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Rental Estate Agents Fees
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newmoney_3
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Hi,
Got a quick question which I hope someone can help me with.
We have recently moved out of our Rental house (thankfully finally managed to buy) and have just had the final check on our old property done.
Just been advised (and I do think it is in the contract) that we now have to pay a £65 + VAT charge to get the final check released to the landlord so that we can get out deposit back.
So we had to pay an initial £75 admin fee when we first took the property, a similar fee when we extended it and now another fee when we leave.
So my question, is this legal that the estate agents charge both the landlord and me a fee? Surely this is taking money twice for the same work and that as the person renting I should not have to pay anything?
If I take the example of recruitment, a recruitment consultancy cannot charge a candidate anything for finding a job by law, they can only charge the company. Shouldn't it be the same with estate agents?
Anyway any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Got a quick question which I hope someone can help me with.
We have recently moved out of our Rental house (thankfully finally managed to buy) and have just had the final check on our old property done.
Just been advised (and I do think it is in the contract) that we now have to pay a £65 + VAT charge to get the final check released to the landlord so that we can get out deposit back.
So we had to pay an initial £75 admin fee when we first took the property, a similar fee when we extended it and now another fee when we leave.
So my question, is this legal that the estate agents charge both the landlord and me a fee? Surely this is taking money twice for the same work and that as the person renting I should not have to pay anything?
If I take the example of recruitment, a recruitment consultancy cannot charge a candidate anything for finding a job by law, they can only charge the company. Shouldn't it be the same with estate agents?
Anyway any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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If it's in your contract and you signed it then you, in the eyes of contract law, have to pay it.
It doesn't hurt to challenge it though and ask for the fee to be waived if you genuinely see it as unfair.0 -
I know there was a final exit fee in my contract for a letting but I argued it out and said that if they wouldnt remove it I would walk... they removed it
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it does seem greedy to charge at the beginning, the middle AND the end of the tenancy. But, if you read the tenancy agreement and signed it, then presumably these charges were in there, and having signed, you agreed to them - sorry.0
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