Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Estate Agent signs breeding in my garden
Left my house this morning to find two estate agents to let signs have materialised in my tiny front garden one for Brian Thomas and one for Anthony Pepe. Anthony Pepe have skewered their's through the middle of my hedge, giving me a lovely view of it from my front room! To add insult to injury we still have one abandoned Brian Thomas sign lying in the front garden where it was dumped a few months ago. Repeated requests for them to remove it have been ignored. I think this all relates to the top floor flat, but it seems deeply unfair that it effects the other two flats which are not up for rent. If I ever did want to sell or rent my flat, it would definitely make me think twice about giving my business to those two firms. Rant over 
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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Under planning rules, only one estate agent sign is allowed per premises.
Complain to the Council Planning department and, while you are waiting for them to do nothing, chuck them away.
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Permalink Reply by Antoinette on
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I'd be tempted to pick up the discarded sign, and take it to their offices and leave it on their Reception desk with a cheery "I believe this belongs to you".
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Dear Betty, the stakes make sturdy supports for garden plants, the remainder I would chuck in the bin.
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Permalink Reply by Alyson on
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The corrugated plastic can be wiped clean and used for backing a poster, strengthening the bottom of a cardboard box or bag ....
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Permalink Reply by Betty Careless on
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Thanks for all the recycling tips - its cheered me up
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The house has been converted into three flats and I'm in the ground floor one. I think its the top floor that's to let.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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It's standard for an agency to put up their sign when they're brokering a property, but it sounds like it hasn't been done very sensitively on this occasion and that whoever put up the signs for one of the agents has acted in breach of the law (as I understand it). If I were in your position, I'd do the following:
Check that the property has been placed with both agencies. If it hasn't follow any of the above suggestions to get rid of the sign from the superfluous agency, or call them and ask them to take it/them away.
If it is a multi-agency property:
The law says: "Not more than one advertisement, consisting of a single board or two joined boards, is permitted; and where more than one advertisement is displayed, the first to be displayed shall be taken to be the one permitted."
a. Decide which board came first and remove the other one, or ask the agent to do so.
b. If you decide to leave the Anthony Pepe sign ask them to relocate it. Erecting signs will be sub-contracted and they should be concerned to find that a sign has been badly or inconveniently placed.
b. If you decide to leave the Brian Thomas sign, ask them to remove their old sign.
c. Remove the un-permitted sign, and/or inform the agent and tell them that if they fail to collect it within a week, you will destroy the sign.
d. Any uncollected signs can be sawn/cut up, recycled as above or put in your bin.
I think both agents are pretty reputable so you shouldn't have any trouble. Let us know what happens.
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Permalink Reply by Bee on
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Hi Betty
My boyfriend made a brilliant bike lean-to from the wood of abandoned estate agents signs!
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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Photograph please! :)
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I hadn't realised that the signs were so useful - maybe I should be encouraging them to stick up more of them ; )
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