Question du jour

Why don't estate agents use QR codes on their For Sale boards? Surely this would be one of the few genuinely useful applications for the little blighters*.

Anyone who's bought a house knows how it works - you drive around the neighbourhood, checking out the nice roads and trying to note down the addresses of anything that looks hopeful so you can get home and check it out on Rightmove. How much easier if you could just scan a code outside and immediately have access to property particulars and price guide on your phone?


*Here's the best one I've seen in action:



Image: Diana Parkhouse