Oh, those property agents
May. 24th, 2003 10:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
radegundSo I was browsing on a property site just now, and - what? There's a perfectly good explanation. Really!
OK. If you insist. Today I drove to Galway (for a meeting) and back again, and on the way I passed countless derelict houses, the way you do in rural Ireland, and I became curious - in a socially conscious way, naturally - about how much these places tend to sell for. So after dinner I logged onto myhome.ie (see? perfectly innocent).
Anyway, that's not the point. The point is the ridiculous language the agents use to describe the properties (and the typos, of course - "ozzing with charm" remains forever green in my memory from our househunt of two years ago). They teach them the buzzwords in training, presumably, but it doesn't always come out right. This evening I found the following intriguing description:
Located on the edge of Tullow town, this deceiving family home offers extensive living accommodation...
I mean, doesn't anybody read over these things before they're posted?
OK. If you insist. Today I drove to Galway (for a meeting) and back again, and on the way I passed countless derelict houses, the way you do in rural Ireland, and I became curious - in a socially conscious way, naturally - about how much these places tend to sell for. So after dinner I logged onto myhome.ie (see? perfectly innocent).
Anyway, that's not the point. The point is the ridiculous language the agents use to describe the properties (and the typos, of course - "ozzing with charm" remains forever green in my memory from our househunt of two years ago). They teach them the buzzwords in training, presumably, but it doesn't always come out right. This evening I found the following intriguing description:
Located on the edge of Tullow town, this deceiving family home offers extensive living accommodation...
I mean, doesn't anybody read over these things before they're posted?
