They are taking a little selfie.
A UK homeowner has shamed “rude” Instagram fanatics for trespassing on his unique-looking property to take selfies out front – with some commenters claiming they are trying to pass off his home as their own.
Security camera footage of these power-hungry intruders, including a Domino’s pizza delivery man, is currently being shared online.
“Our house should be an attraction for the road as many people choose to use it,” Mike Cutbill, 42, told the Kennedy News Agency. “It’s rude and rude.”
The father-of-two, who hails from London but lives in Hampshire, said he first noticed these hidden photo-ops after the road was resurfaced.
The accompanying photos show Cutbill’s aesthetically pleasing townhouse surrounded by the lively golden toll plaza as a yellow brick road.
“We had a lot of people stop and look,” the IT consultant recalled. “And even when we were there, they would stop and talk to us about it and the changes we made, not just the walk by the facade.”
Cutbill claimed that this traffic only increased when they added holiday lights, so their car appeared to glow yellow, drawing flames like moths to a flame.
In one of the more cheeky photo ops, a pizza delivery man parked right on Brit’s street so he could shoot the house from different angles, as seen in the accompanying footage.
“We were out shopping and we got the notification that someone was in our car,” Cutbill recalled. “I zoomed in and saw this guy works at Domino’s, I thought maybe he’s just making a delivery next door.”
He added, “I thought it was really cheeky, he could have parked on the street. Then I realized he wasn’t making a delivery, he was taking pictures of his car in front of our house.”
When his partner, Nicky Watkins, tracked down the courier at his workplace, he claimed he did so because the house looked “nice”, according to Cutbill.
Last year, Cutbill uploaded security footage of two women taking selfies in his driveway and leaning against his fence, which he claimed caused a loud “crashing” sound.
“I’ve always lived in quiet areas in the past, it’s a pretty busy road so it’s something I have to get used to, but when you see things like this you think, ‘Oh my God,'” Cutbill said.
While the homeowner labeled these property paparazzi “rude,” he’s used to seeing the “funny side” of it and doesn’t stop people from taking pictures.
“I know a lot of people would have a problem with it,” Cutbill said. “I have this in the back of my head thinking I shouldn’t allow this, but it’s not how I was raised.”
His partner, Nicky Watkins, is also fascinated by the phenomenon, watching from the window at the slightest noise and regularly checking the cameras to see if anything has come up.
“She likes to go through it, like a people watcher,” Cutbill mused.
However, Watkins draws the line at people parking in their driveway.
“My partner specifically wants to stop people doing that because it’s a driveway and there are parking laws,” he said. “People don’t realize you can’t go straight into a driveway.”
Social media users were baffled by the phenomenon with one quipping: “Haha what a compliment. Maybe put a sign up telling them they have to put £5 in the letterbox to use it.”
Another wrote: “It’s cheeky but just as well shows you did a solid job with your decorations.”
“I applaud you for being kind enough to let it happen,” praised a third.
However, some skeptics accused visitors of trying to pass off Cutbill’s property as their own on social media.
“Try it [trying to] lie to his family and friends he has your house!” one claimed while another wrote, “he’s going to send them pics to the family back home pretending he’s doing better than him.”
Ultimately, Cutbill sees these photo pilgrimages as a compliment, stating, “Our house should be a road attraction since so many choose to use it.”
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