Estate Agents - Utterly useless!

[Anna_S]

Ok everyone, looking for some help writing a letter please.

Basically, I'm trying to move house at the moment, found a lovely property, requested the application forms from the estate agents and filled them all in. My boyfriend was supposed to be taking them round yesterday afternoon, but because of a doctors appt running late couldn't make it in time.

He took the forms and the cheque in today, but they said they had already taken another application on the house which they were in the middle of processing.

We can still put our application in and then it is down to the landlady to decide who she would like to live in her house.

Seeing as the other people are going to pay 6 months up front, I doubt whether she would choose us.

It's been suggested that I go and see her before putting the application in to see if it would be £50 wasted. But that seems rather unfair on her.
At the same time I don't want to do nothing, so thought I would write a letter, explaining how we had our heart set on the house, would look after it etc.... and explain what happened with the estate agents - as she was happy for us to rent it one day previous.

Any help on what I could put in the letter would be greatly appreciated... or any better ideas?

Thanks
Anna x

[Miguel Alvarez]

Failing to see the problem. If you guys were late which was unfortunate and someone else got their forms in before you then its just one of those things.

[Neil H]

^ What he said. Early bird catches the worm.

[illmonkey]

Wait, wait, wait, wait...





You expect because you were meant to take the form in but didn't and someone beat you to it, you should still get the house?

[MkGriff]

It's a shame that you mentioned your boyfriend, as you would have been inundated with help and suggestions otherwise!

On a positive note, you seem more than literate enough to compose a nicely written letter.

Good luck.

[Shinobi]

Basically you were late putting the form in and thats the agents fault? Wow don't go to Subway.

[tonym911]

Suspect that even if you'd got your application in first, the other lot would have bumped you anyway with their cash-flashing. Most landladies are going to take the most attractive application, not the one that came in a day earlier (or whatever). You can understand it really. Sorry you missed out though. At least you won't be competing with the Loadsamoney crew when the next one comes up. Good luck.

[whitechief]

As much as it may be true a lot of the time, I fail to see how the agents in this instance are 'utterly useless'.

[VEA]

Send her an email?

[Anna_S]

But it's a particularly nice house, we have some difficult requests when it comes to parking space, and I have a dog which is really difficult to find somewhere where you're allowed one.
I don't fancy giving up on the house without a little fight.

[Ozone]

MkGriff said:

It's a shame that you mentioned your boyfriend, as you would have been inundated with help and suggestions otherwise!

True.

[Flintstone]

VEA said:

Send her an email?

Mildly amusing (perhaps) when first posted six months ago. Bit tedious now.

[VEA]

Flintstone said:

VEA said:

Send her an email?

Mildly amusing (perhaps) when first posted six months ago. Bit tedious now.

Terribly sorry...

[chimster]

Anna_S said:

But it's a particularly nice house, we have some difficult requests when it comes to parking space, and I have a dog which is really difficult to find somewhere where you're allowed one.
I don't fancy giving up on the house without a little fight.

Then you should have a bit sharper in the first place. Somebody else was and they now are in pole position. Sad but true. Lesson learnt methinks......

[Anna_S]

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but seeing as it's too late to get the application in before them now - I'm hoping to convince that we're the better people to live in her house.
So, still any help is more than welcome in composing my letter...

[bigandclever]

Anna_S said:

Seeing as the other people are going to pay 6 months up front, I doubt whether she would choose us.

Well, there's a hint right there. Pay more

[will_]

Anna_S said:

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but seeing as it's too late to get the application in before them now - I'm hoping to convince that we're the better people to live in her house.
So, still any help is more than welcome in composing my letter...

Sorry, how is this - in any way - the estate agent's fault?

[Flintstone]

VEA said:

Flintstone said:

VEA said:

Send her an email?

Mildly amusing (perhaps) when first posted six months ago. Bit tedious now.

Terribly sorry...

Go and stand over there <points>

[maxrider]

Anna_S said:

I'm hoping to convince that we're the better people to live in her house.

How do you know that? The others might be perfectly ok and will pay up front.
It's a business transaction not a charity.

[Cas_P]

They clearly also have their heart set on it, especially with offering 6 months in advance. You didn't get your application in on time, this makes the estate agents 'utterly useless' how? I'd say it makes your boyfriend the useless once, when did doctors appointments take a day?

IMHO writing a letter stating you are better to live in the house than people you don't even know is pretty selfish. You live and learn, get your application in on time in the future.