I’ve never been made to feel more like a second class citizen than I have been by Debbie Darvill, lettings DIRECTOR at Sparks Ellison. First she tried to tell me that on both properties I wanted to look at, the landlords’ mortgage lender prohibited tenants with Universal credit.. (which mortgage lenders have been banned from doing for at least the last 5 years and any mortgages longer than that would have been automatically changed). Surely being a Director of lettings with years and years of experience, she would know that. I challenged this piece of information, only to then be told… “It’s these particular landlords prerogative to immediately discount people with benefits”!!!! Yes, landlords can chose their tenants, but it is against the law to immediately discount someone based on being in receipt of benefits. Again, I find it very bold that someone with such a distinguished career, can openly say that their clients are biased and openly discriminatory!!!!!! I guess Sparks Ellison just have a blanket policy of no benefits….. Next year I will be in a position to buy a property…. NOT FROM SPARKS ELLISON!!!