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Fees for changing mind about renting??

plummers38 · 2013-07-23 13:44:56

My son and 3 Uni friends recently found a house to rent whilst at Uni. Unfortunately one of his friends failed a year one exam and the short story is that they could no longer rent the house as previously decided upon. The estate agent charged them all £100 initially to hold the property. The agent was informed that they…

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Manchee Posts: 401 Forumite

24 July 2013 at 9:48AM

ging84 wrote: »

where did this Accommodation Agencies Act 1953 come from
reading that it would suggest all letting agent fees are totally illegal and have been for 60 years
Something must be missing here

I think it just refers to Letting Agents charging for supplying "addresses or other particulars of houses to let". I dont think you could say that admin fees or fees for credit checks etc are covered under the Accommodation Agencies Act 1953.

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