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check-out fee £114 deducted from tenancy deposit
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More to the point, £114 is a perfectly reasonable price for an inventory clerk to charge for this service.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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More to the point, £114 is a perfectly reasonable price for an inventory clerk to charge for this service.
on what basis this is reasonable? I rented properties before and never paid any fee for checking out of the property. normally the admin fees are charged while checking in, not checking out. I paid admin fees when entering into this house already, why should I pay again when leaving? I agree it is my mistake to sign it without checking, but I don't think this charge is reasonable.0 -
on what basis this is reasonable? I rented properties before and never paid any fee for checking out of the property. normally the admin fees are charged while checking in, not checking out. I paid admin fees when entering into this house already, why should I pay again when leaving? I agree it is my mistake to sign it without checking, but I don't think this charge is reasonable.
I am not an inventory clerk, but I have watched one at work. She spent about 2 hours going through a two-bedroom flat, examining everything, and am sure she had at least that amount of work to do once she got home and had to type up a report. I am just saying that £114 for that amount of work from an independent contractor is a perfectly reasonable charge.
Logically, somebody needs to pay for both the check-in and the checkout. Changes may be made to the flat before the next tenant arrives, for example it may need a thorough clean, so the checkout inventory cannot be used as the check-in for the new tenant. Normally, the landlord picks up one lot of the charges and the tenant picks up the other lot. I agree with you that it is unfair that you are being asked to pay both charges, but I think it is a waste of time to suggest that the £114 is too much.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
But the tenant shouldn't be charged for this! As said previously, now landlords and agents try and load tenants with their own expenses. I've even heard of a finance fee being requested: that's fee for gathering all the other fees!0
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