The worst property particulars ever?

Estate agents often use clever photography to promote properties and urge sellers to tidy up and brew hot coffee before viewings. The brochure for a one bedroom flat in Stanhope Gardens in London’s South Kensington, however, is an example where an agent has done anything but.

The exterior is scruffy but tells little as to how bad the flat is inside
The exterior is scruffy but tells little as to how bad the flat is inside
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Hamptons could have asked that the kitchen was cleaned before sending in their photographer
Hamptons could have asked that the kitchen was cleaned before sending in their photographer; they didn’t
In the sitting room the photographer has chosen to focus on a discarded shoe
In the sitting room the photographer has chosen to focus on a discarded shoe
A dirty bed sheet is plainly the higlight in the property's bedroom
A dirty bed sheet is plainly the higlight in the property’s bedroom
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The Knightsbridge office of Hamptons are indeed honest in describing the £595,000 904 square foot basement flat as being “completely unmodernised” but we are surprised they didn’t ask the sellers to get in Rentokil prior to the visit of their photographer.

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Windowless in South Ken – Windowless room for sale for £20,000 – Windowless property in Stanhope Gardens, South Kensington, SW7 goes to auction with a guide price of just £20,000; there is, of course, a catch – Second floor mezannine storage room at Habib House, 21 – 22 Stanhope Gardens, South Kensington, London, SW7 5QX, United Kingdom – To be sold by Barnard Marcus on 15th December 2020 with a guide of £20,000 ($26,400, €22,300 or درهم96,800).
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Images of the property show amongst other things discarded paperwork, cutlery, a single shoe, a computer monitor and dirty bed sheets. Surely Hamptons would have been doing more of a service to their client if they’d instead just opted to share a picture of the exterior.

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