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Vlad’s enough! Devon agent launches hellish promotional video for Halloween
It’s a hellish property market out there for some estate agent but particularly so it would seem for one agent in Devon. The team at Helmores in Crediton, who clearly hanker for the movies as much as they do sales commission, have produced a Halloween film in preparation for next week’s ghoulish horror fest. Featuring team members including senior sales advisor Becky Denford, partner Rob Stoyle and rental valuer Gill Davies, it relays the horrifying and yet also amusing story of a zombie, a witch and a vampire calling in to enquire about properties for sale and rent. Most of the company’s other 17 more camera-shy staff appear to have steered clear of the Hammer House style production. Promotional video Helmores has past form in the world of quirky promotional videos. Last Christmas it piled in with a spoof John Lewis advert which garnered over 16,500 views on YouTube. Rob Stoyle (left) also has plenty of opportunity to learn about the latest TV and film making techniques. As well as being an estate agent, Rob is also an in-demand drone operator and has, via word of mouth, got paid TV work including a BBC documentary about the 1066 Norman invasion…
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Thousands of online viewers watch agent’s spoof John Lewis Xmas TV ad
A video parodying this year’s John Lewis Xmas TV ad featuring a young boy and a monster living under his bed has now been watched by 10,000 people and attracted over 200 likes on Facebook. Helmores, which is based in the town of Crediton north of Exeter and claims a heritage reaching back to 1699, filmed its own version of the high street retailer’s advertisement almost scene for scene. Instead of a small boy it’s a George, a 40-year-old office worker and rather than a monster, it’s Ian the friendly estate agent. And as in the John Lewis original, George and Ian then go on to spend each night in George’s bedroom playing Scaletrix with his ‘estate agent’ and subsequently falling asleep during the day – at work, playing football and having his hair cut. The situation is resolved when what appears to be the man’s wife gives him a set of keys with a Helmores call card tied to it – and ends with the tagline ‘Moving home doesn’t need to be scary’. The budget version of the £7m John Lewis ad was completed on a “very small budget” in just a week by the Cornish estate agent, which…
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New proptech consultancy launches, with familiar names
PropTech specialists, James Dearsley and Eddie Holmes, have launched www.proptechconsult.com to help property companies overcome the challenges brought by digital transformation.
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