Tony Singh uses app to give virtual tour of home

By COURTNEY CAMERON
Published 15th Aug 2015, 13:43 BST
Tony Singh uses Periscope to market his Duddingston Park home. Picture: Malcolm McCurrachTony Singh uses Periscope to market his Duddingston Park home. Picture: Malcolm McCurrach
Tony Singh uses Periscope to market his Duddingston Park home. Picture: Malcolm McCurrach
TOP Edinburgh chef Tony Singh is giving buyers a virtual tour of his £550,000 luxury city villa using a social networking video tool to sell the property.

Viewers from across the globe are being given the chance to look around the five-bedroom house in Duddingston Park using the Periscope app – a social network which allows users to comment as they look at the screen.

The video is only available until today and the chef is hoping he will gain a lot of interest as this is the first time a house sale has been carried out using the app.

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Mr Singh said: “I think the app is a fantastic idea. I like trying different food and different recipes so this caught my imagination.

“Imagine you can’t make an open house as you are away for the weekend or cannot get time off work, but you know the sale will progress to the closing date quickly. You log on and view my house wherever you are.”

Mr Singh filmed the house viewing yesterday and would-be buyers were free to ask him and the estate agents questions as they went on the virtual tour.

“It is very slick and easy to use,” he said.

Mr Singh, the former owner of some of the city’s top eateries in recent years including Oloroso, Tony’s Table and Roti, was forced to pull the plug on the restaurants after financial struggles.