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FOR the past two and a half years, Abbey Robb has had to take "precautions" every time she leaves the house.

Having been plagued by stomach problems — including bouts of diarrhoea — since catching COVID in September 2020, Abbey Robb now makes sure she has eaten very little before heading out, and has gone to the loo.

For the past two and a half years, Abbey Robb has had to take 'precautions' every time she leaves the house. 'As a woman trying to work, enjoy a social life and date, it has been absolutely awful,' she said.

Abbey Robb, 42, a psychotherapist, lives near Wimbledon in London. Her GP told her it is what happens as she gets older- but later found she had Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

The pandemic property frenzy has seen buyers stop at nothing to get the keys to their dream home. And with demand and prices rocketing, as well as huge stamp duty savings up for grabs, competition has been fierce. But the buying boom has brought out an ugly side of the market: gazumping. And estate agents have told Money Mail that the problem has never been worse than over the past few months. Estate agents say the problem of gazumping - where a seller accepts a higher offer despite already having a verbal agreement with another buyer -  has never been worse