I attempted to rent a property in new Cumnock. I earn £20k a month and the house was £700. We were told due to how rural it was no one else had viewed in months. Upon arriving we met a nice estate agent. Upon ringing the office I spoke to someone who seemed to be very slow in guessing elderly. She heard my age (24) and that we are self employed (6 years worth of books over a million in networth) and that because we were living with family could only supply a guarantor or financial reference, she just pulled out the card that “3 other parties were interested” So I offered £50pcm more, the property had been reduced and she accused that of “pressuring the landlord”. Immediately I knew this old lady had a discrimination issue. I got my tech team to do some digging. The night we first viewed the property (we spent £800 on a rental car and £400 on a luxury spa hotel as we were 100% certain we would get it. We even had the money laying about to pay 3-6month upfront) & wanted to experience the lovely viral local hotel we would regularly be dining at. That very night after speaking to us they reposted the property to 4 new websites… No other parties were interested as 6-8 weeks on the house is still available & we are going to the papers. Blocked my huge social media's as well. Estate agents like this are causing the death of the UK housing market. They are lucky we don't sue and get compensation, probably cripple the company because by the looks of the reviews this isn't the first issue like this.

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