Connells has put its snout in the trough and explained why a picture of a house it has for sale in Suffolk has a large pig lying in a blanket in the living room.
On sale for £120,000, the detached one-bedroom property sits on a private road in Ipswich. The particulars featured a picture of the living room of the house - which included a pig with its head resting on a settee.
A spokeswoman for Connells says the pig in the photo is the home owner's pet. "The photo was put up in error and has since been removed" she says.
In the property details Connells describes the former meeting house as a "unique one bedroom detached house". Although the agency has removed the image from its website, it still appears on hard copy material.
Unsurprisingly, Twitter became alive with speculation about the pig when it was spotted by a national paper. Some tweets suggested it would be an incentive to include the animal with the sale.
Comments
The only person who would want to live in Suffolk is a person from Suffolk. They like pigs in Suffolk. A pig in the house will help sell the house. Nice marketing, Connells!
still at least they didn't tell porkies !
A really ham-fisted job from Connells. This statement won't save their bacon.
Connells definitely made a pig's ear of this one...