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  • ProDave said "Did they also turn down the colour on all the internal photographs?  Or is it really that devoid of any colour inside?"

    This current obsession with "grey everything" is crazy! When I was looking for a house last year, there were numerous houses where it looked like they'd put up back and white photos instead of colour ones. There was absolutely nothing that wasn't grey in many of the houses. Not even the occasional accent of colour.

    Mxx
  • Patr100
    Patr100 Posts: 2,769 Forumite
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    ariarnia said:
    This was posted on a different thread but made me think again. why are agents in multiple listings turning up the contrast on their photos so much the items int he room look photoshopped? also means the carpet looks a right mess with hoover marks. 

    https://www.onthemarket.com/details/10719385/
    The effect is more than just contrast, it's HDR (High Dynamic Range) - basically unlike a usual limited depth of field , everything is equally in sharp focus and detail so it makes it look unreal. 
  • ariarnia
    ariarnia Posts: 4,225 Forumite
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    Patr100 said:
    ariarnia said:
    This was posted on a different thread but made me think again. why are agents in multiple listings turning up the contrast on their photos so much the items int he room look photoshopped? also means the carpet looks a right mess with hoover marks. 

    https://www.onthemarket.com/details/10719385/
    The effect is more than just contrast, it's HDR (High Dynamic Range) - basically unlike a usual limited depth of field , everything is equally in sharp focus and detail so it makes it look unreal. 
    in some of the listings i've seen it's quite unsettling and unnatural looking. especially but not only those with lurid green fake grass like that bungalow that already look strange/wrong. when you hear about people being tricked into paying a deposit on a none existent house based on things like screen shots from computer games it's less unbelievable when looking at some of these listings.  
    Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. Anne Lamott

    It's amazing how those with a can-do attitude and willingness to 'pitch in and work' get all the luck, isn't it?

    Please consider buying some pet food and giving it to your local food bank collection or animal charity. Animals aren't to blame for the cost of living crisis.
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    This current obsession with "grey everything" is crazy! 

    Off-topic, but - seems to be the current trend in car colours, too. 

    Count the battleship grey cars next time you're out and about ...
  • anotheruser
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    I think the inside of this house would give me a permanent migraine!  :#B)

    https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/119635811#/?channel=RES_BUY
    But then an excellent blank canvas to add colour...
  • anotheruser
    anotheruser Posts: 3,485 Forumite
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    Misslayed said:
    "upper cottage flat"

    what the hell is that?!

    Why not just say it for what it is - a house that's been split by some greedy doorknob into two flats, when clearly it was buit as a house, meaning the poor person who has to live there as they can't afford anywhere else has an absolutely awful quality of life.
  • Slinky
    Slinky Posts: 10,963 Forumite
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    There's a house in here somewhere under the wallpaper and other treasures


    Make £2025 in 2025
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  • robatwork
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    Slinky said:
    There's a house in here somewhere under the wallpaper and other treasures


    It's a miracle to have such great cultured pictures from 1985. Wallpaper from a poisoned mind makes me really want to hurt them. Anyway, no time left, karma calls. 
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