I have been marketing a flat for rent with Barnard Marcus Earls Court. The early stages of the marketing were unimpressive given how busy the market is, but when I threatened to move to another agency, they upped their game and tenants were found. In preparation for this we made sure it was cleaned from top to bottom and we exited the flat having closed all internal doors, switched off all lights and double locked. 24 hours later I needed to place an information booklet into the property in advance of the arrival of the tenants, only to find that the front door was no longer double locked, the property had been used for some sort of 'entertaining' - the furniture had been sat on, there were champagne glasses in the sink, the bathroom had been used, the doors to every room were open and the TV had been watched as the remote control was not in the holder where I had left it. The only possible conclusion was that someone from Barnard Marcus, knowing the flat was empty and being in possession of a set of keys took it upon themselves to trespass into a now rental agreed property which was off market and make use of it in the few days between completion and move-in. They are strenuously denying it and trying to place the blame on us, or the previous tenants... but its absolutely clear that someone from that branch has behaved appallingly - and indeed illegally. The service throughout has not been particularly stellar but their response to this situation has been total denial and trying to place blame elsewhere.
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