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Why would an Estate agent give telephone numbers that don't exist?

The reason I ask is because there is a flat in Whitestile Road TW8  that has had their board outside for several months now. I had tried calling the phone number given on the board 8994 9886 and it goes 'dead'  Saw one of their boards put up recently in what appears to be someone's rear garden in a back alley behind Darwin Road W5/Junction Rd. I thought it was a strange place to place it especially as there isn't a board at front of said house. Knocked the front door on several occasions but no-one at home I tried to phone the number on this board too  - 8840 6666  but it also went 'dead'. They have a great website and appear to have won all these awards, (wonder how anyone managed to contacted them to let them know).  I tried Ealing Broadway - 8280 9600  Northfields  8840 6666. Pitshanger 8998 3311.  Pinner 8866 0000 , Stanmore 8954 1111 Even tried their Property Management office 01895 200 900  but all went 'dead'  Thought i'd struck lucky when  a number in Brentford 8022 4654 came up (albeit with an electronic voice) and it appeared as though it was going to connect when it too when 'dead'  I thought perhaps they had gone out of business but they appear to be recruiting and the flat on Whitestile Road has been sold by them and a different person turns up regularly to open windows for 5 mins before leaving again.This flat came up in early Summer and I had a relative who was interested. The day the board went up I tried to phone the number on their board but as stated earlier it just went 'dead'  I phoned every branch on their website that day but without success and eventually ended up contacting someone in their Ruislip office who after much discussion "it's not my area love" I managed to get the asking price, which I thought was great.  A few days later approximately 5 people arrived at the property and the next day a 'SOLD' sign went up .  Not 'Subject to' Just 'SOLD'. Yet I'm unable to find out anything about the property on their website or even on zoopla  My relative is still interested in the property hence my interest.  

Debbie Paradin ● 186d8 Comments