FoxThere are few more frustrating things in life than attempting to rent a property from an estate agent. Even horrifically annoying things like supporting Aston Villa, or finding out too late that the toilet paper is down to its final transparent wisps; nothing compared to the soul-destroying process of renting a roof under which to live. On paper it should be a straightforward transaction; in reality it requires you to deal with unprecedented levels of rage, frustration, disappointment and rejection. It's like all your failed romances, bad test grades and horrible nights out rolled into one sadistic, expensive and truly sickening package. In fact, every step of the rental saga is so fraught with lies, danger and personal insult that you have to summon all of your physical and emotional strength just to get to the point where the keys are being placed into your cold, clammy and by now extremely clenched fist. Yet where there is shared trauma there is a chance for human beings to bond. Hence, here are 12 things that everyone who has endured rental horror has wanted to scream at estate agents. Friends, you're not alone.
12. What's The Point Of A Website That's Never Updated?
NBCYoure full of enthusiasm, excitedly Googling estate agents who can make your dreams come true. On first glance, their websites offer you all the tantalising des res apartments you could dream of. One has a balcony overlooking a scenic river; another has a television that zooms out of the floor. The clincher is in a high rise apartment block that overlooks your favourite football clubs stadium: free matches forever. Just as your exhilaration hits maximum, however, you notice the singularly soul-crushing LET banner slapped across the top of the photograph. Never mind, you think. Theyre bound to have similar flats for rent. Cue a long, spirit-defeating line of LET banners that confirm your worst fears: this agency, like the other fifty youve endured that day, has not a single currently available property on its website. In fact, it was last updated in 2009, and theyve probably gone out of business since.
