Advertising what can go wrong

[bigkevgray]

I've put together a website about the problems I've had with my house. It is currently advertised on google, I'm going to put a banner up at the corner of our property (happens to be the entrance to the development), we're going to put posters on the lamp posts leading to the sales offices and we're going to hide posters and business cards throughout the showhomes for viewers to find.

Do anyone have any other suggestions that are free and legal


Cheers,

Kevin - BewareOfWimpey.com

[Colin Jack]

bigkevgray,

Under no circumstances should you put any form of advertising, banners or notices on lamp posts, road signs and the like within the public road. It is an offence under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, Section 100 (b).

There is no doubt that the road side is cluttered with so many additional signs and things, particularly from developers, but it is an offence nonetheless whether or not the roads authority takes any action.

See attached an offending sign which was taken down by a roads authority employee immediately after the photo was taken.

Manor Kingdom are part of the Gladedale Group.

[Tony]

Colin these regulations don't stop the builders, but I wouldn't recommend flyposting either. You can put notices up on your house and vehicles though. For the former it is probably forbidden in the deeds.

One member of Snagging.org bought one share and attended the annual general meeting with flyers and T-shirts.

Have you tried the press?

The site looks great BTW - you should try to get a many links as possible from other websites with your target keywords. e.g. George Wimpey Homes

Good luck with the site

Tony

[Tony]

Have you seen this - Homes from Hell 2008

Tony

[bigkevgray]

Thanks for the advice guys, will keep clear of lampposts etc.

To quote the deeds "No board, card, plat or advertising notice of any kind can be placed on the plot without neighbour consent" fortunately the neighbours are all for the banner. I suspect we will get a threatening letter from wimpey about it. I emailed the local planning office yesterday to ask there advice about putting up a 2m x 1m sign at the edge of the property. Hopefully we can get away with keeping it up for a couple of weeks. Everyone driving into and past the development will see it, the road that goes past is the busiest in the town.

I am also considering fitting a sign on my roof-rack and parking the car outside the sales office.

I've discussed going to the press/tv with the neighbours but haven't decided on whether or not to do it. The banner will probably draw the attention of the local press.

I've spent the last few nights trying to improve the sites position on search engines. Hopefully I've got the keywords for the site spot on. I'm currently taking advantage of free advertising on google if you do a search for george wimpey you should see my ad I'm working on getting links to the site on other sites and I've asked a few friends who spend half there life posting on forums to include it in there signature.

if you want to see the banner you can see it by going to bewareofwimpey.com/banner.pdf (not got enough posts on the site yet to include proper links)


Cheers,

Kevin

BewareOfWimpey.com

[Tony]

Apologies about the link restrictions it is there to provide some simple spam protection

http://www.bewareofwimpey.com/banner.pdf

Cheers,

Tony

[bigkevgray]

The restriction is understandable

Thanks,

Kevin

[Tony]

How are you getting on with your site? Have George Wimpey responded?

[bigkevgray]

Hi Tony, the sites doing not to bad. I've been monitoring it using google analytics, so far it's been viewed by about 1500 people. I haven't heard anything from wimpey so far, maybe they dont care that potential buyers could be walking away from them.

I got in contact with ITV and they seem interested in the issues experienced by my neighbours and I.


Cheers,

Kevin

[Tony]

Good news re the visitors did you see that the BBC are looking for case studies too. Keep building those links - George Wimpey : )