If this agency has a specialty, it is a combo of letting properties that are falling apart/sourcing from shitbag landlords/acting like slimy used car salesmen with a fine tuned gift for screwing over Americans moving to London in as many positions possible.
If you are an American moving over for work and had Marsh & Parsons recommended to you, run far, far away! Like the previous poster, this particular office of degenerate, asshats set me up with a flat that was not in working order unbeknownst to me. And because of the law of attraction (with like attracting like), my landlord turned out to be a shit for brains, bastard motherfucker who can't finish a repair and causing me to live in a goddamned construction zone with no relief. M&P has developed amnesia and has forgotten that they represented a faulty piece of shit property as a livable home and presented it to me on a platter like a fucking poisoned apple. I swear to GOD this flat would've been more sturdy if it was held together with spit/cum rags and ball sweat.
Their knack for showing piece of shit properties, especially to Americans is something of legend. All other coworkers who had the misfortune of working with these packs of 'tards feel the same way and we are having HR to remove these worthless taints from the recommended list for relocation offices.
The offensive, Bethanny Frankel-looking agent was Tatiana Nieves, who conveniently only showed us two properties. One we liked but that wasn't a viable option and wasted our precious time (she off-handedly remarked that the landlord didn't like Americans and/or couples AND if so, since we are both American and a couple, that we'd need to pay rent a year in advance - I think NOT!). And Tatiana showed us the craptastic one we selected. As newbies, we had to leave our shortlet, had no idea how this all worked and we took it out of pressure - which Tatiana leveraged against us.
BTW, if you are shown a 1 bdrm flat where the bedroom was converted into a "recording studio", stomp your heel, turn 180 degrees and ruuunnnnn far, far away. This was our flat from hell. Only move into it if you like landlords that will do illegal craziness....that will not repair anything, come into your flat without notice and go through your things. Ruuuunnnnn. This jackass letting agency likes to represent this asshole, so they will try to show you that property if it meets your basic criteria...Oh, and that room isn't sound proof at all. I could still hear people in the hallway from it.
IF YOU ARE STUCK IN A SHITTY SITU BC OF THESE MORONS:
As an American, it is HARD to know your rights. Check out:
http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/
And for legal advice:
https://www.shelter.org.uk/
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