Well the friends came over today to discuss it, I suspect they aren't keen as we emphasised that we whilst we were happy to forgo agency management fee, we would still expect market rate. Think they weren't so sure after that, plus you could tell it was one half of the couple driving it whilst the other made it clear they didn't want to move.
Still on with the agency, but a little concerned as they said they found us tenants, HOWEVER, only one of the two worked, and was quite literally on the threshold of being able to afford the rent. They have a child, and told me their total household income. I tallied up our regular bills, and I mean nothing extravagant, literally water, gas, electric and council tax, and worked out that the family of 3 would have around £300 left a month for food, clothing, transport, phone etc. Is it just me, or does that sound impossible? We aren't renting a mansion or anything, but I know there are cheaper places locally.
Agency have already taken our details down off website, before we'd agreed these tenants. I mentioned our basic monthly bills to letting woman, and she seemed to think it was ok? Am I over thinking it? I have asked them to keep marketing it until we can be confident they can afford it as we simply can't afford for them to miss a payment, would really muck us up financially. Think they thought I was overreacting?