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Should I be worried? - Lawrence Copeland?
SeaVixen
Posts: 221 Forumite
Hello all - some advice please.
I'm potentially renting a property from Lawrence Copeland. However, I can't find them on the companies house website. Nor can I find the other two companies that they reference on their website for out-of-hours emergency contact.
http://lawrencecopeland.com/contact-us/
They have the Residential Landlords Association logo on their website, and I can see that they posted on their members forum in 2006. So I believe that exists. There's a good amount of reviews on Google, but I'm struggling to find any reviews elsewhere.
Would not being able to find them on companies house flag alarm bells with anyone?
cheers!
I'm potentially renting a property from Lawrence Copeland. However, I can't find them on the companies house website. Nor can I find the other two companies that they reference on their website for out-of-hours emergency contact.
http://lawrencecopeland.com/contact-us/
They have the Residential Landlords Association logo on their website, and I can see that they posted on their members forum in 2006. So I believe that exists. There's a good amount of reviews on Google, but I'm struggling to find any reviews elsewhere.
Would not being able to find them on companies house flag alarm bells with anyone?
cheers!
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That's just a trading name. A quick bit of digging tells me that the Limited company is Elbonmill Ltd.0
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Not necessarily - I believe Elbonmill is Lawrence Copeland's family company which owns and lets properties. If Lawrence Copeland is a trading name, this should be clearly stated on the company website as 'Elbonmill Limited trading as....' Anyway, he is a chartered surveyor, which makes a change.0
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Businesses aren't necessarily limited companies - it could be a partnership, or simply a trading name for an individual. Bit sloppy of them though not to make it clear anywhere on their website what legal entity they actually are.0
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Actually, I was a bit hasty. Just double checked on Experian and there is an unincorporated business called "Lawrence Copeland", so that's why it isn't showing up on Companies House - as davidmcn suggested, it isn't a limited company.0
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Super - Thank you everyone!! That's put my mind at rest!0
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He used to be an EA in Sale and sold my first house. A decent chap to deal with and the process went smoothly. No experience of lettings, but my EA experience was positive0
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