Dozens of for sale boards belonging to a new estate agency in south London have been taken down - and the sales manager is blaming jealous rival agents.
Ryan Tuke of 1Residential, a new agency in Tooting, says at least 16 boards worth a total of around £1,000 have been removed from vendors' properties under the cover of darkness.
"One of the clients had CCTV. We saw a board being taken down and put in the back of a van. We have put the boards back up now. We are hoping people see we haven't done anything wrong and there are other agents out there that do this sort of thing Tuke has told the local media.
1Residential describes itself as a family run business with an office in Redhill as well as one in Tooting. The business, which handles lettings and property management as well as sales, has been operating for only four months.
"We are flattered a little bit because it does show that we are ruffling feathers for another agent to feel the need to sabotage the way we are marketing. It means we are doing something right but obviously it is quite saddening they have to do that. It says more about them than it does us says Tuke.
Wandsworth police told Estate Agent Today that it had so far had not made any arrests although investigations were continuing.
Comments
I find the T shaped ones are excellent snow clearers.
No idea if these guys are any good as agents but they know how to spin a story! Dozens does not equal 16
We had a similar issue a couple of years ago and shortly afterwards we received calls from a board company saying that they have found a load of our boards fallen down and were obviously put up in a sub-standard manner. They then kindly offered their services to us whilst slating our existing board company! Therefore, it may not be an estate agent rathermore a rival board company!!!
Bad isn't it!!!