4 stories, 4 clients, 3 estate agents, all in this area, all in the last month…

Estate Agent A is a long-established agent and sadly they don’t know how to protect deposits. This is from 2 unconnected clients. If someone were to take these people to court, the years of malpractice would take them under.

Estate Agent X moved tenant into a property without a gas safety certificate Ouch! As did Estate Agent Z. Penalty is £600 per item and/or 6 months at Her Majesties Pleasure

Bill Connolly once described estate agents as failed second-hand car salesmen! and now it seems that the estate agents who are failing to sell houses are now turning to letting with perhaps serious consequences. If the choice is a chunk of commission on a house sale or giving your BTL some TLC I am afraid Mr & Mrs Landlord can get to the back of the queue. Use a letting specialist and not a failed second-hand car salesman to let your property.

What has been your experience of letting your property through an estate agent?