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Old Aug 18th 2008, 9:00 pm
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anyone else noticed this, or is it just me being picky....

but on realestate .com .au the pictures are absolutely appalling, where they do not show the room properly or they are no pictures except the 1 picture of the front of the house!
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Originally Posted by ChocCake
anyone else noticed this, or is it just me being picky....

but on realestate .com .au the pictures are absolutely appalling, where they do not show the room properly or they are no pictures except the 1 picture of the front of the house!

Wait till you see the RE Signs.

No piccy of a house, more an agent with coconut oiled hair and a yellow suit, or middle aged ladies in 'glamour' shot mode.

Been put off many a house by the sleezeball on the sign

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Old Aug 18th 2008, 9:06 pm
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Originally Posted by jad n rich
Wait till you see the RE Signs.

No piccy of a house, more an agent with coconut oiled hair and a yellow suit, or middle aged ladies in glamour shot mode.

Been put off many a house by the sleezeball on the sign
sorry if im asking a dumb question, what's a RE sign?
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Not everyone wants to have pictures of the inside of their homes on the web and they would elect to keep them private. If tenants are in the home their privacy has to be respected. Most of the pictures make the houses look better than they are as I know ones in my area that appear there look wonderful but in the flesh so to speak not quite so wonderful.
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Originally Posted by ChocCake
sorry if im asking a dumb question, what's a RE sign?

Real estate sign - the board stuck outside the house.

Many are lifesize piccys of sleezed up agents in grinning mode.

Quite scary
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I agree, it is absolutely obvious that either a) they can't work the camera properly or b (and far more likely) they can't be a*sed to take a good picture. There is too much of a pattern for it to be a fluke. The pictures are bizarre.

Too much business I think, wait until the crunch bites a little more, they will soon improve.
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There is one major exception: Propvid. They hire a playboy model, a boat, and a helicopter if they must. Granted, a commercial can cost you $50,000. The houses they film are probably out of the range of 99% of the people on this forum.
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: The houses they film are probably out of the range of 99% of the people on this forum.[/QUOTE]

I think you mean this thread.....................mm
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Have seen several houses last couple of weeks, listed on real estate as new, showing lovely new houses, empty that when you view are not new and those pictures were obviously taken many years ago before people had rented them several times over............!!!!
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Not everyone wants to have pictures of the inside of their homes on the web and they would elect to keep them private. If tenants are in the home their privacy has to be respected. Most of the pictures make the houses look better than they are as I know ones in my area that appear there look wonderful but in the flesh so to speak not quite so wonderful.
In our area too. The property photos look great but when you visit you can just about make out that it is the same place. I think they are using every piece of camera magic they can get their hands on.

We have one dickhead real estate agent around here who places his shiny convertible Merc in the picture. My husband and I phoned him a few times to enquire about the car for sale, he was not amused!
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Originally Posted by ChocCake
anyone else noticed this, or is it just me being picky....

but on realestate .com .au the pictures are absolutely appalling, where they do not show the room properly or they are no pictures except the 1 picture of the front of the house!
I had professional photos done of my house when it was up for sale. They took a picture of every room in the house and put them all on realestate.

The pictures looked great, too good infact. So i was worried people would be disappointed when they came round
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Originally Posted by astonmartinv8
...Too much business I think, wait until the crunch bites a little more, they will soon improve.
Personally I simply cannot believe the fees the agents charge and get away with... 4% plus advertising + +... seems incredible to me... I'd have thought someone with a bit of nous (sp?) could do pretty well over here...
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Originally Posted by ChocCake
anyone else noticed this, or is it just me being picky....

but on realestate .com .au the pictures are absolutely appalling, where they do not show the room properly or they are no pictures except the 1 picture of the front of the house!
Hi Cake

Yes, we've commented on this a lot to each other over the past few weeks (we're close to doing the Make A Short List Of Houses bit of moving). Sometimes it's even worse when they take badly focused, hideously underexposed pictures of the inside. Or you get the "tour" which shows you the outside, the garden and a picture of a sink or maybe an oven. I reckon you should be able to tell a good RE agency when they send their people on a basic course to show them how to photograph a room...

But my favourites are the beachside properties where you don't even get a picture of the house... just the beach. Which I reckon is their way of telling you that the house is a pit, and the only reason you'd take it is to live right on the shoreline.

On the other hand, Google Street View is a godsend for those doing house research - you can actually see what the neighbourhood is like

Cheers
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Hi Cake

Yes, we've commented on this a lot to each other over the past few weeks (we're close to doing the Make A Short List Of Houses bit of moving). Sometimes it's even worse when they take badly focused, hideously underexposed pictures of the inside. Or you get the "tour" which shows you the outside, the garden and a picture of a sink or maybe an oven. I reckon you should be able to tell a good RE agency when they send their people on a basic course to show them how to photograph a room...

But my favourites are the beachside properties where you don't even get a picture of the house... just the beach. Which I reckon is their way of telling you that the house is a pit, and the only reason you'd take it is to live right on the shoreline.

On the other hand, Google Street View is a godsend for those doing house research - you can actually see what the neighbourhood is like

Cheers
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The is currently a dreadful house for sale in Eltham. A real run down shack. The real estate board shouts 'it's a start'.....it looks like quite an apologetic statement in large lettering.
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Originally Posted by benlast
Hi Cake

Yes, we've commented on this a lot to each other over the past few weeks (we're close to doing the Make A Short List Of Houses bit of moving). Sometimes it's even worse when they take badly focused, hideously underexposed pictures of the inside. Or you get the "tour" which shows you the outside, the garden and a picture of a sink or maybe an oven. I reckon you should be able to tell a good RE agency when they send their people on a basic course to show them how to photograph a room...

But my favourites are the beachside properties where you don't even get a picture of the house... just the beach. Which I reckon is their way of telling you that the house is a pit, and the only reason you'd take it is to live right on the shoreline.

On the other hand, Google Street View is a godsend for those doing house research - you can actually see what the neighbourhood is like

Cheers
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absolutely spot on!! like why would i need to see the sink when i cannot even see the rest of the room! or you get a picture of such a dark room, you wonder, why couldn't they just draw the curtain a little!! hmph!


yes google street is a wonderful for us right now!!
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