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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Ruth Bloomfield

The weird and wonderful world of London’s super-prime rentals

When Neil Short became a lettings agent, it is fair to assume that he didn’t expect to find himself googling exorcists because a wealthy tenant feared his rental home was haunted.

James Nightingall recalls having to paparazzi-proof a home for a world-famous actress. And Matthew Huybrechts had to inform the owner of another luxury property that their new tenant had requested the designer kitchen be gutted and converted into a walk-in shoe closet. “The tenant didn’t need a kitchen as they’d only order in or eat out,” he explained.

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