Have you ever had someone walk into your home without warning? Not to say giving a warning would have helped in my case. There's a strange sense of insecurity that lingers a long time after the event. In this case that sense of insecurity was also warranted as it happened again within the hour!Long story short, my flat is up for sale. The estate agents used to ring for permission and 24hours warning before showing the place to prospective buyers. Only they have developed a nasty habit of ringing and leaving a message asking me to ring back if it is inconvenient. This works just fine if I get the message.
But on this day I had left my phone in a friend's car. Which brings me to a rainy, stormy Saturday morning. As the clouds cuddled the dark morning sky, and the rain pummeled down against the window, my duvet and blankie effortlessly presented to me an irrefutable argument for a prolonged nestle beneath the covers.
'Sound of lock and key' and "...offers a friendly welcoming entry way..."
Shit!
"Um, hello there, I'm home, do I come with the flat?!!!!!!"
I didn't mind the invasion as much as I minded my public copping the china on my fluffy slippers and bedroom attire (lack of in this case)
The agent did her bit as I hid out in the public foyer- on leaving telling me she'd be back at 11.
Only at 10am she comes back...and doesn't knock.
Again, I see why I have to have people tramping through my home, after all, I only pay a fortune for the privilege of living like the real people in Sydney who own their own. I shouldn't expect to be treated as anything less. I'm surprised they even pay lip service to me by leaving the damn message.
The worry here is she was aware I was home and for all she knew I could have been up to all sorts- shaking the hand of solo love, dancing naked round a fragrant candle, all sorts! Hardly the way to present the place in a good light.
5 Muppets commented:
i'd be ringing residential tenancies and asking them to call the agent! no way i'd be putting up with this crap! you know you're going to leave anyway so what do you have to lose??
and i have to say, i'm reading away getting irate at the unfairness of what these people are doing to you and i get to "shaking the hand of solo love" and i frigging lost it! totally lost it!! then i read "dancing naked around a fragrant candle"...that was worse cos it gave me visions!!!
done nothing but laugh since!!
in between ranting and raving around the house of course...lolol
neighbours must think i've lost it!!
It's funny how customer service and common decency are thrown out the window the second money comes into the picture.
I wouldn't go so far as to say renters are 2nd class citizens, but I'd come pretty close.
I can't stop laughing and I'm sorry:o) I would probably be caling the realtor and telling them "If I don't call back, then don't come"
Hey Evan,
I had this problem sometime back when I lived in a place that the owners were selling. I got so tired of it, I simply kept the chain on the door and when she called out, I pretended not to hear - ran water in the kitchen and such.
You should call the real estate agency and lodge a complaint - if it's the law, she probably needs confirmation that it's okay. And you aren't required to say yes, you know. So, say no.
WC
Thanks for the comments, you have no idea how great it feels that someone read this stuff, You see I thought lots and lots about hot to write 'some'of that post in a way that was ahem, savoury, shall we say!
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