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Most deceptive EA blurb

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  • Pimperne1
    Pimperne1 Posts: 2,177 Forumite
    Rinoa wrote: »
    Can't imagine. Although it does say PPR against his name. Anyone know what that means? ;)

    Banned twice from the same website? That's even better than my record!:beer::j:T:rotfl::):):)
  • heathcote123
    heathcote123 Posts: 1,133 Forumite
    Rinoa wrote: »
    Can't imagine. Although it does say PPR against his name. Anyone know what that means? ;)

    Perpetually Paying Rent?

    :) no seriously, why's he been banned this time?
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    nearlynew wrote: »
    I hate houses where the front door opens off the street straight into the living room.

    Why? Some very old houses have that (my parents' previous house in Kent did) and I didn't dislike it at all.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • chewmylegoff
    chewmylegoff Posts: 11,469 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    i don't like a door onto the street from your front room because when you open the door anyone walking past (or the jehovah's witness who has just knocked on your front door) is basically in your front room, and there are cars going past about a foot away from your telly. of course if it's a 16 bedroom mansion up a private drive it's not as annoying ;)

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-33923369.html
    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-27803051.html?

    to be fair, not quite £600k

    unless you want a third bedroom...

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-35061221.html
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 13 October 2011 at 4:18AM
    I don't see any deception. I see a number of people who probably grew up in houses similar to this, being a bit rude about it.

    It may look pretty decent value to those 'dahn sarth,' because they're used to paying huge prices for stuff, which in its raw form, costs no more than about £35-50k.

    If anyone is being deceived, it's those who would willingly pay over 250 grand for something like this, because it's inside the M25.
  • JWF
    JWF Posts: 363 Forumite
    There's loads of houses like that in the Medway Towns in Kent. I can't see what the fuss is about. OK it may have a couple of features that aren't ideal (front door, pebble dashing) but.. er... won't they be pretty obvious when a potential buyer views the property, even if they are too dim to notice from the Rightmove listing. I can't see where the deception is.
    All I seem to hear is blah blah blah!
  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 50,614 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Name Dropper
    That house gives a lot for your money, given the inside is so much nicer than the outside.
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  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    chewmylegoff wrote: »
    i don't like a door onto the street from your front room because when you open the door anyone walking past (or the jehovah's witness who has just knocked on your front door) is basically in your front room, and there are cars going past about a foot away from your telly. of course if it's a 16 bedroom mansion up a private drive it's not as annoying ;)


    A lot of houses other than 16 bed mansions have a front path, or similar, surely?

    http://www.primelocation.com/uk-property-for-sale/details/id/LMEA999000148/

    http://www.primelocation.com/uk-property-for-sale/details/id/LMEA999000148/
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • Loughton_Monkey
    Loughton_Monkey Posts: 8,913 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Hung up my suit!
    Radsteral wrote: »
    i hate pebledashiing

    Well try pink pebbledashing, which is what I inherited 13 years ago!

    Not only that, but every wall in every room, was painted pink. Even some aluminium/pannelled suspended ceilings were painted pink. The tarmac drive was pink.
  • AD9898_2
    AD9898_2 Posts: 527 Forumite
    Pimperne1 wrote: »
    Banned twice from the same website? That's even better than my record!:beer::j:T:rotfl::):):)

    I'm afraid I hold the undesputed record :D, and I think many posters who've been here a while will back me on this..... It stands at approximately 40, give or take.

    But you can't keep a good man down, I think they've given up now :)
    Have owned outright since Sept 2009, however I'm of the firm belief that high prices are a cancer on society, they have sucked money out of the economy, handing it to banks who've squandered it.
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