I met someone whilst on holiday who was intending to come and study in London , he coming from the Slovak country with fair to middling English.
We discussed accommodation whilst he was staying in London and he said he would be doing the rounds of agents as he was to be joined at the end of September by a couple of friends. I cautioned him to beware of being taken for a ride given his innocence of what can happen with agents.
Today he wrote asking if the attached Terms of Business were correct? The Agreement is from a "Consultancy organisation" but was according to its web site linked to a Letting Agency which also had links to other agents!!! The agreement covered the investigation of suitable accommodation , either on a house or room to let basis throughout London and included the negotiation of the rental and acceptance. All of which would require a non returnable fee of £1150. Clearly I have cautioned him against rushing into such a formal arrangement and it set me wondering if other Forum members had come across any similar situations ostensibly designed to circumvent the NO Fees legislation by Tenants.
We discussed accommodation whilst he was staying in London and he said he would be doing the rounds of agents as he was to be joined at the end of September by a couple of friends. I cautioned him to beware of being taken for a ride given his innocence of what can happen with agents.
Today he wrote asking if the attached Terms of Business were correct? The Agreement is from a "Consultancy organisation" but was according to its web site linked to a Letting Agency which also had links to other agents!!! The agreement covered the investigation of suitable accommodation , either on a house or room to let basis throughout London and included the negotiation of the rental and acceptance. All of which would require a non returnable fee of £1150. Clearly I have cautioned him against rushing into such a formal arrangement and it set me wondering if other Forum members had come across any similar situations ostensibly designed to circumvent the NO Fees legislation by Tenants.
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