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Seller has used my pictures

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  • penguingirl
    penguingirl Posts: 1,397 Forumite
    As others have said- you don't own the copyright to the photos anyway. Your former EA does. I'm assuming the property is being sold through the same EA? If it isn't, then your former EA might be able to take action against the new EA.

    But it was 10 years ago. It doesn't matter what the new owners have done/ not done to the house. They paid for the right to let the garden grow over. When we sell a house we have to accept that it is no longer ours and move on. I would take it as a compliment that I had presented the house well!
  • Marvel1
    Marvel1 Posts: 7,512 Forumite
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    I also read about you are not happy about the overgrown garden, I recommend you do not sell where you are living now.
  • marksoton
    marksoton Posts: 17,516 Forumite
    pioneer31 wrote: »
    I'm not looking for compensation, what I am looking for is giving the seller a slap on the wrist, or etting the EA do it.

    I'm intrigued. In what form would this manifest itself!? The mind boggles...
  • marksoton wrote: »
    I'm intrigued. In what form would this manifest itself!? The mind boggles...

    Like the basement scene from Pulp Fiction? :eek:
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    I would consider the use of pictures taken years ago as 'misrepresentation' of the true facts.

    Of which 'facts' ?
  • kinger101
    kinger101 Posts: 6,788 Forumite
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    googler wrote: »
    Of which 'facts' ?

    The photo of the clock shows the wrong time of day.
    "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    kinger101 wrote: »
    The photo of the clock shows the wrong time of day.
    You cannot know that.

    You have no way of knowing at what time of day prospective buyers are viewing the photos.
  • Running_Horse
    Running_Horse Posts: 11,809 Forumite
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    pioneer31 wrote: »
    I also visited the house a year ago and saw that the landscaped garden had been left to an overgrown mess. It barely resembled the garden we left.


    Yes I know it's not my house anymore but I was mildly irritated that they used pictures that my EA took of the house with my furniture and the garden that I left._


    None of this surprises me, the people we sold to would have murdered their grandmother for a tenner, they were that tight.
    You should visit the new owners when they move into your house to ascertain whether or not they maintain your garden in a manner you approve of. And make sure they have furnished your house in a tasteful style. You also need to be reassured the new owners of your house are not too parsimonious.
    Been away for a while.
  • marksoton
    marksoton Posts: 17,516 Forumite
    You should visit the new owners when they move into your house to ascertain whether or not they maintain your garden in a manner you approve of. And make sure they have furnished your house in a tasteful style. You also need to be reassured the new owners of your house are not too parsimonious.

    Fair play, that's the first time i've had to google a term!
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