This photo comes from mobile advertising website Adzookie.
In exchange for allowing them to paint your house as one giant eyesore billboard, they will pay your mortgage each month as long as the house remains painted, from 3 months up to a year. They will paint everything except the roof, windows, and awnings, in bright colors including their website name/logo and social media icons, and will repaint it back to the original colors after the end of the agreement.
The company’s founder and CEO, Romeo Mendoza, says that he sees the plan as a way to help spread the word about his company while helping homeowners as well. Most of those applying for the program are facing financial difficulties, with many approaching foreclosure or strapped for cash due to medical expenses.
The person agreeing must own the home. It can’t be rented or leased, and I assume this won’t fly in most, if any, homeowner’s associations or in areas with by-laws restricting bright paint colors. Still, it could be a way to save some money for those with trouble paying the mortgage, or a profitable way to annoy your neighbors.
If you’re interested, you can apply at Adzookie’s “Paint My House” page. Competition may be stiff though, as the company has received thousands of applications already, since launching the website offer last Tuesday. The original plan was to paint only 10 houses but, due to the large amount of interest and help from other advertisers, Mendoza now says he plans to paint 100 houses as billboards, with plans to extend the promotion if it attracts enough interest in the site.
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