Estate agents have been accused of trying to 'hoodwink' prospective buyers of a house in Kent - by ignoring the presence of two nearby nuclear plants.
In salesman's parlance, the property is an "exceptional detached fisherman's cottage" located on a national nature reserve.
But the description overlooks one crucial factor.
Looming over the £247,000 property on Romney Marsh in Kent are the towering Dungeness A and B nuclear power plants.
While estate agents wax lyrical about the three bedrooms, two receptions and off-road parking, no mention is made of the building's near-neighbours.
Instead, Geering & Colyer, of New Romney, describes it as a "property not to be missed", with gravel driveway, double glazing and detached garage.
The accompanying photographs of the property are taken from an angle that excludes the power stations.
A spokesman for Geering & Colyer said: "I've got no comment to make on it."
Valerie Tully, clerk of New Romney Town Council, said it was "disingenuous" of the estate agents not to be frank, as the power plants can be easily viewed from miles around.
"There's really not a lot of point in not being honest," she said, "once you arrive at the place, you can't help but notice the power plants there.
"Even if the power plants were not included in the pictures, mention should have been made about them being nearby."
Dungeness A power station was decommissioned in December 2006 and is to be turned into an intermediate waste store in 2014.
Dungeness B, an advanced gas-cooled reactor, still operates, and there are plans to build a third plant, Dungeness C, nearby.
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