disrespectful current tennants

wnoktnwbr · 30 January 2012 at 5:11PM

and for the final episode in this series of disappointments:

this morning I got a call to tell me that the viewing arranged for today had been cancelled, the landlord has decided to sell instead and wants "offers in excess of £600,000" which I doubt I could get a mortgage on -- and I don't want to buy anyway.

I think this means the following is an accurate history of this:

viewing booked
viewing cancelled
train tickets cancelled
viewing re-booked
train tickets booked
train boarded
viewing cancelled apartment gone
return home
apartment available
viewing booked friday
viewing cancelled
viewing booked
apartment removed from market
viewing cancelled

amiehall · 30 January 2012 at 5:27PM

Honestly, while I agree that's a poor showing from the LL/LA to mess you around like that, I wouldn't be making a journey like that unless I had arrangements to see about 8/10 properties. Viewings fall through very often and it's a long way to go to have a complete wasted trip not finding anything.

wnoktnwbr · 30 January 2012 at 6:03PM

For anyone interested it's this place: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-35829392.html

amiehall wrote: »

Honestly, while I agree that's a poor showing from the LL/LA to mess you around like that, I wouldn't be making a journey like that unless I had arrangements to see about 8/10 properties. Viewings fall through very often and it's a long way to go to have a complete wasted trip not finding anything.

I was in the situation where I wanted this apartment, I had no interest in any others and assuming there were no glaring flaws (like holes in the walls and corpses in every room) I was prepared to commit to renting it. As I explained to the letting agents I talked to, the only purpose of the viewing was to confirm it was as listed and if it was I would commit to renting while I was there, the viewing wasn't just to casually see how it looked.

sooz · 30 January 2012 at 6:35PM

Nice.
You wouldn't get that much in London, which is where I thought it would be.
That agent takes a good photo. Other agents photos aren't nearly as nice

. Have you tried ringing one of the others to see what they say?

But to buy, no way. Grade II, sea fret, render & crittal will be costly. Bet that's why the owner is selling- notice of major works perhaps?