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Estate Agent terms and conditions
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diretimes
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Hi folks
We moved into rental after selling our property. At the time we had to move quick as we only had 7 days to secure something. Longstory short we went for a decent EA but the property we rented was privately managed by the landlord. Anyhow, LL has been very difficult to deal with... sending lots of rambling emails expecting replies within an hour, changing appointments at the last minute, not understanding that you can't just pop by without 24 hours notice and I have a hunch he is gearing up to deduct a lot of our deposit for damage that was sadly previously there but spotted too late to be reported in response to the initial move-in. The kick in the teeth is that the landlord use to live in the property prior to us.
Anyhow, the EA ceased contract with him after only 12 months, which was our fixed-term (Due to having "too much work", take that as you will). We needed to stay a few more months for personal reasons and he wrote a brief email stating to agree to this but did not include any other terms and conditions.
I am just wondering if the terms of conditions for renting that we signed and agreed with via the Estate Agents are still the terms that we entered into the agreement with the LL, except for the obvious change of end date? Is it reasonable legally to follow the advice that we were provided with from the EA regarding how we should prepare the house for our check-out? Also providing we use companies recommended by the EA to clean the windows and carpet and get an dated invoice regarding the work carried out would this be sufficient? The stress of dealing with this guy has been awful.
We moved into rental after selling our property. At the time we had to move quick as we only had 7 days to secure something. Longstory short we went for a decent EA but the property we rented was privately managed by the landlord. Anyhow, LL has been very difficult to deal with... sending lots of rambling emails expecting replies within an hour, changing appointments at the last minute, not understanding that you can't just pop by without 24 hours notice and I have a hunch he is gearing up to deduct a lot of our deposit for damage that was sadly previously there but spotted too late to be reported in response to the initial move-in. The kick in the teeth is that the landlord use to live in the property prior to us.
Anyhow, the EA ceased contract with him after only 12 months, which was our fixed-term (Due to having "too much work", take that as you will). We needed to stay a few more months for personal reasons and he wrote a brief email stating to agree to this but did not include any other terms and conditions.
I am just wondering if the terms of conditions for renting that we signed and agreed with via the Estate Agents are still the terms that we entered into the agreement with the LL, except for the obvious change of end date? Is it reasonable legally to follow the advice that we were provided with from the EA regarding how we should prepare the house for our check-out? Also providing we use companies recommended by the EA to clean the windows and carpet and get an dated invoice regarding the work carried out would this be sufficient? The stress of dealing with this guy has been awful.
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When your fixed term ended, you moved to a periodic (monthy, or rolling) tenancy.
The terms of this are exactly as before, other than the notice required to end it.
Your history with the LL is irrelevant. All the iisues you mention could/should have been dealt with at the time.
If you have issues over the return of the deposit, there is the protection of the deposit scheme used - that is what it is for.
Now read:
* Deposits: payment, protection and return0
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