Marsh & Parsons Estate Agents
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STAY AWAY AT ALL COSTS!
STAY AWAY AT ALL COSTS! Professional scammers. They have reached out today casually informing us that our landlord (who lives overseas and therefore relies on their advice) requests a rental increase of 35% (!!!!) vs the rate agreed as part of our contract 9 months ago. They’re threatening us that he might serve notice despite being happy with us as tenants. The requested price is higher than a much larger flat in a better location on the same street which is listed on M&P website so they know for fact that the request is off market. STAY AWAY. THESE PEOPLE ARE CRIMINALS. ANSWER TO THE BELOW: we have sent you a detailed email and forwarded the conversations we are having with your agent. I’d expect you to look into this fraudulent behaviour as a matter of urgency. This is literally legalised extortion!! Can’t find a better name. UPDATE: the situation is getting close to the limits of legality. After days of back and forth when the agent went from being extremely aggressive to pretend he was on our side and it was solely at the landlord discretion that the increase in rent was completely off market, the same M&P agent is now offering us viewings of new flats after we have pushed back to a new (unacceptable) renegotiated price increase of +20% on top of what we pay. it is clear this is a scam organized in order to potentially earn new fees from both ourselves and the landlord (subject to them being able to find a tenant willing to pay the same price for a flat 40% smaller vs another property in their portfolio on the same street). TO ALL PERSPECTIVE NEW TENANTS: STAY AWAY FROM M&P!! we have invested time and money in order to make this flat our home since we had signed a 3yr contract. We could not imagine that after only 9 months we would be blackmailed to spend >20% more on our rent which is something we are def not willing to do.