Sold property 3 years later up for sale with same pics ?

[turbo9111]

Hi All
Just looking for some perspective on this,
Sold a property over 3 years ago and it has come back on the housing market and at the time of our original selling we agreed and instructed the estate agent to have professional photos taken,
We paid extra for the photos and to our surprise 15 out of 20 of the photographs of the property that we payed for are being used to re-market the property along with the exact description used in our sale,
Should we contact the agents voicing our annoyance at this ? or request a refund for the photos we thought/believed to own rights to ??

[jonathan_roberts]

Move on with your life.

[Bemmer]

Oh yes.. Definitely demand a refund... Plus compensation for all the distress this has caused you and all your family...!

[xx99xx]

You don't expect estate agents to actually work for their money do you?

[turbo9111]

jonathan_roberts said:

Move on with your life.

Thanks..

[LuckyThirteen]

Op,

Seriously?

[turbo9111]

Bemmer said:

Oh yes.. Definitely demand a refund... Plus compensation for all the distress this has caused you and all your family...!

Just a refund would be a nice gesture

[turbo9111]

xx99xx said:

You don't expect estate agents to actually work for their money do you?

The amount of money they made on this deal would expect them to at least be professional but agree not work for the 💰

[tribbles]

I suppose it depends on who owns the copyright for the pictures, as they can claim for copyright infringement.

It's likely to be the Estate Agent that you paid to get the professional photos done, or the photographer themselves.

If it's the same Estate Agent that is selling the house again, then they'll probably be okay with them using the photos again. If it's a different agent, then the first one may want to know...

[normalbloke]

turbo9111 said:

jonathan_roberts said:

Move on with your life.

Thanks..

You know it’s the right answer though…

[Biker's Nemesis]

The Million Dollar question is...... How much were you charged for the photo's?

[turbo9111]

Circa £1k,
There were some unscrupulous things went on the original estate agent which they did to massively line there own pockets but perhaps agree with earlier posts time to move on..

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turbo9111 said:

Hi All
Just looking for some perspective on this,
Sold a property over 3 years ago and it has come back on the housing market and at the time of our original selling we agreed and instructed the estate agent to have professional photos taken,
We paid extra for the photos and to our surprise 15 out of 20 of the photographs of the property that we payed for are being used to re-market the property along with the exact description used in our sale,
Should we contact the agents voicing our annoyance at this ? or request a refund for the photos we thought/believed to own rights to ??

£1000 for photos?

fk me, i'm in the wrong game.

So yes, i would be demanding my money back as well.

[Vasco]

turbo9111 said:

Hi All
Just looking for some perspective on this,
Sold a property over 3 years ago and it has come back on the housing market and at the time of our original selling we agreed and instructed the estate agent to have professional photos taken,
We paid extra for the photos and to our surprise 15 out of 20 of the photographs of the property that we payed for are being used to re-market the property along with the exact description used in our sale,
Should we contact the agents voicing our annoyance at this ? or request a refund for the photos we thought/believed to own rights to ??

Who owns the copyright - sounds like it's the Estate Agents. They're entitled to do whatever they want, it's their property.

[the-norseman]

Compo face in the Daily Mail incoming.

[xx99xx]

I wonder if the current owner paid to have photos taken?!

[Pica-Pica]

Honestly!
If your own sale went through OK, what’s the beef?
If your own sale didn’t go through OK, too late, that was 3 years ago.

I don’t see what it is to do with you if they used the same pictures. You paid an agreed price for a contract to sell your house. This later sale has nothing to do with you.

[the-norseman]

xx99xx said:

I wonder if the current owner paid to have photos taken?!

Probably did , wonder if they will look at them and think hold on thats not my stuff in the photos.

[turbo9111]

Pica-Pica said:

Honestly!
If your own sale went through OK, what’s the beef?
If your own sale didn’t go through OK, too late, that was 3 years ago.

I don’t see what it is to do with you if they used the same pictures. You paid an agreed price for a contract to sell your house. This later sale has nothing to do with you.

I paid a agreed price to sell the house and extra for the photos that’s the beef.

[GT03ROB]

turbo9111 said:

Pica-Pica said:

Honestly!
If your own sale went through OK, what’s the beef?
If your own sale didn’t go through OK, too late, that was 3 years ago.

I don’t see what it is to do with you if they used the same pictures. You paid an agreed price for a contract to sell your house. This later sale has nothing to do with you.

I paid an agreed price to sell the house and extra for the photos that’s the beef.

Phrase it correctly…. You paid an agreed price to sell the house & extra for good photos to sell the house.

The house sold. I don’t believe your paid extra to have nice pictures of the house for your memories.

There are many things in life to worry about this ain’t one of them