# Would you turn your house into a giant billbord in exchange if you got your mortgage payments payed? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 16, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-turn-your-house-into-a-giant-billbord-in-exchange-if-you-got-your-mortgage-payments-payed/578627 "2011-04-16T17:36:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-turn-your-house-into-a-giant-billbord-in-exchange-if-you-got-your-mortgage-payments-payed/578627/1 "2011-04-16T17:36:46Z")
That’s just what one [company](http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/for-a-free-mortgage-house-becomes-a-billboard.html) is offering. Freestanding homes only (no condos) and offer not valid were prohibited by local zoning laws (or presumably HOA covenants). It’d no clear whether you’d have veto power over the ads (other than dropping out of the program), but they wouldn’t be anything that isn’t normally seen on a public billboard. I’m not a homeowner, but I think I might. The only thing that really bothers me is the mention of some _churches_ being interested (I assume in buying adds, not painting the church). That would be an absolute dealbreaker for me. So would political ads or social issue ones (especially dealing with abortion). What would you do? ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-turn-your-house-into-a-giant-billbord-in-exchange-if-you-got-your-mortgage-payments-payed/578627/2 "2011-04-16T18:57:46Z")
I’m thinking they’re gong to want to choose houses on major roads. More views and generally lower values, so lower monthly payments. I also have vinyl siding, which could be a problem. But I said “yes” even though they wouldn’t want mine. I think it’d be kind of cool. My wife probably wouldn’t let me, though. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-turn-your-house-into-a-giant-billbord-in-exchange-if-you-got-your-mortgage-payments-payed/578627/3 "2011-04-16T19:04:29Z")
Even if I didn’t have an evil HOA to prohibit it, I still wouldn’t. I thought maybe it could be done somewhat tactfully, but the picture in the provided link is…not. I gotta believe you’d be upsetting some neighbors, too. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-turn-your-house-into-a-giant-billbord-in-exchange-if-you-got-your-mortgage-payments-payed/578627/4 "2011-04-16T20:37:54Z")
I live in the boonies, so it’d never be offered to me, but even when I lived on busier streets, nope, not interested. I wouldn’t mind driving a car covered with ads, but I don’t need that stuff on my house, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-turn-your-house-into-a-giant-billbord-in-exchange-if-you-got-your-mortgage-payments-payed/578627/5 "2011-04-17T07:27:00Z")
I have 2 neighbors who are serious jackasses that I would do it just to piss them off … but I would not want a birther, right to life, or anti drug ad on my house. The ad would have to be something that I believe in, or like for a bank, store or other purely commercial ad. I am against certain ideologies and would not like to be thought of as espousing them. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-turn-your-house-into-a-giant-billbord-in-exchange-if-you-got-your-mortgage-payments-payed/578627/6 "2011-04-17T08:45:42Z")
I already don’t give a crap about what the outside of my house looks like, and really only deal with it due to societal expectations. Ads aren’t going to bother me, especially when we are barely making house payments now. ---
**Author:** ![SecondJudith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@SecondJudith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecondJudith)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-turn-your-house-into-a-giant-billbord-in-exchange-if-you-got-your-mortgage-payments-payed/578627/7 "2011-04-17T09:04:30Z")
It only pays per month, as long as the ad stays up on the house; our mortgage payments aren’t high enough for it to be worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-turn-your-house-into-a-giant-billbord-in-exchange-if-you-got-your-mortgage-payments-payed/578627/8 "2011-04-17T14:07:53Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > That would be an absolute dealbreaker for me. So would political ads or social issue ones (especially dealing with abortion). What would you do? I would _only_ do it for a political ad or social issue. ETA: IANA homeowner so the point is moot, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-turn-your-house-into-a-giant-billbord-in-exchange-if-you-got-your-mortgage-payments-payed/578627/9 "2011-04-17T14:18:12Z")
From the linked article. > [@](#): > > \*\*The company currently employs just eight people, but Mendoza said he is looking to raise venture capital and expand. > \*\* > The home billboard scheme could raise the company’s profile – but don’t expect too many homes to score the subsidized deal. Mendoza’s budget for the entire program is $100,000, and he expects to spend about $8,000 per house on the painting alone. > > At the end of the agreement, Adzookie will paint the house back to its original colors. And when the company goes bankrupt, who pays to repaint the house? I might do it if the company had a long, stable history. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-turn-your-house-into-a-giant-billbord-in-exchange-if-you-got-your-mortgage-payments-payed/578627/10 "2011-04-18T17:45:12Z")
I would display the most disgusting pornography or violence out front of my house if it paid the mortgage. I have financial problems and no morals. I’d even let a church advertise with pictures of dead fetuses, and I’m a staunch pro-life atheist. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-turn-your-house-into-a-giant-billbord-in-exchange-if-you-got-your-mortgage-payments-payed/578627/11 "2011-04-18T23:19:33Z")
> [@the original article](#): > > **Adzookie intends to paint its logo and social media icons onto participating homes.** Houses must remain painted for at least three months, and the agreement may be extended up to one year. > > \ > > Mendoza hopes buzz about the program – plus, of course, the house-sized ads – will **publicize the fledging Adzookie**. > > \ > > Adzookie is mobile ad network that places local businesses’ ads for free if they, in exchange, > allow ads to be placed on their own mobile sites. This seems to indicate to me that the ads painted on houses will advertise [Adzookie.com](http://Adzookie.com), not other businesses or causes. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-turn-your-house-into-a-giant-billbord-in-exchange-if-you-got-your-mortgage-payments-payed/578627/12 "2011-04-20T02:14:59Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > I would display the most disgusting pornography or violence out front of my house if it paid the mortgage. I have financial problems and no morals. I’d even let a church advertise with pictures of dead fetuses, and I’m a staunch pro-life atheist. I laugh because I agree so wholeheartedly! I don’t have a mortgage but I’d do it for nothing but rent if they let me. Anything to help right now. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-turn-your-house-into-a-giant-billbord-in-exchange-if-you-got-your-mortgage-payments-payed/578627/13 "2011-04-20T20:24:40Z")
I would do it if someone would just paint my house.