Agency chain acts after households told boards would be put up at their homes

Estate agency chain haart has taken action after a letter went out to households saying that boards would be erected at their properties.

Another agent, in Norwich, said that one letter had been sent out to a rented property where the tenant had lived for a year.

The agent said: “Clearly, boards would be popping up at all their managed properties.”

The agent said this would contravene trading practice.

Andrew Benn, managing director of haart Lettings, told EYE : “Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

“We have established that the letter was sent by an over-enthusiastic lettings administrator who was acting without head office knowledge.

“Her activities have been stopped and will not happen again.”

Haart Letter

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7 Comments

  1. new life

    This is a regular tactic for Haart & most corporate agencies I have worked for,it is not over enthusiasm by staff it’s a direct instruction from the top, desperate time take desperate measures.

     

    Probably struggleing from from lack of leads from OTM. Not really a site for rentals.

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  2. Property Ear

    Another guttersnipe tactic by Haart who are, in my experience, a bunch of common touts and cowboys.

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  3. Romain

    Worrying that they do not seem to know what trespass is…

    That said, if I were to receive such a ‘request’ I would probably rather reply that I charge £100 daily, invoiced weekly. Katching.

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  4. smile please

    Guessing they had organised an “Independent Board Count” for market share. If members of the public please take note how low some agents are!

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  5. Naysayer

    If you look at this girls Facebook page she is clearly 17/18 as she has just passed her driving test. There is no way she came up with this idea. This is such a creepy letter it makes me shudder..so embarrassing. The poor girl has been made a scapegoat. Pathetic excuse for an Esate Agent. Letters like this are what give the industry a bad name.

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  6. fluter

    They really do stoop very low don’t they, perhaps they should try limbo dancing!

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  7. pm83

    Used to be a standard advertising practice back when I worked for them

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