Acorns - a blight on the landscape

[castiron73]

We noticed three new For Sale signs in the Thorpes from Acorns estate agents. Being nosy and having a friend looking for a house, we popped in.

Strangely, only one house was for sale.

The agent explained the other signs were not advertisng houses for sale but were advertising a local school summer fair.

We went back and sure enough they were - in tiny black writing at the top of the sign.
Far smaller than the telephone number for Acorns

Hardly charitable, and surely against planning laws

[mummycat]

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[piano teacher]

its weird i tried to look up that lennard road house on all those agents websites and couldn't find it for love nor money

[lbere]

These are quite common in America. They advertise both the estate agents and an event. The estate agents pay the orgainisation holding the event a sum of money to place the boards outside properties belonging to the organisation staff/supporters. I think they pay about £40 a board in this county. I have one on my road and think they have been conned. You have to be underneath the board and have good eyesight to read what event the board is for. I believe that they stay up for four weeks, two weeks before the event and two weeks after the event. What good that does the event holder, Im not sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Wispy Wonder]

Just look down the High St. Nearly every other building has an Acorn or Property World sign saying that the placehas been let or sold. If that is the case - why not take the damn signs down!

Let's face it - the High St has enough eyesores without nasty plastic signs everywhere.

W. Wonder