They’re being a bit selfie-ish.
A UK homeowner has shamed “rude” Instagram fanatics for trespassing on his unique-looking property to take selfies out front — with some commenters claiming that they’re trying to pass off his house as their own.
Security camera footage of these clout-seeking interlopers, including a Domino’s pizza delivery guy, is currently blowing up online.
“Our house must be an attraction to the street since so many choose to use it,” Mike Cutbill, 42, told Kennedy News Agency. “It’s cheeky and rude.”
The father of two, who hails from London but lives in Hampshire, said he first noticed these surreptitious photo-ops after renovating the driveway.
Accompanying photos show Cutbill’s aesthetically pleasing townhouse encircled by the vibrant golden stretch of payment like a yellow brick road.
“We had a lot of people stop and look,” recalled the IT consultant. “And even when we were out there, they used to stop and talk to us about it and the changes we made, not just to the drive by the facade too.”
Cutbill claimed that this traffic only increased when they added holiday lights so their drive appeared to glow yellow, drawing gawkers like moths to a flame.
In one of the more brazen photo-ops, a pizza delivery guy parked right in the Brit’s driveway 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 on our drive,” Cutbill recalled. “I zoomed in and saw this guy works at Domino’s, I thought maybe he is just doing a delivery next door.”
He added, “I thought that’s really cheeky, he could have parked on the road. Then I realized he’s not taking a delivery but taking photos of his car in front of our house.”
When his partner, Nicky Watkins, tracked the crust courier down at his workplace, he claimed he did it because the house looked “beautiful,” per Cutbill.
Last year, Cutbill uploaded security footage of two women snapping selfies in his driveway and leaning on his fence, which he claimed caused a loud “crashing” sound.
“I’ve always lived in quiet areas in the past, this is quite a busy road so it’s something I need to get used to but when you see things like that you think ‘God’,” said Cutbill.
While the homeowner labeled these property paparazzos a tad “rude,” he’s learned to see the “funny side” of it and doesn’t stop people from snapping pics.
“I know a lot of people would have a problem with it,” said Cutbill. “I have that in the back of my head thinking I shouldn’t allow that but it’s not how I was brought up.”
His partner, Nicky Watkins, has also become fascinated by the phenomenon, looking out the window at the slightest noise, and regularly checking the cameras to see if anything has come up.
“She loves to go through it, kind of like a people watcher,” mused Cutbill.
However, Watkins draws the line at people parking in their driveway.
“My partner specifically wants to deter people from doing it because it’s a driveway and there are parking laws,” he said. “People don’t understand you can’t just go straight into a driveway.”
Social media users were bemused by the phenomenon with one quipping: “Haha what a compliment. Maybe put a sign telling them they need to put £5 through the letterbox for using it.”
Another wrote: “It’s cheeky but equally just goes to show you did a banging job with your decorations.”
“I applaud you for being kind and letting it happen,” praised a third.
However, some skeptics accused the sightseers of trying to pawn Cutbill’s property off as their own on social media.
“Tryna [trying to] fake to his family and friends he has your home!” alleged one while another wrote, “he be sending them pics to family back home, pretending that he doing better than he is.”
Ultimately, Cutbill sees these photo pilgrimages as a compliment, declaring: “Our house must be an attraction to the street since so many choose to use it.”
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