article_snippet: A one-bedroom Mayfair flat has been let in a record-breaking 40 minutes after the successful new tenant paid £10,000 up-front to secure A one-bedroom Mayfair flat.
article_snippet: The stampede for the 301 sq ft central London home, which is only slightly larger than a garage, was so intense that the 'winning' tenant paid more than six months rent in advance.
article_snippet: Within 15 minutes of uploading the flat to its website with an asking price of £1,560 per month, letting specialists agents E J Harris was bombarded with more than 200 email and telephone enquiries.
article_snippet: During the first 30 minutes, there were five serious offers made on the property, which is located just off Regent Street.
article_snippet: A one-bedroom Mayfair flat has been let in a record-breaking 40 minutes after the new tenant paid £10,000 up-front to secure A one-bedroom Mayfair flat .
article_snippet: The stampede for the 301 sq ft central London home on Pollen Street was so intense that the 'winning' tenant paid more than six months' rent in advance .
article_snippet: And 10 minutes later the flat was let to an executive working in the hospitality industry in the West End.
article_snippet: Elizabeth Harris, managing director of E J Harris said: 'If it was a swanky flat in Mayfair's posh Western district I would expect it was a swanky flat in Mayfair's posh Western district to fly out of the door, but this is an 'ordinary Londoner' apartment on the eastern Soho border by Regent Street.
article_snippet: The speed of the deal and the battle to secure the tenancy is the clearest indicator yet to me how buoyant and hot London's letting market is at present. '
article_snippet: But the desirability of renting a property in Mayfair, albeit on the Soho border, rather than buying before the General Election, created a 'perfect storm' for the flat.
highlights_snippet: One-bedroom flat in Mayfair was let in record-breaking 40 minutes .
  
highlights_snippet: Successful tenant paid six months rent totalling £10,000 up-front .
  
highlights_snippet: Successful tenant was put on the market by letting agents E J Harris for £1,560 per month .
  
highlights_snippet: Within 15 minutes they had been bombarded with 200 enquiries .
  