Can agency charge potential tenant to have a shower installed?

vitamin_joe

My girlfriend is moving into a property, and she needs to move quickly. The property in question doesn't have a shower, but she wants one. The agency said to her, 'We have another person who wants to move in, and they don't care that it doesn't have a shower, so would you mind paying half of the money to have it installed?'

Well, apart from the other potential tenant who may or not be fictional, this sounds like a rum do to me, but she's going ahead anyway. It may be that since she's agreed, there is nothing that can be done, but I thought I'd try to get some advice on the legality of it anyway.

jbainbridge

There's no obligation to provide a shower so the offer seems reasonable. Most people would of course just go elsewhere and find a property with a shower ...

vitamin_joe

ok thanks.

There simply are no other properties around at the moment, and she needs to move quickly. It's not something I'd do, but then I'm not that bothered about a shower.

G_M

LL is being generous to offer to pay half. He's under no obligation to install it - it is her request, and for her benefit (though yes, it does improve the LL's property and hence his offer to go halves).

Brown_Eyed_Girl

If she really wants a shower and doesn't want to pay half for the install - buy one of these and some cable ties http://tesco.scene7.com/is/image/tesco/253-8998_PI_1000015MN?wid=170&hei=170&$Offers$ then if she needs to mount it on the wall, screw in a hook.

It's what we've got in my place as it was always only temporary. Cost you about £15 max

G_M

Brown_Eyed_Girl wrote: »

..... if she needs to mount it on the wall, screw in a hook.

It's what we've got in my place

I have a whole new mental picture of you now Brown Eyes......