Gruesome apartment for sale

by Tim Harris on February 17, 2005

A Norwegian real estate agent tells it like it is. ; )
OSLO, Norway (AP) – A Norwegian real estate investor tired of glowing but inaccurate property advertisements opted for blunt honesty in offering an apartment for sale.

“Gruesome two-room apartment with balcony,” said the advertisement posted on the Finn.no Internet portal this week. “A very worn-out apartment.” Some Norwegian real estate brokers exaggerate wildly in their advertisements, describing, for example, a total ruin as a “charming fixer-upper.” Or they can try to make the location seem more attractive than it is, such as one house “on a quiet side street.” The side street was quiet, but the four-lane super highway on the other side was less so….. full story

T.H.

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