Favourite Real Estate Jargon
Jan 1st 2010, 10:15 am
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Favourite Real Estate Jargon
Having spent several months now perusing real estate ads, i have to say that the lingo they use over here cracks me up - it's such OTT airy fairy nonsense.
There's so many meaningless statements bandied about such as 'neat and tidy' and 'freshly painted throughout,' but my personal fave are the ones where they waffle on about the property (which is obviously a dump) and then add '...Or knock it down and build your dream home!'
What howlers have you come across in real estate ads?
There's so many meaningless statements bandied about such as 'neat and tidy' and 'freshly painted throughout,' but my personal fave are the ones where they waffle on about the property (which is obviously a dump) and then add '...Or knock it down and build your dream home!'
What howlers have you come across in real estate ads?
Jan 1st 2010, 10:31 am
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Re: Favourite Real Estate Jargon
Originally Posted by Rainydaze
Having spent several months now perusing real estate ads, i have to say that the lingo they use over here cracks me up - it's such OTT airy fairy nonsense.
There's so many meaningless statements bandied about such as 'neat and tidy' and 'freshly painted throughout,' but my personal fave are the ones where they waffle on about the property (which is obviously a dump) and then add '...Or knock it down and build your dream home!'
What howlers have you come across in real estate ads?
There's so many meaningless statements bandied about such as 'neat and tidy' and 'freshly painted throughout,' but my personal fave are the ones where they waffle on about the property (which is obviously a dump) and then add '...Or knock it down and build your dream home!'
What howlers have you come across in real estate ads?
Jan 1st 2010, 11:02 am
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Re: Favourite Real Estate Jargon
Ideal for investors: You wouldn’t want to live there yourself but some desperate renters will probably go for it.
Compact: You can cook the dinner while you’re in the shower without losing sight of the TV.
Quiet neighbourhood: Your neighbours will object to you starting your car before 8am or having more than two visitors at a time.
Potential: Ideal for a DIY enthusiast with lots of time and money on their hands who doesn’t mind living in a dump.
Courtesy of: http://www.lovemoney.com/news/the-pr...rgon-1775.aspx
Compact: You can cook the dinner while you’re in the shower without losing sight of the TV.
Quiet neighbourhood: Your neighbours will object to you starting your car before 8am or having more than two visitors at a time.
Potential: Ideal for a DIY enthusiast with lots of time and money on their hands who doesn’t mind living in a dump.
Courtesy of: http://www.lovemoney.com/news/the-pr...rgon-1775.aspx
Jan 1st 2010, 11:38 am
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Re: Favourite Real Estate Jargon
Originally Posted by Rainydaze
Having spent several months now perusing real estate ads, i have to say that the lingo they use over here cracks me up - it's such OTT airy fairy nonsense.
There's so many meaningless statements bandied about such as 'neat and tidy' and 'freshly painted throughout,' but my personal fave are the ones where they waffle on about the property (which is obviously a dump) and then add '...Or knock it down and build your dream home!'
What howlers have you come across in real estate ads?
There's so many meaningless statements bandied about such as 'neat and tidy' and 'freshly painted throughout,' but my personal fave are the ones where they waffle on about the property (which is obviously a dump) and then add '...Or knock it down and build your dream home!'
What howlers have you come across in real estate ads?
"Neat as a pin"
Jan 1st 2010, 11:48 am
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Re: Favourite Real Estate Jargon
face to face - these units are so perfect I bought a couple myself
Jan 1st 2010, 3:58 pm
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Re: Favourite Real Estate Jargon
Quaint or cosy:In other words its tiny!
Jan 1st 2010, 7:34 pm
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Re: Favourite Real Estate Jargon
Executive home gets me.
Jan 1st 2010, 10:16 pm
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Re: Favourite Real Estate Jargon
Sea Views (from potential second storey)
Jan 1st 2010, 10:21 pm
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Re: Favourite Real Estate Jargon
"A Pandora's Box" - as if it's something desirable 
Jan 1st 2010, 10:22 pm
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Re: Favourite Real Estate Jargon
Rustic : The place is a hovel 
Jan 2nd 2010, 1:50 am
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Re: Favourite Real Estate Jargon
Wander through the well established orchid.
(Ok, so they really meant orchard, but it still cracks me up)
(Ok, so they really meant orchard, but it still cracks me up)
Jan 2nd 2010, 2:01 am
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Re: Favourite Real Estate Jargon
Originally Posted by Dreamy
Wander through the well established orchid.
(Ok, so they really meant orchard, but it still cracks me up)
(Ok, so they really meant orchard, but it still cracks me up)
Jan 2nd 2010, 2:13 am
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Re: Favourite Real Estate Jargon
"The neighbourhood has a strong community spirit" ...All the better to combat the drive by shootings and drug dealers in the area.
Jan 2nd 2010, 6:01 am
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Re: Favourite Real Estate Jargon
Renovate or detonate.
Jan 2nd 2010, 6:09 am
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Re: Favourite Real Estate Jargon
Get in quick they wont last long
So why the need too advertise?
So why the need too advertise?
