Estate agents: doncha just love 'em?

[scampadoodle]

This week's property free sheet & one estate agency has referred to (twice, and in big, bold type); pier de terre s.

I wonder if they were in a Cooldi sack?

[nickytwotimes]

"Mange tout, Rodney, mange tout."

[scampadoodle]

NTT

But pied a terre is estate-agent-speak in the first place!

[VoodooCoconut]

Pierre De Terre could be the agent himself..

[noddyholder]

sort after area

[SheikYerbouti]

I saw "beejoo" once in the local property listings paper.

[StealthPolarBear]

not quite the same thing but a local estate agents used to start a property description with something like: "WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look at THIS!!!!!!!!!!"

[joyfulspike]

my local agent, who keeps dropping his fliers through the door, has apostrophe displacement syndrome "just sold, 3 house's in your area - more ugently needed for buyer's"

I'm so tempted to correct the flyer and send it back!

[SheikYerbouti]

Do it, joyful spike!

IMHO, you should not be allowed to write stuff that enters the public domain when promoting a business if your spelling, grammar and punctuation is not up to scratch.

I see it all the time in my job. One of my faves is "Chef's wanted."

[UnquietDad]

Well, that could be "a chef is wanted..." Hmm, maybe not!

[SorenLorensen]

I read this on an estate agent's website the other day, though it's poncetastic, rather than wrong...

Commenting on the sale, the present owner said; ?The property deserves an adventurous purchaser who will appreciate the external elegance of a Georgian home combined with interesting internal dimensions - not least the generous ceiling heights ? and the light and airy second floor restoration that reflects its former association with the town's silk trade.?

I don't believe the present owner said that at all - in today's market I would think they'd just be glad to have a buyer, not specifying the type of buyer their property "deserves", ffs.

[WideWebWitch]

I have seen houses described as "charismatic" - it's aHOUSE ffs. And there's another but I can't remember it, it'll come to me.

[beep]

my favourite is "genuine walk to shops"

[MaryAnnSingleton]

estate agents love to say 'yourself' a lot too...as in 'if yourself and your husband would like to book an appointment..'

[bluefox]

One of our local agents uses "boasting/boasts" a lot - "boasting" an en suite or even "boasting" gas central heating". Also we have one that regularly describes properties as 3/4 bedrooms. Surely they can decide if it is 3 OR 4!

[MaryAnnSingleton]

houses can also 'enjoy' a fine view

[turquoise]

"Comprising of"

[UnquietDad]

Hate that "yourself/yourselves" thing - it's taking over!

And "comprising of" too.

When we sold our last house, the blurb for the brochure and the paper was just so awful that I offered to rewrite it and email it back to them. And I did. bet I was popular in their office...

The one I can't fathom is "in the catchment area for local schools". Well, yes. Its got to be in the catchment area for somewhere! Does this mean it's not a good one?...

[StealthPolarBear]

"en-suite door"
Yes, I had forgotten all those houses that enjoy countryside views - the lucky things!

[branflake81]

My BIL refused to accept the estate agent's description of their house due to crap spelling and grammar and so re-wrote it himself.

[Fimbo]

Branflakes we did that too.

One local agent uses the phrase "of note".