Purplebricks has dropped a client after they refused to let a gay couple view their house.
Luke Main and his wife, Dr Joanna Brunker, both in their 30s, were selling their three-bedroom home in Surrey through the online estate agency for £650,000, when they were approached by Luke Whitehouse and his partner Lachlan Mantell.
After asking about the nature of their relationship and quoting the Bible, the owners refused to let them view it.
Purplebricks has distanced itself from the Christian couple and removed the house from its listings.
A spokesperson for the company said: “Purplebricks celebrates diversity and the message that Lachlan and Luke received is completely opposed to our views and values. We refunded [the owners’] fee so they are no longer our customers, and we have suggested that they sell their house with another agent.”
The message the owners sent to Whitehouse and Mantell read: “We’re sorry if we seem intrusive, but we just want to make clear that we would be unwilling for two men in a partnership to view or buy our house… as it is contrary to the gracious teaching in God’s Word, the Holy Bible, eg Romans 1:24-28 and Jude 7 (King James Version). With regards.”
