Dolls’ house listed by agent on Rightmove receives serious enquiries

If you think the pictures of this property for sale on Rightmove from Cotswolds and Warwickshire estate agent Peter Clarke & Co are a little odd, then you’d be right. Because the three-bedroom property in Shipston-upon-Stour is really a dolls’ house uploaded to Rightmove in a bid to raise cash for a local charity. This didn’t stop one keen buyer asking to arrange a viewing at the property, branch manager Sally Coombs (pictured, below) told the BBC. It’s not surprising that the enquirer became confused. The property’s listing on Rightmove has been written to sound like a real one, albeit in a tongue-in-cheek way. Sally’s listing for property goes into a lot of detail, describing it as a classic Georgian house and that the roof and front elevations swing open to “reveal beautiful accommodation set on three floors, and it is part furnished”. She also thinks it would make a fantastic Christmas present and would “be bound to give years of joy for your children or grandchildren”. Peter Clarke & Co told the local paper that the idea came about when a local charity it is involved with called Shipston Home Nursing asked if a dolls house they wanted to…

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