; either from family or from professionals cel x

Matt1977

celyn90 wrote: »

I think they are these http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BISF_house

We have a large estate in Oxford of these type of houses; plus a lot of solid concrete ones in other parts of the city.

My grandmothers house was in this state when she died; she wouldn't accept help with it's upkeep at all; even if it was cleaned, it would be back in that state within weeks. My uncle, who lived with her until she died never made any effort either. When he moved into a seperate flat after her death, his house got that bad really fast and it had to be gutted when he died - it was shoulder high in takeaway boxes in some rooms. Both were unwell but neither would take the help that was offered; either from family or from professionals cel x

Thanks for the link, cel.

Sorry to hear about your grandmother and uncle. I guess that it is probably the same situation with that house in Coventry.