Estate agent admin fees

braun_2

Found a property I want to move into. Negotiated a rental price with the owner and estate agent has just asked me for £480 admin fee :eek:

I asked for a breakdown and it is £120 fees per person = £240 Plus £120 moving in charge per person.

Why is there a moving in charge? are they going to help us carry our furniture? Why is the moving in charge per person? it only takes one of us to collect the keys.

_Andy_

Have you asked them?

braun_2

_Andy_ wrote: »

Have you asked them?

Was being sarcastic... I assume moving in fee is just another way for them to charge more money, especially seeing as it is charged per person.

I realise EAs have to make money, but £480 is almost a months rent. It is bordering on the ridiculous.

ACG

Renting is really expensive. I had to rent for 6 months and i think it basically cost me about £300 in fees - they charged me something like £100 to do a credit check...baring in mind what i do for a living, i know it doesnt cost that much to do a credit check!

Better still they said i failed it! But then got a mortgage agreement 5 months later???

£200 was for them basically sending me a contract and allowing me to pick up the keys. All in all maybe 3 hours work at most. No doubt they charged the landlord for listing the property also.

Its the business to get into!