Providing ID to EA..Is this correct??

Miss_Samantha

Surrey_EA wrote: »

Seems this EA have got themselves confused!

You're being generous. Not least because neither of these seem to have anything to do with the agent's claim.

Surrey_EA wrote: »

The EA referenced in the OP is claiming that under the Estate Agents Act of 1979...

They are stating 'Estate Agency Act 1991' not 'Estate Agents Act of 1979'. That's both the name and date wrong, so I would not assume that the meant any actual Act especially since the Estate Agents Act of 1979 is the one Act that every agent should know well.

Either they are trying it on or they are just incompetent.

GingerBob_3

MLP strikes again by the sound of it. What if you haven't got any photo ID?


The way we are going it will soon be compulsory to wear one of those stupid necklaces with your photo dangling down the front whenever you're out in public!

davidmcn

GingerBob wrote: »

What if you haven't got any photo ID?

Best to go get some, because others in the process (e.g. your solicitor) will also be asking you for ID.

GingerBob_3

davidmcn wrote: »

Best to go get some, because others in the process (e.g. your solicitor) will also be asking you for ID.

Same question - what if you haven't got any? So you need a passport to buy a house now?

davidmcn

GingerBob wrote: »

Same question - what if you haven't got any?

Like I said, it's probably easiest if you get some, rather than have possibly fruitless battles with everyone for the next 10 years. Driving licences are easier and cheaper than passports. Although I'm sure many people don't have photo ID, in my experience it's pretty rare for house buyers to be struggling to find any.

Mobeer

Miss_Samantha wrote: »

I can't find that Act. The whole paragraph seems like rubbish.

It should inform you as to whom you are dealing with here...

They mean this:
"The Estate Agents (Provision of Information) Regulations 1991"
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/859/introduction/made

But this seems to relates to information the Estate Agent has to give to the Vendor when agreeing a contract.

nkkingston

There are forms of photo ID that are neither driving license nor passport, but frankly, if you're going through all that rigmarole to apply for some you might as well get ID that comes with 'perks' like driving or travelling.

Rain_Shadow

davidmcn wrote: »

Like I said, it's probably easiest if you get some, rather than have possibly fruitless battles with everyone for the next 10 years. Driving licences are easier and cheaper than passports. Although I'm sure many people don't have photo ID, in my experience it's pretty rare for house buyers to be struggling to find any.

I'm pretty sure it has to be a full driving licence not a provisional. Fine if you currently have a paper one but a bit expensive to learn to drive to get a photo one.

davidmcn

Rain_Shadow wrote: »

I'm pretty sure it has to be a full driving licence not a provisional.

Depends who you're dealing with - my workplace doesn't distinguish between them. You don't go through any further identity checks when you pass your test so there's no real logic in rejecting provisional licences.

Slinky

davidmcn wrote: »

Depends who you're dealing with - my workplace doesn't distinguish between them. You don't go through any further identity checks when you pass your test so there's no real logic in rejecting provisional licences.

Since when has logic got to do with dealing with 'jobsworths'!