Referencing fee refund question

Guest101

tumbledowngirl wrote: »

Playing Devil's Advocate, how about looking at it slightly differently?
The 2 months, 2 references aren't sufficient to say yes OR maybe the point is that some parts are enough for the 'LL to say no but they want to give you the chance to change that?

I know of tenants who applied for a property but wre turned down on the references. They were then able to provide info which changed the decision in their favour.

That's not devils advocate, that's what happened. The client, tenant, is entitled to a refund.

If the tenant had said, sure I'll provide u more 4 months statements, once u pay my 50 fee, what then?! Same principle. The agent would say that was not the agreement. Well neither was providing extra info

Guest101

jjlandlord wrote: »

No. If you pay for referencing you are not entitled to a refund if the referencing is carried out.

Lol, no u are wrong. The la would just reference hundreds of people and never accept anyone if that was the case

Edit: clarifying statement. The la has left themselves open to this. If they had a clause requiring extra paper work then yes they might have a case.

If the tenant had lied, similar scenario. However the agent, being aware of the facts agreed to the terms. They could not complete on the contract and therefore refund.

Sorry normally ur right, but not here

jjlandlord

If you hand over documents to an agent (who is as much a stranger as the landlord) he can show them to the landlord...

You are not entitled to a refund if the service you paid for (carrying out referencing) has been performed...
The agent did not let himself open to anything. C.f. Post #27.

Pixie5740

If LA fees to Ts were unlawful in England and Wales like they are in Scotland then this wouldn't be a problem.

runningfool

jjlandlord wrote: »

No. If you pay for referencing you are not entitled to a refund if the referencing is carried out.

They may have 'dodged a bullet' as you so kindly put it but you are not reading what I have said.

Had I known in advance that the extra was required I would not have gone down that route.

Apparently the LL had asked but the EA neglected to tell me until well into the process - after they had had their money!

Whatever way you look at it - and regardless of who's side you are on - that's not right.

And I ma sure you must admit, there are plenty of unscrupulous landlords out there, just as there are terrible tenants. I am not one of those and am a little affronted by your little insulting quips - I didn't ask for that.

jjlandlord

runningfool, have you read post 27?

towanda

jjlandlord wrote: »

If you hand over documents to an agent (who is as much a stranger as the landlord) he can show them to the landlord...

I got around it by logging into my online banking and showing the agent to their satisfaction, which still felt like a massive invasion of privacy but at least there was no hard copy to be forwarded on to the landlord or any other party out of my control. Everyone's happy.

Guest101

jjlandlord wrote: »

If you hand over documents to an agent (who is as much a stranger as the landlord) he can show them to the landlord...

You are not entitled to a refund if the service you paid for (carrying out referencing) has been performed...
The agent did not let himself open to anything. C.f. Post #27.

Really so data protection laws don't exist?

jjlandlord

Guest101 wrote: »

Really so data protection laws don't exist?

There's no data protection between employee and employer, or agent and principal.

Guest101

jjlandlord wrote: »

have you read post 27?

Yes it's still wrong.