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Set up fees
Hi, I'm a first time landlord currently trying to choose between two letting agents. Both charge a similar monthly management fee but one has a high setup fee and the others say they don't charge a setup fee at all. Both are ARLA members with good reviews. On the face of it this therefore seems like...
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IMPORTANT UPDATE on rent arrears and evictions
Landlords, agents, and property professionals, I’m hosting a webinar on September 9 on the latest update on rent arrears and evictions! If you don’t know me already, I am the Founder of Landlord Action, Brand Ambassador for Hamilton Fraser, and Star of Channel 5's ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords...
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Help. Scam/ fraud letting
Hiya
i need some advise on my situation in regards to this flat offered to me and my partner. We viewed a flat which was in an old office block which had been converted into service apartments and then refurbished into flats.
The agency we viewed the flats through did not want...
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Landlords Mail / Managing Agents Have Disappeared
My tenants deposit was placed in the TDS by my managing agents at the time.
I terminated the contract with the agents as they were not passing the rent on to me the landlord. In total, the agency owed me three months rent. After several stressful months I eventually manage to get the rental arrears...
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Letting agents adding commission to work they arrange with a contractor.
Is this practice publicised with you landlords? Is it always the way?
I have a Property Maintenance Company and had a call from a letting agent today asking if I wanted to do work for some of their landlords. OK, I can fit in a couple of small jobs.
So, I get a form emailed...
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Unspecified check-in/check-out fees - fair? legal?
We have been looking for a property to rent. Having been stung by outrageous agents' fees before, we have tried to take these into account when choosing which property to rent this time. We have explicitly asked at each viewing what the fees would be.
We found one we liked and at the...
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Letting Agent wants to force tenant to pay fees if we end SLA early
We have had a good tenant for nearly 3 years , due to a change in circumstance he wants to move out in January , as he has given us fair notice we would like to let him go
HOWEVER we have a 2 year SLA in place , the agent wants to enforce payment of his fees to the end of this agreement ( about...
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Is there a valid tenancy agreement in place here?
I will preface my query with the comment that, as a (good) landlord, I'm getting increasingly furious and frustated about tenant's rights as a result of the experiences of my daughter:
a) Three weeks ago my daughter and three other young girls viewed and liked a property in Finsbury park...
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Letting Agent Pro's and Cons
Hi all,
I have two properties available to rent and am considering using an agency.
Can anyone advice me on the pro's and con's of using a corporate or independent agency and which they think is better and why?
Also it would help to know what you would want...
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Agents have let our property at a lower rate than we authorised - where do we stand?
My business partner and I have a BTL flat in Manchester.
Our last tenants moved out at Christmas and a month ago we were getting concerned at the place still being empty.
We spoke to our managing agents and they said the place was looking a little tired so we we might need...
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Nottingham letting agents
Hi everyone,
I am a new landlord and would really appreciate some advice. I want to let out my property in Nottingham but now live about two hours away. Hence, I am looking at finding a letting agency to fully manage the property.
Has anyone here had any good or bad experiences...
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(Tenant's question) - payment withing 48 hours?
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I am a tenant, not the landlord. Sorry if question if off-topic.
I have decided to rent a 2-bed cottage in Orpington, BR6.
The rent is 1100 pounds per month.
I've payed the holding deposit (400 pounds).
The agent has sent me the "subject...
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Avoiding the estate agent ?
Hi all,
Looking for a bit of advice.
I have just finished doing up my property and put an advert in the local paper. I had a call from the local estate agent offering me a bit more rent and tennants ready to go. I said I will continue to look privately but will also see...
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Research on Property Agents
Hi everyone,
I am a masters student at the London Business School and am undertaking research into the UK letting and property management industry and am in need of some feedback from UK landlords.
Please take 3 minutes to complete this simple anonymous online survey (click...
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Lots of Tenants but not a Landlord in Sight!
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Not entirely sure if this is an appropriate post/question for the forum but thought I’d feel the water regardless. I started a commercial refurbishment company just before the beginning of the recession and have managed (albeit understandably challenging) to trade through. We’re...