Estate agent - would you report?

[Milesawaay]

I’ve viewed a few different houses this week as I am divorcing my husband, with different agents.

The one yesterday I was accompanied by a man (probably late 20’s) from what is regarded the main and most popular local estate agent.

He made a couple of comments which really didn’t sit well with me. Firstly, the house has a cellar, and when I said I’m not sure what I’d use it for, he said that he’d make it a ‘sex dungeon’.

The house is terraced but also has a loft conversion, which the neighbours don’t. When we were looking at this part, he said something about having no neighbours means there’s no need to worry about noise which is ‘always good if you get carried away’ followed by a laugh.

Maybe I’m a bit sensitive at the moment, but that is wholly unprofessional surely? My friends suggested I raise it with the estate agents to make them aware…

This with bells on and also a professional should know not to joke about sex at work.

Not reporting means he carries on behaving this way thinking it's acceptable.
Not great when it's a young first time buyer who isn't confident to stand up to him.
Report OP, silly man-child.

And then the home owner ends up with an unsold house and estate agent fees.

His job is to make a good impression to encourage the buyer with the most money available to buy the house not to be creepy and put buyers off.

I’m and estate agent and this is so inappropriate of report him

I wish I'd reported an agent and all he did was swear, ask me what my son earned and tell me personal stuff I did not want to know, including him being on some register as being safe.

Men need to understand how vulnerable some women can feel when confronted with talk like that.

I think it's totally inappropriate and unprofessional and I wouldn't like it. But I wouldn't feel threatened or think he was serial killer. I would just think what a twit and leave it to somebody else to complain.

He wouldn’t have said that to a pensioner couple, guaranteed. Report.

That’s helpful. Let him make another woman feel uncomfortable when you could have done something? Well done sister!

Totally unprofessional.

He sounds young, inexperienced and unprofessional. I definitely think it’s worth flagging to the estate agent as feedback so that they can have a word with him. I think a complaint is a bit strong. But that’s me!

Eek! He probably did mean the comments in a jokey way but it's not professional on any level. I do think it's something that needs bringing to the attention of someone more senior. Not so he'll get fired (although that's entirely possible), but because he needs guidance on how he speaks to clients. What he thinks is a joke, may not be taken that way by another person.

I would deffo mention it to save other women having to put up with it….but there’s also a good chance you’ll be viewing other properties with this estate agent, and possibly even with him. Depending on how you feel about potentially seeing him after complaining about him, you could wait until you’ve finished looking, then make a complaint.

Also, ewww, he sounds gross. I feel sorry for the people paying him to sell their house!

If he feels comfortable telling you that then it is how they speak behind doors.

I would just not use them. If you do wish to report then at least don’t report to his manager…he is well aware I am sure 😒

I agree with the previous poster who suggested he was trying his luck. Eww

I work in an Estate Agents and I would report him. Very unprofessional.

This

Whether you’re a man or woman, this is sexual harassment (sex talk that has made you uncomfortable) and it’s unacceptable. He should know, or have training from his employer about his actions.

Report. At best he is immature and didn’t mean to come across that way, at worst he enjoyed making you feel uncomfortable and was only doing it because you are a woman. Decent men don’t want to make women feel uncomfortable, uneasy or unsafe.

I was staying at a hotel at the weekend and got in a lift. A male staff member wanting to go in the same lift asked me if it was ok for him to come in with me as I was on my own. A really simple thing that he did to make sure I wasn’t uncomfortable. I wish more men were aware of how they can make women feel.

God aren’t they the worst. Why can’t they read the room and know that is so inappropriate
That is the difference between selling your house with an upmarket company, where you get a professional viewer and either a chain or local company run by ‘lads’.
I recently was looking and on a Saturday morning, was greeted by a 20 something year old woman who had clearly been out a few hours before, hungover as hell and so not interested or caring whatsoever. I didn’t like the house for
various reasons - she said ‘well like just put in a low
ball anyway’ 🤷‍♀️
Have told my friends who are looking to sell to avoid using them as that is the type of viewer you will get. It really can cost you the sale!

God, estate agents just don’t change.

We once had an estate agent suggest that we could pay a lower price for a property to avoid a higher rate stamp duty and pay the vendor the balance through their agency! Dodgy as fuck some of them!!