{"id":4309,"date":"2019-03-12T09:43:40","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T09:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4309"},"modified":"2019-03-18T16:02:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T16:02:40","slug":"i-say-tomato-you-say-cannabis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/i-say-tomato-you-say-cannabis\/","title":{"rendered":"I Say Tomato, You Say\u2026 Cannabis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A routine property inspection led to a rather shocking discovery when a letting agent came across plants growing under specialist lights in a tenant\u2019s bedroom and assumed they were cannabis.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Growing concern<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>One of The Key Place\u2019s newer members of staff went to carry out an inspection at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/flats-rent-falkirk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">property in Falkirk<\/a> where they had long term tenants, who had never given them previous cause for concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe staff member arrived back at the office looking somewhat stunned, to say that the tenants were growing cannabis plants in the bedroom \u2013 she saw a number of plants, underneath specialist lights\u201d \u2013 explained Robert Young, Chief Executive of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/letting-agents-falkirk\/key-place\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Key Place<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cIn recent times we have been made increasingly aware of the problems of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/cannabis-farms-weed-them-out-of-your-rental-property\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cannabis farms in rented properties<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/cannabis-farms-weed-them-out-of-your-rental-property\/cannabis\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2318\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cannabis.jpg\" alt=\"cannabis\" width=\"825\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cannabis.jpg 2200w, https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cannabis-700x466.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cannabis-1100x733.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cannabis-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cannabis-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cannabis-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cannabis-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, after closer inspection, they turned out to be just tomatoes.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Canned laughter<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The alarmed letting agent, naturally, had started an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn answering the door, I asked the tenants outright if they were growing cannabis plants\u201d \u2013 said Mr Young.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmidst much laughter, they explained that it was not a cannabis farm but the tenant\u2019s mother\u2019s tomatoes, which they were looking after while she was on holiday.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Case blows up in smoke<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The mistaken identity was taken in good spirit by all parties and the matter was quickly resolved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tenant found it hilarious that his mother&#8217;s tomato plants could cause so much fuss and couldn&#8217;t wait until she got home to pull her leg about it. The team member who carried out the inspection took it as a learning experience\u2026 and I was just relieved!\u201d \u2013 said Mr Young.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe life of a letting agent throws up many, many opportunities and challenges and is never, ever dull &#8211; the key thing is to hear all sides of every story, always keep an open mind and to work to get an amicable resolution to situations&#8230; and of course to be able to see the funny side of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/mobile\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2791\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/latest-apps.png\" alt=\"latest-apps\" width=\"618\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/latest-apps.png 618w, https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/latest-apps-400x55.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A routine property inspection led to a rather shocking discovery when a letting agent came across plants growing under specialist lights in a tenant\u2019s bedroom and assumed they were cannabis. 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