PHOTO: Wollstonecraft apartment
The Di Jones real estate agency is being investigated by NSW Fair Trading after using digitally altered photos to advertise a Wollstonecraft apartment, without any advisory of doing so.
The apartment is being advertised for a November 23 auction with a $775,000 price guide.
The Di Jones advertisement has been amended after the ABC began making inquiries and contacted NSW Fair Trading.
It is not known why Di Jones did not rip out the unsightly carpets.
Below is a photo from the listing of one of the master bedroom.
The actual bedroom looked like this.
Source: ABC News
“Failure to comply with the rules of conduct also attracts significant penalties.”
“It isn’t a systemic problem — but like any other industry there are people within real estate who do the wrong thing,” the CEO of REINSW Tim McKibbin said.
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