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Private renting in my area
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Roger_Rampant wrote: »The newspaper or cards in newsagents windows are often the best bet
It doesn't seem like a strange stange statement to me, incidentally, a lot of letting agents are an absolute nightmare and rob people blind
Maybe, but some private LLs can be a nightmare too=
carried out a viewing for a flat a few months ago, the woman asked me " does the shower work " I said " of course it works why ? " she told me that the elec; shower in the flat she rents had chucked it, and she had been calling the LL for 4 months only to be ignored, she had rented that property for over 2 years.
Took a call from an existing tenant on behalf of her sister looking for a 1 bed flat, the sister was miffed at the LL because she had no hot water! apparently he was on holiday, he would take calls, but did nothing, she had been phoning him for 3 weeks, SHE HAD RENTED THE FLAT FOR 8 YEARS.
Some of the worst stories I hear are about private LLs
Agents can put pressure on LLs to carry out repairs.0
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