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jadesfire ([personal profile] jadesfire) wrote2009-09-23 05:36 pm
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Dear Estate Agent,

House hunting is hard. Being first time buyers is hard. Trawling through property websites and estate agents' lists for something suitable is boring and hard.

You are not helping.

No love,

Me

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The reason for this letter? I was doing one of my regular hunts for property websites that aren't Rightmove and stumbled across some interesting things. There were the usual houses in terrible areas, and terrible houses in good areas. All fine and dandy, you might think.

Under the cut is what one agent is selling for £120,000 as a bungalow.



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I KID YOU NOT. Click the picture for the full details.

SRSLY. IDEK.

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-09-23 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *gasp*


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *wheeze*



WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?????????????

[identity profile] entangled-now.livejournal.com 2009-09-23 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
LMAO! Estate Agent Fail! That is a boat, it lives on the water.

[identity profile] jpgr.livejournal.com 2009-09-23 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Do they say "waterfront property" or "view of the canal"? Seriously, the things they can get away with
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[identity profile] nightdog-barks.livejournal.com 2009-09-23 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I WANT IT.

But no, not a bungalow. Hee.
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[personal profile] naye 2009-09-23 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a boat. *nods wisely*

[identity profile] tiggothy.livejournal.com 2009-09-23 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Personally I think the owners are to blame - if they don't want to sell privately, there are plenty of brokers & agents out there who specialise in selling boats. The fact it's listed amongst land-based houses would count very much against it if I were looking for a live-aboard boat (which I have looked for in the past).

[identity profile] dune-drd.livejournal.com 2009-09-23 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
OH LOL. BUY THAT ONE. BUY IT NAO!

[identity profile] nightporters.livejournal.com 2009-09-23 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Um, people would kill to live on a boat. Why not be honest?

[identity profile] rustydog.livejournal.com 2009-09-23 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm getting curious and a little off the (hilarious) topic, but are all one-story dwellings (on land) considered bungalows?

I've just realized I don't know exactly what a bungalow is. As far as I know we don't use the term in this part of the U.S., and the only other time I ran across it was in the title of a Nancy Drew mystery.

[identity profile] miss-zedem.livejournal.com 2009-09-23 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Description fail :)

[identity profile] vsee.livejournal.com 2009-09-23 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Househunting SO sucks, especially for someone like me...a single woman, on a modest income. You would not believe some of the places I've seen, including one house I'd call "zero bedroom" that they were asking over $180,000 for. Horrible. I have seen property with major flood damage being sold for more than $170,000.

[identity profile] hab318princess.livejournal.com 2009-09-23 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
ROFL... sorry, that made my day

I know it's no fun for you... but oh wow... sitting here with tears in my eyes from laughing...

I think Estate Agents pronounce it Sploe... comes to mind
Edited 2009-09-23 20:32 (UTC)

[identity profile] in-the-bottle.livejournal.com 2009-09-23 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
That's actually a rather pretty boat... I wouldn't mind living there, for a week or two on holiday, but I think the narrowness of it will drive me mad long term. Not to mention not having enough space for all my junk!

[identity profile] taffimai.livejournal.com 2009-09-24 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
But house boats are AWESOME!