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Overpaying rent
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I too believe this claim is doomed to failure.
It is not 'two typos', it is a single admin error. When the document was drawn up, the admin person made a mistake regarding the agreed rent - hence putting the wrong figure twice.
* it is clear from the figures each joint tenant was advertised to pay, that the total intended rent was £2600 (£650 x 4 tenants)
* the fact that £2600 has been willingly paid for so long, without any objection being raised, makes clear that the tenant was under the impression that £2600 was the correct agreed rent
If a court were asked to determine whether the agreed rent was
a) £1600 and the tenants had been voluntarily over-paying or
b) £2600 and an admin error ad been made in the contract
I believe they'd rule b) above.
But of course there is no guarante of this.0 -
Unless the crafty tenants there before you are now getting discounted rent by you overpaying?An answer isn't spam just because you don't like it......0
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