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Tenancy Renewal Fees - Grey Areas?
ZappBrannigan
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Hi all, my apologies for starting a new thread about this but I felt this might warrant it (for others as much as myself).
It's the standard story: I've had an invoice for tenancy renewal fees as I near the end of my first year at this property. I queried the legality with the letting agency and they told me I'd signed to agree to it and that means they can still charge until 2020. Now, the issue I have is that this is not contained within the AST agreement, but in a separate document they euphemistically labelled 'Tenant Information'. Should I consider that binding enough to accept and pay up, or should I take this further? The agency seem pretty adamant that this gives them reason enough to levy the charge.
It's the standard story: I've had an invoice for tenancy renewal fees as I near the end of my first year at this property. I queried the legality with the letting agency and they told me I'd signed to agree to it and that means they can still charge until 2020. Now, the issue I have is that this is not contained within the AST agreement, but in a separate document they euphemistically labelled 'Tenant Information'. Should I consider that binding enough to accept and pay up, or should I take this further? The agency seem pretty adamant that this gives them reason enough to levy the charge.
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The agency is correct they have given notification of fees.
Why are you renewing your tenancy?
Just let it roll onto a periodic tenancy and there will not be a charge.in S 38 T 2 F 50
out S 36 T 9 F 24 FF 4
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See sticky on renewing AST by the helpful G_M
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=67759913&postcount=4"It is prudent when shopping for something important, not to limit yourself to Pound land/Estate Agents"
G_M/ Bowlhead99 RIP0 -
Not enough information.ZappBrannigan wrote: »Hi all, my apologies for starting a new thread about this but I felt this might warrant it (for others as much as myself).
It's the standard story: I've had an invoice for tenancy renewal fees as I near the end of my first year at this property. I queried the legality with the letting agency and they told me I'd signed to agree to it and that means they can still charge until 2020. Now, the issue I have is that this is not contained within the AST agreement, but in a separate document they euphemistically labelled 'Tenant Information'. Should I consider that binding enough to accept and pay up, or should I take this further? The agency seem pretty adamant that this gives them reason enough to levy the charge.
* how was the 'Tenant Information' document supplied to you and/or made available?
* when was the 'Tenant Information' document supplied to you and/or made available?
* what exactly did it say?
* was any reference made to it in the tenancy agreement? If so please quote.
But all the above would be irrelevant if you went periodic - see link in post above.0
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