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Cosmetically enhanced home listing of the week

November 23rd, 2009, 12:15 pm · 2 Comments · posted by Erika Chavez, Staff Writer

13124arborwalk11Welcome to the seventh edition of the Listy Awards, recognizing home listings that go above and beyond to amuse, shock, puzzle or just plain catch your eye!

Our last award went to a Woodbridge home listing whose photographs were… underachieving, to say the least.

The photographs in today’s listing represent a 180 degree change from our last Listy winner.

Today we’re continuing with the Tustin theme by spotlighting this Arborwalk home listed for $575,000.

Located in Tustin Ranch, this community is adjacent to Irvine and retains that master-planned Irvine feel.

When perusing this new listing, I first noticed the striking blue sky, and the dramatic white clouds dotting it (check out the pic at right).

Arborwalk is a sweet, leafy neighborhood composed of petite but picture-perfect homes, so I started scrolling through the other photos, only to feel a sense of deja vu…

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It seems the sky, right out of a Rene Magritte painting, is present regardless of the angle.

What do you think? Cosmetically enhanced or all-natural? Do you think retouched photographs are a clever way to make a home more appealing, or just misleading?

So for his eye-catching and creative approach to enhancing a home’s appeal, we salute Realtor Jeff Jones of Re/Max with out 7th Listy Award!

Past Listy Award winners…

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 2 Comments

  • Josh says:
    November 23, 2009 at 2:11 pm

    Retouched sky is fairly common, I think. As long as it’s not done to block out power lines or anything — just replacing sky with sky, in other words — it seems legitimate. It’s like turning on the lights and using a long exposure to give that warm glow that lights don’t really put out. Personally, I think agents should just stick to wetting down the driveways before they take their pictures.

  • ThisIsNotAnExit says:
    November 23, 2009 at 3:21 pm

    The lighting in the pictures, and the damp ground suggests they did this because the over cast sky depressed the pictures a bit. Though the off coloring due to this overcastness and the addedd very blue sky makes it all look like a movie set.