{"id":316897,"date":"2025-08-04T10:24:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/316897\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:24:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:24:12","slug":"estate-agent-launches-uks-first-post-viewings-podcast-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/316897\/","title":{"rendered":"Estate agent launches UK&#8217;s first post-viewings &#8216;podcast&#8217; service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-184789 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/housecast-fripp.jpg\" alt=\"housecast\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>An estate agency in Sussex has partnered with an AI firm to launch the UK\u2019s first post-viewing podcast for prospective buyers.<\/p>\n<p>Called Housecast, it is now being used by estate agency <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ashtonstripp.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ashton Stripp<\/a><\/strong> based in Battle, which says its podcasts change how people reflect on viewings and helps them emotionally connect with a home.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone completing a viewing via the estate agency is now sent a three to four minute summary of the property as a \u2018podcast\u2019 including a mix of highlights from the home from layout reminders and features to garden orientation and renovation potential \u2014 along with local insights, historical stories, school catchment details, and lifestyle context.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quote-solid\">\n<p>We wanted to give people something that brings the viewing back to life \u2014 not just the features, but the feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The estate agency\u2019s founder, <strong>Paul<\/strong> <strong>Stripp<\/strong> (main image), says: \u201cWe wanted to give people something that brings the viewing back to life \u2014 not just the features, but the feeling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a gentle reminder of what they\u2019ve just experienced, helping them put it all in context \u2014 the house, the street, the potential. \u201cIt\u2019s often that clarity after a viewing that nudges someone closer to a decision. To our knowledge after extensive research of UK and international trade sources we\u2019ve not found anything else specifically like this offering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Internal notes<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-184790 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/paul-hurley.jpg\" alt=\"ai paul hurley housecast\" width=\"125\" height=\"149\"\/>Paul Hurley of Trainr AI<\/p>\n<p>Housecast was developed by AI expert Paul Hurley of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaiconsultancy.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trai<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaiconsultancy.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trainr AI<\/a><\/strong> and uses the estate agency\u2019s internal notes, property descriptions, and local data sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is about making AI feel human,\u201d says Hurley. \u201cWe\u2019ve built a system that turns static property data into a friendly voice buyers can picture themselves living with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bigger point is that every organisation should be looking at how AI can unlock entirely new offerings. We\u2019ve done the same for sports clubs and for logistics fleets.\u2019<br \/>Housecast is simply the property world\u2019s turn, and it shows how quickly fresh ideas can become real products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stripp adds: \u201c\u201cEarly feedback shows buyers listening right after viewings. We\u2019ve had viewers tell us it helped them remember exactly what stood out about a property, especially when they were seeing three or four in a day,\u201d added Stripp.<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An estate agency in Sussex has partnered with an AI firm to launch the UK\u2019s first post-viewing podcast&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3163],"tags":[323,65984,1942,53,16,15,115282],"class_list":{"0":"post-316897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-ai-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificial-intelligence","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-viewings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114970012136713189","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}