SUNDAY in WINTER.

11am on an Frosty Sunday in November and no calls yet saying 'my heating/boiler/hot water is not working! Which is nice, So I am sneaking off to Waitrose to buy a paper and a tasty treat.

NO TIME WITH THE FAMILY !

Darn Saturdays so many viewings today all over the place. Started in Littlemore then to Cowley via the office to drop back some keys and chat to antie Brenda. On to Headington and back via Didcot. This is just the morning, and two viewers didn't even turn up!

CONTACT GREG.

To contact me please call 01235 524 800 or email me at ourmaninlettings@yahoo.co.uk.

Just until BT do the office lines!

All the best Greg.

Mrs E of North Oxford (Summertown)

The rescue on Lonsdale Road ! Took a call early one morning from a neighbour of Mrs E saying she was shouting for help from her window. So I rushed down to find her at her bathroom window of her ground floor flat. She was ok but said she could not get out because the door was jammed so I used the pass (emergancy key) to let me into the flat. I found that a deck chair left by the edge of the sliding door to her bathroom had fallen over stopping the door moving into the gap hence jamming the door!

Moved it! She thanked me from behind the door and I let myself out. As a lady in her 80's should not be seen in her night wear by a man. She did offer to make me a tea but she would hand it to me out of the kitchen window.Nice offer but I declined.

NEWS FROM THE DAY.

Well not the best start to the day having a landlord saying he wants the tenants out ! When I asked why he said "Because the postman saw the tenant wearing a dress." This is not normally a problem but he spied a burly man! Hairy legs below the hemline!

Again not a problem unless like this landlord you are of a certain age and have Victorian views. The plot thickened because the tenants who were meant to have moved in yesterday had not and were moving in later today (this afternoon). Whoops! Should have told him!

Anyway no keys had been released, the only visitor being the inventory clerk on Friday and he only wears a dress on weekends....

So I investagate by sending my assistant to check the property - nice 30min drive.

The report: no sign of entry and the post piled up on the mat.

So I told the landlord to check his facts with the postman and moved the new tenants in at 4ish.

We will wait to see if the man in drag turns up again or perhaps it was the lovely neighbour -without her makeup!

Time spent on problem = 2 hours. Money earned = £none

Our man in lettings

I have just signed the documents to incorparate the business ready to send to the solicitors. But I have an office already, talk about running before I can walk.

So here I am - Greg Simpson Your Man in Lettings. I'm not this orange in real life I promise!

bluedoor lettings & property management 25 bridge street abingdon OX14 3HN.