Coral Sea Property Management lures renters with outrageous signs featuring bare bums, Monica Lewinsky and twerking

A QUEENSLAND property business has come under scrutiny after being called out for its “bizarre” rental signs popping up outside vacant homes.

A QUEENSLAND property management business has come under scrutiny after being called out for its “bizarre” rental signs popping up outside vacant homes.

Coral Sea Property Management, who claim to be “the pirates of the property industry”, have pitched the quirky “for rent” signs outside properties in Townsville since March.

TWERKING not allowed in this rental property.

Some of the signage is a bit of fun announcing “No Twerking’’, “Rent this and you get a free air guitar”, “Chuck Norris would rent this apartment” and “Crazies welcome, imaginary friends extra $25”.

But others are sexually suggestive, with one sign featuring a headshot of Bill Clinton’s former mistress Monica Lewinsky and the line: “Did your last rental experience leave a bad taste in your mouth?’’

Some say it’s clever, attention-grabbing marketing while others called it cheap, unprofessional gimmickry.

However Coral Sea’s Principal Shaun Podbury, a frustrated property investor who started his own agency, was happy to provoke both good and bad reactions with the signage, which is a result of his team “cutting loose’’ with creativity.

CONTROVERSIAL signs used to promote Townsville group Coral Sea Property Management company.

ATTENTION grabbing signs used to advertise rental properties by Townsville agency Coral Sea Property Management.

“The response has been fabulous and it’s actually brought about an interesting dialogue and some people love it, some people hate it, some people were offended, some were outraged, some thought it was fantastic, some thought it was great,’’ he said.

Mr Podbury said the publicity drew attention to how his agency did things a little differently, including being unofficially run by the office cat “Chairman Meow” who was rescued from the RSPCA animal shelter and now poses in photos with new tenants and sends out thank you messages to renters who pay on time.

“We had a lady complain online after she got an email from the cat thanking her for paying her rent and said it was unprofessional, but the dialogue got going and people ended up loving the fact we send thank you emails to our tenants for paying their rent on time — even if they are from Chairman Meow,” he said.

CHAIRMAN Meow emails tenants to thank them for paying their rent on time. Picture: Evan Morgan.

Mr Podbury has also proudly branded and positioned his business with a pirate theme, skull and bone flags flying from the top of the office on Flinders St and his staff dress in psychedelic tie-dye company shirts every day — which has his competitors off-side.

“Some agents get a little bit upset because our entire nature upsets the industry, we don’t take

ourselves seriously,’’ Mr Podbury said.

The front window of the office features a picture of Mr Podbury and two staff members showing off their new tattoos from a trip to Bali after achieving a long-term goal.

YES, we are a little bit cheeky, signage in the front window to Coral Sea Property Management.