Estate agent boards are banned outside properties in conservation areas, but Marc Cox, sales director with Mishon Mackay, wants Brighton and Hove City Council to take radical action and extend the ban to the whole city.

Marc, who is based at the estate agency’s Hove office, said for sale, sold and to let boards spoil the look of an area and they are no longer an essential sales tool for agents.

What do you think? Are they a nuisance and spoil the area? Would you like one if you were selling your house? Does it make you aware of houses on the market?

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