Misleading EA adverts

gmisk

I think misleading ads are getting more and more common on daft/myhome.

e.g.
http://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/11-liffey-street-south-inchicore-dublin-10/2720258

This house is clearly in Ballyfermot! not inchicore

How can EAs get away with this rubbish?

TheDriver

I find the same down the country whereby they don't put houses in village but in the nearest town listings which clogs up those listings. I have reported a few ads and needless to say nothing is ever done. So whats the point having a report button when something is clearly in the wrong location and hence wrong section.............

Greenmachine

Have to say I agree. The amount of time I have seen a place as newly refurbished and the place looks like something time forgot. Kitchen fitted some time in the 70's or early 80's. 2 ring hob cooker, wash basin in the bedroom etc.

GavMan

D10 would be Ballyer alright. D8 would be Inchicore

moxin

The "nicer" address commands a higher asking price hence a higher fee in actual cash for the agent. The more addresses that are perceived to be in nicer areas, the more profit for the estate agent. Only fools would fall for the con. If estate agents had their way on addresses, we'd all be living in Foxrock

lima

Yeah have you noticed all the houses that are apparently in Glasnevin but are actually in Finglas

Greenmachine

lima wrote: »

Yeah have you noticed all the houses that are apparently in Glasnevin but are actually in Finglas

And many house in Lucan actually in Clondalkin.

iguana

I've been looking for a house with a big garden and almost every single ad stated the house was on a plot of 'around half an acre.' Yet not one house I saw had more than .2 of an acre as the total plot. (I used an online area calculator after seeing for myself that the plot looked smaller than expected.) I'm not sure if it's a deliberate lie or the EA just sees a bigger than average garden and thinks that must be about half an acre. But I'd definitely advise anyone to read 'around half an acre' on a house ad as 'biggish garden' rather than any sort of remotely accurate measurement.

BailMeOut

click on "Report Ad:" and pick "Wrong Address" or one of the other options.

I am constantly reporting misleading listings where I am looking and some were changed.

Victor

I think an apology is due.

gmisk wrote: »

This house is clearly in Ballyfermot! not inchicore

It is Inchicore North townland in St. James barony. It is built in the grounds of the now gone Inchicore House. Ballyfermot doesn't start until approximately O'Hagan Avenue.

http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,711325,733912,6,7

GavMan wrote: »

D10 would be Ballyer alright. D8 would be Inchicore

But Chapelizod and Cherry Orchard are also Dublin 10.

The problem is that popular perception (aka laziness and snobbery), religious parishes, etc. have corrupted the sense of place.

gmisk

I was going more by the boundaries as per google maps, and the fact all the houses right beside it said they were in ballyfermot.

TwoShedsJackson

There was a fairly well-known estate agents in Dublin who some years ago had a house for sale on Camden Row in Dublin. It was a lovely looking house, inside and out but if you actually walked along the street you could not miss the looming bulk of Kevin St DIT behind it, which took away from the whole ambience somewhat.

Imagine my surprise when I looked up the property on their website to find that in the exterior shot of the front of the house, Kevin Street DIT had vanished and been replaced by a lovely blue sky with just a wisp or two of cloud in it...

Graces7

The street view facility gets interesting. They have said " peaceful rural setiing, " then behold ! Behind the cottage a working factory..

Or "quiet location", then directions say, "next to the quarry,"

Baby01032012

Greenmachine wrote: »

And many house in Lucan actually in Clondalkin.

My preference would be to live in Clondalkin over Lucan so I'm not understanding your example. Of course Clondalkin is very large and some parts are very much nicer than others.

the_syco

Baby01032012 wrote: »

My preference would be to live in Clondalkin over Lucan so I'm not understanding your example. Of course Clondalkin is very large and some parts are very much nicer than others.

Purely as Clondalkin has a rougher reputation.

Oddly, both http://www.daft.ie/21430581 and http://www.daft.ie/21426062 are both in Lucan, but are listed as Clondalkin

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Leixlip gets put into the "West Dublin" bracket sometimes. Which probably loses them lettings, as HP and Intel are in Kildare...

Greenmachine

the_syco wrote: »

Purely as Clondalkin has a rougher reputation.

Oddly, both http://www.daft.ie/21430581 and http://www.daft.ie/21426062 are both in Lucan, but are listed as Clondalkin

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Leixlip gets put into the "West Dublin" bracket sometimes. Which probably loses them lettings, as HP and Intel are in Kildare...

Not only are Intel and HP in Kildare, but they are both in fact in Leixlip. I think these EA are often just following the directions of the letters and sellers. Some truly deceptive descriptions in a lot of ads however. Certainly not what I would classify as an honourable profession.

Diane Selwyn

Funny I never noticed this place on Dame Street before

http://www.daft.ie/sales/house-type-r2-castleheights-carrigaline-cork/937090/

Soundman

Diane Selwyn wrote: »

Funny I never noticed this place on Dame Street before

http://www.daft.ie/sales/house-type-r2-castleheights-carrigaline-cork/937090/

Dame Street, Dublin 2, Dublin City Centre
This property has been either sold or withdrawn from Daft, here are some similar properties in the area

Victor

Soundman wrote: »

Dame Street, Dublin 2, Dublin City Centre
This property has been either sold or withdrawn from Daft, here are some similar properties in the area

It was a merge between an apartment in Dame Street and a house in Carrigaline.