An estate agent one..

[Sociallyineptturtle]

We gave our two month notice on our house a few weeks ago. We are paying £3500 here a month. Since the property has been advertised we are having approx 3-4 viewings a day. I have a 3 year old and a 12 week old baby. Some viewings are happening between 1800 and 1900 when I would usually be bathing/putting babies to bed etc. the estate agents are also always late and have a few times not bothered coming without telling me, so I’ve sat waiting to bath my dds for no reason.

surely this is too much? I mean the sheer work I’m having to do to keep the house spotless for viewings with a 3 year old is bloody exhausting. I feel like I can’t cook because because are coming in and out all the time. It’s also being advertised by 4 separate estate agent offices so I’ve got people calling me constantly and none of them communicate with each other. I know it’s probably me that’s BU but fuck sake, we pay so much to live here and it’s just never ending interruptions and feels really bloody intrusive. What would you do? Nothing? Just keep up or put my foot down? I’m on my own here as my husband travels. They’ve also manically put the price up (over £4K now!!) which I think is why they’re all cramming so many viewings in and so far no one has been interested. This is a 3 bed semi in London so nothing fancy at all. ARGHHH I’m honestly at the end of my tether with it all.

You don't need to allow viewings of your home at all. You certainly don't need to keep the place spotless.

If you want to be nice, find some times that are good for you and offer those only.

Do you think I should give the landlord a heads up so he knows? Or just contact the estate agents.. don’t want to seem like I’m being difficult.

I'd contact your landlord and get them to sort it. You shouldn't have to communicate this to 4 agencies. Set some boundaries - 4-6 on Thursday, 10-12 Saturday or whatever and nothing outside those times. If you don't want calls tell them to email. Don't clean for them. Why are you concerned about being seen as difficult, they clearly don't care about you. Alternatively you can tell them all to get stuffed and as they've been so inconsiderate to you, you won't allow any viewings at all.

And £4k!!!

I think you just need to say to the estate agent (landlord too if you wish to be nice) that it is too much and you want to limit it.

Who cares if they think you are being difficult? Just let them know convenient times and leave it at that. If you had a job with long hours they’d have to work around that.

How much you pay in rent is irrelevant.

When I had this, I wrote to the estate agent and said: I will facilitate viewings once a week on Tuesday at 5pm for an hour. Please make sure any potential tenants visit then.

And then I just refused to engage in any other requests, just repeating the above.

You have a right to peaceful existence. Tell the LL to piss off unless he wants to offer something like rent free last 2 months.

As PP said, I don't think you're obliged to allow viewings at all. And not to be petty, but where is the incentive for you to clean and tidy? You gain nothing by the landlord finding a new tenant, I presume?
You're not being unreasonable. It sounds draining. We sold after two sessions of viewings and I was so fed up with getting the place spotless by that point (for photos and valuation too) that I've hardly bothered cleaning since. And we own the house so it was in our interest to get people to like it. That isn't your situation.