WWYD - approaching landlord re sale

[oneproudmumma]

Relatives are renting a property that they would really like to buy.

The agents informed them landlord was open to to selling the property before they signed the tenancy agreement and the neighbours have since mentioned this also.

They've sent emails to two different people in the lettings department at the agency that enquire about purchasing the property but the emails are being ignored. No one ever answers calls there or calls back, they just text about maintenance issues etc.

They have found the landlord's work email address online. Would it be really out of order to contact him directly about this? WWYD?

That the senior person has access to though! So not gatekept even if it were also had an assist to help manage it. And if the assistant is the type that would not keep matters confidential they soon wouldn't have access. A mere eenquiry asking whether they are prepared to seel a property they own would not be inappropriate.

Very many more organisations operate on the basis that the senior person deal with emails direct and flags the one for an assistant to deal with. In the context of whether OP should email she should