House Listed Without Internal Photos 'Due To Owner's Hobby'

[staticgirl]

I couldn't find a news thread version on the Minor Strangeness thread in IHTM so please forgive me if this has already appeared somewhere...

Just how is this bloke to sell his house if he doesn't want anyone to see inside (if it is on sale. It's all a bit odd)?

Owner of mystery 'hobby house' speaks out

5:37pm Friday 12th July 2013 in News By Hardeep Matharu

The owner of a house listed on an estate agents’ website without any photos of its inside "due to the owners’ hobby" has said "there’s nothing to see" inside.

McCann’s estate agents, based in Epsom High Street, put up a listing on its website for a three-bedroom, semi-detached house in Eastcroft Road, West Ewell, which is on sale for £337,950.

While the website provided images of the front of the house and two if its garden, a fourth picture tab carried a statement saying "due to the owners hobby, we are unable to take internal photographs".

The cryptic statement caused a Twitter frenzy with people speculating on the owner’s hobby.

A reporter from this newspaper visited the house yesterday evening to try to clarify the situation.

The silver-haired man said he did not understand why people are intrigued by the interior of his home and said he "has nothing to hide".

The man did say that it was a "personal hobby" but "nothing structural".

He added: "There’s nothing to see.

"It’s nothing to do with anyone else."

Another man, who was looking round the property while the Epsom Guardian’s reporter spoke to the owner at his front door, emerged from the property and said "there’s really no story here".

The house had its curtains drawn and a ‘for sale’ sign was not displayed anywhere on the property.

http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news ... peaks_out/

I wonder if there is some clever reverse marketing going on...?

 

[JamesWhitehead]

Ooh look! The roof is made out of gingerbread! :shock:

 

[GNC]

Maybe his hobby is sitting alone in completely empty rooms?

 

[rjmrjmrjm]

Cthulhu!

 

[Bigphoot2]

I'm getting a Norman Bates vibe about this...

 

[sherbetbizarre]

It there a Real Doll thread this could potentially be merged with in the future? :shock:

 

[liveinabin]

I saw that. I couldn't understand if the house was on the market and then liable to get people wanting to view it then surely you put your sex dolls or whatever in storage.

 

[Cochise]

He may be a gun collector. There would be strict rules on where he could keep his guns, and he certainly wouldn't want the world knowing they were there as people would be likely to break in to get them.

 

[escargot]

It there a Real Doll thread this could potentially be merged with in the future? :shock:

There certainly used to be. I was warned not to post on it again, dunno why as it was all done in the best POSSIBLE taste! :lol:

 

[Analogue Boy]

It there a Real Doll thread this could potentially be merged with in the future? :shock:

There certainly used to be. I was warned not to post on it again, dunno why as it was all done in the best POSSIBLE taste! :lol:

It must be down to the relationship with FT's sister publication Bizarre. We don't do Real Dolls, they stay away from the Bigfoot stuff.