Great people, sadly Landlords are not

Dealing with Martin & Co is completely fine. They are professional, courteous and generally nice people. The problem arises because they act as a middle man between client and landlord, you don't even get the landlord's phone number, which is understandable. I viewed a property which looked fairly smart. When I moved in however, the landlord had touched up various bits of paintwork which is an entirely different shade to the original and now looks very patchy. There was also a throw covering a giant hole in one of the couches, the other couch was fairly worn and the springs had gone meaning sitting on it was massively uncomfortable. Yet they delivered only one sofa which, again, was a completely different shade to the other sofa. It looks completely ridiculous. The landlord is quite possibly the tightest alive. If there was a bit of give and take I would of painted the property properly, but investing my own money and effort into a "furnished" property when you are delivered a couch a completely different colour to the other is simply overkill. I've given up complaining and simply going to see out my tenancy. Although this is not Martin & Co's fault directly, because of the way they are set up they simply MUST shoulder some of the blame. I cannot wait to move out and I've only been a tenant for 3 weeks. I think it's hit and miss depending on which landlord you get and your willingness to be on the phone constantly to complain and argue your point. I would like to reiterate that they do try and help you out wherever they can and the problems do lie with the landlord.