True story:
“What fantastic views” we enthused, trying to ignore the clouds of dust that were blowing in front of it, and trying not to look them other way. The views in one direction were indeed of the highest quality, as was the villa that we were being asked to offer, but the earth was shaking underneath it, and I couldn’t think of a nice way to put it, so I said, “Those JCBs are a bit noisy though”.
“Oh, we hardly notice them, ” the owner said. That was hard to fathom, since there were 6 of them engaged in earth moving operations.
“Well, you would if you were paying to stay here.”
“To be honest, we do notice them when we arrive”.
“When do you think the work will finish”
“I’m not sure. Not soon.”
“Why don’t you let us know when it’s all finished?”
“Is it a problem?”
“UK law says we can’t let a house when there is a building site nearby. We are an ABTA member.”
“Oh, well, I’ll just put it on a direct website then! They won’t be able to sue me here. ”
Dealing with an agent means that you can sue the agent. If you are spending serious money then accountability is worth thinking about.
