Letting agents expecting us to do viewings!

[NotAnotherUserName5]

We have given notice on the house we currently rent. It's been put on the market to rent for a stupidly high price, and as a result we have had viewings every day this week and no one has taken it. It's a good £350PM over priced for the area.

Now they have booked viewings for the weekend and are expecting us to show people around!

This is all starting to seriously annoy me-we are trying to pack and I only had a baby 3 weeks ago. Fed up of people coming and going all the time.

We move out in less than 2 weeks and so much to do.

Are the letting agency BU or me?!

I agree with the agreeing time slots that are convenient to you but also that they must give you 24hours notice of any viewing within those slots and that they do not confirm to the viewer until they've spoke to you or you have replied to their text confirming each time.

And if they still take the piss after that then tell them no as is your right.

Registration of deposits depends on type if tenancy and is not compulsory

It is compulsory for assured shorthold tenancies which the op is 99% likely to have. When is it not compulsory?

When the agent holds the deposit in the insured scheme offered by the same providers as opposed to the custodial.

I have to admit I rather enjoyed doing the viewings of the house we rented where the letting agent were dreadful about repairs.

I was terribly helpful and explained al about how the vent in the kitchen had broken months before hand so now was basically a big hole in the wall that let the cold air in.

And I was very careful to make sure I showed them the dodgy mould growing in the double glazing.

And we had a lovely lovely chat about how long it took to fix the hot water.