Friday, June 8, 2007

GVM's website is admirable

Created by some crowd called DESIGNWORX.ie based in Limerick and using some (I would guess) in-house code they are packaging as Property Hub, hoping perhaps to make it available to other agents.

The thing is, it is clearly influenced, in my opinion, by Blog designs (like this Blogger one), and I like that.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

To deny or not to deny the elephant in the room


Kelly Hudson don't ignore it: on the HEADER of their website, against a clear blue sky they proclaim:

Kelly Hudson can promise an experience that puts "honesty" and "hard work" in the same sentence as "estate agent".

The implication is that one doesn't usually find them in the same sentence, or find these virtues evidenced in the work of estate agents.

The only problem is, by putting them in inverted commas they could be misinterpreted - you might end up reading them sarcastically, imagining the agent doing the "" inverted comma thing with their fingers while saying them with a sarcastic grin on their face.

Friday, June 1, 2007

Gob stoppingly poor standards

This has got to be the worst-ever description of a property Agent PW has ever come across. It's for a 1-bed cottage bang on the coast in Co Clare between Kinvara and Ballyvaughan.

"The Mother Of All Locations!!!
Stunning Holiday Cottage Which Offers Privacy Most Rarely Seen In A Setting That Is Eye Watering"

At €500,000 one would hope they'd have more to say about it in the description than this drivel. If I was the vendor I'd have them taken off the instruction immediately.