An agent has apologised after a series of text messages were handed over to the press by a prospective tenant.
Ashlie Hamlyn, 25, should have viewed a flat, but on her way, her car caught fire.
The agent, Steve Charlton, of Clarendon Estates, Leicester, was sympathetic at first, but then texted to say she was a “f****** liar”.
In the unedifying exchange, Hamlyn responded by calling him a “p****”. She then threatened in a text to report him to the Leicester Mercury.
The local paper reported the story, which has now been taken up by the Daily Mail.
Charlton told the Mail that he apologised, but had already felt he had already been messed around.
He said: “I did send the message, and for that I have apologised to Ashlie. However, I only said it because I had found out that she had reserved another house in the morning – and that’s why I called her a liar.
“We had confirmed with her earlier in the week that she had a few appointments on the morning of the messages but she never turned up.
“The car incident happened in the afternoon and I had spent a good hour of my day trying to rearrange other times for her to view the houses.
“As a result I was really annoyed that she didn’t have the decency to let us know. On top of that I had found out about some personal issues and it all resulted in a stressful afternoon.’
There’s more here, along with further asterisks:
Let that be a lesson to us all!
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