Can i reclaim Admin and Credit Check Cost

abaxas

Best to build the fees into your offer. You'll still pay the fees, but hopefully less rent.

Dummie_2

I've just recently rented our first flat.

At first, the LA asked for Tenancy Agreement (100.00), Reference Fee (60.00), Administration Fee (50.00) and Check-in Fee (80.00). This is a total of 290.00.

I think the trick is to always ask for any discount/waive BEFORE you agree to pay or BEFORE you actually pay. In my case, I managed to get it down to just 94.00:j . Should the LA had not reduced their fees, I simply would have gone elsewhere as there were other LA charging half of what they originally wanted.

If you had agreed to pay their fees in the beginning, why should you have grounds to reclaim it or protest it later on after they had carried out their part of the deal?

clutton_2

""If you had agreed to pay their fees in the beginning, why should you have grounds to reclaim it or protest it later on after they had carried out their part of the deal? ""

exactly .....