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Insolvency case against potential Landlord - v.worried!
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mizzac
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Due to the breakdown of my marriage, I'm in the process of trying to find a rental property for the time being. I'm a pensioner and it is years since I've rented a property so I'm finding it all rather unnerving, especially given the stressful circumstances. 
After viewing a suitable property today (at last!), I handed over the money for the credit check. The LA is holding the property for 3 weeks.
Anyway, I decided to check the Land Registry and I've found that the Landlord is a ltd company. I'm now looking at the Companies House website and although I'm rather clueless as to what it means, the information I've found looks potentially worrying:
Am I right to be so concerned? At worst, I've lost the credit check fee but I'd be grateful for any advice so that I can learn from this for future reference. It's all so confusing for an old fogey like me.
After viewing a suitable property today (at last!), I handed over the money for the credit check. The LA is holding the property for 3 weeks.Anyway, I decided to check the Land Registry and I've found that the Landlord is a ltd company. I'm now looking at the Companies House website and although I'm rather clueless as to what it means, the information I've found looks potentially worrying:
- The company has a status of 'Active' but under Insolvency History, there a case type 'Receivership Section 38' but I don't know how to interpret the details.
- In addition to that, as of 25th of this month, the company accounts are overdue.
Am I right to be so concerned?
At worst, I've lost the credit check fee but I'd be grateful for any advice so that I can learn from this for future reference. It's all so confusing for an old fogey like me. 0
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