People are casually browsing Rightmove with no intention of buying a house (Picture: Metro/ Getty) ‘My husband thinks I’m a tad unhinged,’ says Georgia Lewis, 49. ‘

She adds: ‘The rationale in my head is: within the next 10 years, maybe I could live in a property like this.’

Others will browse the site for inspiration.

Adam Day, head of estate agents eXp UK, tells Metro: ‘It drives up the stats for the likes of Rightmove, who can legitimately claim they see certain levels of traffic, even if only a proportion of this traffic is genuine, which then gives them the foundation required to drive up their fees for estate agents advertising homes on the site.’