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Due to the breakdown of my relationship, I've been forced to move out of a place I've been renting for a couple of years, and kindly (!) my ex-other-half has left me to sort everything out and has run off into the sunset without so much as a forwarding address for her post, taking everything of importance to her, and leaving 3 years of crap behind.
I've been trying to sort everything out, and as usual with these things, seem to be making more of a mess than I'm actually clearing up.
The people I'm renting off have decided to sell the place I'm living in, and have instructed a local estate agents. Because I work in the basement of a building, I rarely have mobile reception during the working day, so informed the estate agents that if they failed to get hold of me, they could just show anyone round, and I'd do my best to keep the place looking ok.
I've been off work for the past 4 days trying to sort everything out, and decided that today I needed a break and went off to play in the sunshine. I was fully aware the house looked like an explosion in a charity shop, but thought that, as I hadn't heard from the estate agent bods, I could go away, free in the knowledge that they'd try and contact me, and I'd say "Come back Monday".
I came home to discover the estate agents have shown someone round today (the post had been moved onto the side, and the curtains had been opened), and I know that they hadn't tried to contact me (I've been in a strong signal area all day, for the past 3 days)
I don't want to p*ss the landlord off, because we get on great, and I feel guilty about leaving the place in a state when people have come round to view.
I want to go and shout at the estate agents for not having made any effort to get in touch with me, and explain the bit in my contract that says they need 24 hrs notice to come into the property, but as I've said that if they can't get hold of me, to go in anyway, I probably don't have a leg to stand on.
Any advice on what I should do?
Speak to the owners.
and the agent can't leave a message on your mobile vociemail? i assume your mobile has voicemail?
We had this a few years ago, i was taking a dump and there a key in the flat door and the next minute agent plus couple are in and looking, just about manged to nip the turtle and get trousers up... Estate agents are scum. In total they entered the flat 8 times with notification, got them on web cam a few time as well as proof when they said they had not been round - once they left the flat unlocked as well. Scum scum scum.
Arrange a booking using mates hide in wardrobe when they visit jump out the wardrobe in a gimp suit [ or worse lycra 😯 ] holding bombers....own and wee simples
I had the same as rootes1, except you could reach the front door from the bog, and I had to hold the door closed.
The double locked the door from the outside ( there's no keyhole on the inside and wandered off.
Leaving me locked in with no chance of escape/getting to work.
Gits.
We're having a similar thing at the moment as our rented place is up for sale. I was keen to impress on the estate agents who was boss, and they would not be able to show people around if it was in any way inconvenient to me, my pregnant partner or our 5 year old son.
After a couple of teething problems (including our back doors being left unlocked) things work quite well now, with lots of communication from the agents and plenty of notice.
So they let themselves in after you said it was OK to if they couldn't get hold of you.
TBH, if I was the estate agent, I'm not sure I'd bother ringing you to check it was OK to take someone round, if you've already effectively given your permission.
You either want them to tell you every time they bring someone round, or you don't - I suspect you've just confused the wide tied mini driving numpties and they believe that they can come and go as they please.
Give them a call and remove the ambiguity. I assume your basement office has a land line?
Oh and if you said you were going to try and keep it tidy, it might be better if you did.
The office does have a land line, but the lab I tend to work in doesn't so there didn't seem a lot of point in giving the estate agent the number.
I think the point about being a bit ambiguous is probably valid, so will have a polite conversation on Monday with him and express my displeasure at him randomly turning up. Like someone said, even leaving an answerphone message for me to collect later would be better than making no effort at all.
If he'd done it during the week, I probably wouldn't have as much of a problem as I would be at work (as far as he knew) but I could have potentially been in on a weekend, and that could have caused an awkward situation if he'd just turned up without letting me know.
I have been leaving the house spotless, but after another argument with the ex, I was in a foul mood, and needed to go out and do something, and as I hadn't heard anything from the agent decided that leaving the place in a mess wasn't going to be a big issue.
Get a dog which is extra "licky" and "slobbery". They'll soon think twice about risking there 99quid Next Suits.