Rightmove photos

[Sweetheart1313]

I'm not planning on moving anytime soon but I go on Rightmove every now and then to have a nosy. It might just be Estate Agents in my area, but has anyone else noticed an increase in irrelevant, wanky lifestyle photos? By that, I mean ones of a nice piece of furniture or a close-up of a fireplace with flowers on the mantelpiece. Like this split screen photo attached - just why?????? surely what their furniture looks like is irrelevant?

I noticed our local ones include a photo of the railway station sign (even if its not near) and the CrossRail sign.

I don't need a photo of the XYZTown Railway Station sign (not even the station!) to know what it looks like .

Is the WankyPhoto just a space filler?

Definitely an increase here too but I feel we need photos if only to feed my property porn addiction

Links. We need links, sorry

Yes!

@70isaLimitNotaTarget those station photos sound very wanky too. Not sure why they need them when there's a 'Nearest station' bit on RightMove already

I don't think the photo was a space filler, there are 23 photos in total for a 3 bed house! There are a couple more wanky ones of the sink and oven as well

It's even worse with new build houses.

I do like those two tone baskets though...

I don't mind a small sprinkling of wanky pictures quite so much if they are of items included in the sale- oven/ kitchen units etc.
But wanky photos of the sellers' furniture are just ridiculous and fool no one!!!!!

Here are some wanky links for your amusement

Several wanky photos in one listing:
www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-80124410.html

Wanky photos near the end on this one:
www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-76679378.html

Just the one in the middle for this house:
www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-59381346.html

It's only ever on the lovely houses. I'd like them to do it on the ones with loads of clutter, maybe a close-up of all the crap stuffed under a bed? Or of a neighbours transit van parked outside their front room blocking the view

😂 yeah some dog poop in the garden and a Rusty trampoline on bricks!

These type of pics really annoy me too. Or take a pic of an area nearby the gouse and make it look like its the garden/part of the grounds when anyone living nearby would know full well that was the view across a busy road!!

I thought they were the same EA , but there's a couple of names on there , do they collude in Wankiness or has the EA defected to another company ?

Sometimes they do the "Selling a Lifestyle" thing but the split level photos are a pain. (As are wide lens , I sometimes think Hmmm , I live in a similar house and my rooms haven't suddenly stretched by eight feet )

What's with the balcony on the second one? Ok, so you've got a balcony by do you really need 6 photos of it? And did they buy the green paint in bulk?

The worst is when you get these photos and no floor plan. Floor plan should be mandatory for adding to Right Move!

That second house is beautiful but not sure why we needed a close up of their bedding.

@70isaLimitNotaTarget one of them always does it, now looks like another has copied their style! Maybe they went on a special course

@OfDragonsDeep totally agree, floor plans should be mandatory!

When our home was up for sale the agents done this, done close ups of the (nice but not going to sway it with a buyer) ceiling lights .... I just thought he was bizarre

@bridgetosomewhere

I'd like them to do it on the ones with loads of clutter, maybe a close-up of all the crap stuffed under a bed? Or of a neighbours transit van parked outside their front room blocking the view

Haha, yes, this.

I've noticed it a lot on new build listings. I think it's to distract from how small and pokey they are inside, which only works until you've seen it in person anyway

And I agree we need floor plans!

@OutwithMyRemit I agree, I'd rather see a house that looks the same or better in real life. It must be disappointing to visit a house that looks great on photos then looks pokey and grubby when you view it

We live in a very Naice part of the country where they are building tiny shoeboxes like it's going out of fashion.
The brochures have pictures of the posh golf club 7 miles away, plus the common land that it took me 10 years to visit. And the plaque for County's Tidiest Village , even though we haven't won it since 2005 and we are now the County's Flytipping Centre

Prefer wanky photos to wanky copy, like "The front door conveniently opens into a hallway, perfect for you to step inside. Imagine sitting down with a glass of wine in the kitchen after a long day: perfect! All original Victorian features have been removed, ideal to create more space. Usefully, up the stairs you'll find a bathroom – what every home needs."