Estate agent’s ‘nuclear house hunting’ guide confirms everything you ever thought about them
Confirming everything you ever thought about them, an estate agent has reacted to the escalating North Korea crisis by issuing a guide to househunters looking to buy a home outside a nuclear impact zone.
Seriously.
“With tensions between the US and North Korea escalating the latest release by eMoov.co.uk has highlighted some options for homebuyers that should (hopefully) keep them clear of any nuclear impact from World War Three.
“A backyard nuclear bunker can be a cool edition to a property, but can also be a pain to construct so rather than hide away, homeowners can look to radiation free pockets of the nation to save themselves the trouble.”
There’s even a handy map.
This is starting to feel a bit misguided.
“Although we’re out of range from any threat from North Korea, London would be the obvious choice for a nuclear strike in the UK but the capital could be the tip of the iceberg, so eMoov used Nukemap to plot the resulting impact zones for an all-out nuclear attack on 20 major UK cities.”
The press release was sent to a journalist at the Times who shared it on Twitter.
Worst. Press. Release. Ever. #nuclearwar pic.twitter.com/NeIdr9qrMW
— David Byers (@davidbyers26) August 10, 2017
Wait until you read the quotes from the estate agent’s chief executive.
The quotes accompanying that emoov nuclear house price release really are cackhandedness cubed.https://t.co/guaaYHqST5 pic.twitter.com/EPrENh9DFl
— Paul Wiltshire (@Paulwiltshire) August 11, 2017
Yep, definitely a bad idea.
A disturbing amount of research seems to have gone into this
— Holly Black (@hollyblack_ltc) August 10, 2017
I think they had too much time to play with the nuclear blast app/website and then had a (not so) bright idea.
— Owain Thomas (@OTJournalist) August 10, 2017
Expect dramatic increase in Ullapool house prices.
— A Gonnagle (@AGonnagle) August 10, 2017
I don’t want to live in a world that only has Ullapool in it.
— Hugo Rifkind (@hugorifkind) August 10, 2017
Haven’t they seen ‘Threads’? If you move to Bakewell you’ll have a bunch of irradiated Doncastrians turn up at the front door.
— AJ (@straightbane) August 10, 2017
Nothing says “Why not take on a 30 year mortgage?” like the threat of imminent nuclear war.
— Betty Swalls (@Ebugoblog) August 10, 2017
@eMoov Quick question: In the event of nuclear fallout, will estate agents mutate into human beings?
— Robert Edwards (@R_M_Edwards) August 11, 2017