Short term Lets in London - help please

property.advert

joe3k wrote: »

We were definitely told verbably. Unsure if it also states in writing it was a holding deposit on the receipt... I would have to check and my gf has it at mo. Does it make much difference though?

Thanks for the suggestion property.advert. You push it in a way I can see why you call yourself property advert... sounds more like you are the person/agent trying to let it and your reply is your "property advert". It's ok but looks a little dated. Gumtree looks ok for searching for short lets though.

Sorry, your guess is wrong. I've nothing to do with it or any offer of property adverts as I'm up to my eyes in debt but I did nearly use them in 2008 and 2009 for their flexibility. The handle property.advert is an email address I set up to deal with a property search and I just used it here. Nothing sinister or self promoting.

If you look at standard short lets, the premium is massive or they are rubbish. Foxtons for example starts at 2 months I think and their mark up is around 200% of a six month lease, meaning you lose at 3 months. Eurolets (the ad I put up) will do 1 month at about a 25% premium to the market. I spent months looking for a solution to the short let problem and apart from trying to make private deals, was the best available.

joe3k

Oh just so everyone knows who the rogue traders were and to avoid them. The name and shame is: Stonewater Property. Avoid these cowboys like the plague. They really screwed us around, wasted our time qand put us in a difficult situation. The guys name is Graeme Lacey, he seemed like an ok guy, but thinking back he took an hour to make us a cup of tea, after saying he'd get us one right away and then another hour or more keeping us waiting after he got us the tea before coming to us to get us sorted. What a cowboy!

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