A real estate agency has insisted a mural of a beach was painted outside an inner city unit after Aussies falsely claimed it had been deliberately photoshopped.
Main Street Residential listed the two-bedroom apartment on Norton Street in Leichhardt, in Sydney‘s inner west, for $650 a week.
The property came unfurnished and would be ready to move in from August 6.
Rental activist Jordan van den Lamb shared on Friday one of the images included in the property listing, with a photograph of the spacious kitchen/living area showing what appeared to be stunning sea views.
Mr Lamb, who is also known by his online alias Purple Pingers, shared a map showing the location of the apartment, pointing out a huge problem with the listing.
Sydneysiders will know Leichhardt is an inland suburb, and the location of the apartment means it is impossible to have a view of the sea.
‘The photoshopped waterfront views,’ Mr Lamb wrote on X.
A screenshot of a message from the real estate agency showed a staff member explaining the image had been painted onto a wall ‘at the back of the property’.
A two-bedroom apartment situated on Norton Street, in Leichhardt, 5km west of the CBD, looks out onto a painting (pictured)
The location of the apartment in the inner-city suburb (pictured) shows it couldn’t possibly have sea views
‘My mistake was not to state there is no beach in Leichhardt, yet the images of the beach are real,’ it read.
Social media users had a field day and ripped into the photograph, saying it looked like the rental had sea views.
‘Ah gorgeous Leichhardt beach!’ one wrote.
‘Saw the suburb and immediately laughed. LEICHHARDT??? BEACH?? God,’ a second added.
Others pointed out the apartment appeared to be at sea-level.
‘This is hilarious. If the sea ever looked like that from your window, you’ve only got seconds to live,’ one commented.
‘Buried half under a sand dune too,’ another quipped.
‘Great in a tsunami, despite its proximity to the ocean,’ a third joked.
The two-bedroom, one-bathroom property (pictured) was listed by Main Street Residential, for rent at $650 per week
The property listing has since been taken down.
Although the listing is no longer available on the real estate agent’s website, the Norton Street images are still accessible on realestate.com.au.
Daily Mail has contacted Main Street Residential for comment.
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Can you spot what’s wrong with this rental listing? Aussies go wild over detail in photo