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Who's right here? Me or Letting Agent?
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gingercordial wrote: »But the OP hasn't said it was paid by cheque!
Whenever I've paid a deposit for a flat, the letting agent has required cash or debit card or a bank transfer done there and then or (back in the mists of time) a banker's draft. All cleared funds because a personal cheque might bounce so not acceptable.
The comments were made in jest!
If you read my original post I was playing devils advocate am and clearly aware the deposit was not paid by cheque by the OP.in S 38 T 2 F 50
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If the agent is this ignorant of tenancy law, do not trust them with any other legally required actions.
What next?
"No need to give the tenant a copy of the Gas Safety Report as we gave one to the previous tenant at the time the inspection was done".
Personally I'd sack them. I appreciate you've only just changed, but what is the point of paying an agent if they cannot be relied on?0 -
If in doubt, everyone should bring cake.need_an_answer wrote: »Although the question is who should bring the cake?
Always!0 -
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Mahsroh:
It's 30 working days from tenancy start in Scotland:
https://scotland.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/advice_topics/paying_for_a_home/deposits/tenancy_deposit_schemes
Is this Scotland?0 -
theartfullodger wrote: »Mahsroh:
It's 30 working days from tenancy start in Scotland:
https://scotland.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/advice_topics/paying_for_a_home/deposits/tenancy_deposit_schemes
Is this Scotland?
Thanks, but nope, it's England.0 -
CommitedToChange wrote: »
it's super easy to google this stuff.
I HATE it when people say that!
This is a forum and we are here to help people if we can.
Kids at school are generally rubbish at 'googling' stuff, let alone how to judge whether a website is a reliable source or not!
And as most kids are rubbish, therefore you will find that a lot of adults struggle too, so it could take them a HUGE amount of time to find what they are looking for from a reliable source.
Or they could just ask on here and have someone point them in the right direction or tell them in much less time...Should've = Should HAVE (not 'of')
Would've = Would HAVE (not 'of')
No, I am not perfect, but yes I do judge people on their use of basic English language. If you didn't know the above, then learn it! (If English is your second language, then you are forgiven!)0 -
So had a reply back to the email I sent. Basically back tracking. Apparently there was a misunderstanding and they meant to tell me that the tenants paid everything on Saturday except the deposit and will be paying the deposit on Wednesday when they move in!!
Hmmm.......
Tenants mobile number is on the tenancy agreement so think I’ll contact them directly to clarify that!0 -
I HATE it when people say that!
This is a forum and we are here to help people if we can.
Kids at school are generally rubbish at 'googling' stuff, let alone how to judge whether a website is a reliable source or not!
And as most kids are rubbish, therefore you will find that a lot of adults struggle too, so it could take them a HUGE amount of time to find what they are looking for from a reliable source.
Or they could just ask on here and have someone point them in the right direction or tell them in much less time...
If you can google to find a forum like this and ask the question, you can google the question. It takes less time than registering to post on here. Esp for something that is a legal requirement and it is pretty obvs that the government website is reliable. Plus the op later said that they did google it - it would have been nice to know that in their op - then I could have just said - yes what you found on that government website is correct, you are reading it right and your letting agents are idiots.
Every kid I know is very very good at googling stuff - so not sure where you get that from, as are most adults I know. Let's be honest, most of those who post questions here googled to find mse. Don't make them out to be struggling.
Don't want to be told that - then don't ask questions that are literally the top answer on google.
Plus I did answer it for them as well, I'm not that mean.0
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