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Advice about suing letting agent

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  • steampowered
    steampowered Posts: 6,176 Forumite
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    Isn't your contract with the landlord, rather than the letting agent?

    It isn't up to the letting agent to replace carpets/walls and so on. The landlord has to pay for all of that.

    Similarly it is the landlord who would need to release you from the contract and return your deposit, not the agent.
  • martindow
    martindow Posts: 10,217 Forumite
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    I agree that after the build up in the OP the photos were nothing like as bad as I expected. If you don't want to do the cleaning get someone in to do the work.

    The positive of this is that at the end of the contract you will not need to bother to clean as it will almost certainly exceed the condition on the inventory at the start of the tenancy.

    It must have been an unpleasant surprise but your reactions do seem to be disproportionate.
  • WibblyGirly
    WibblyGirly Posts: 470 Forumite
    I looked at it expecting poo everywhere. It just needs a few hours cleaning. Standard for most rental houses I have moved into. I also fail to understand how you missed this on viewing. Either you should have taken more care when viewing or not taken this flat. It's not the lettings agents fault that you did not look around properly.
  • Cheeky_Monkey
    Cheeky_Monkey Posts: 2,072 Forumite
    00ec25 wrote: »
    given the allegations you are throwing around and the lack of evidence to support your OTT stance, be very careful it is not the LA who sue you for defamation

    link:
    https://twitter.com/CarolineLKemp


    ^^^^ I totally agree with this.

    Drama Queen springs to mind :rotfl:
  • TamsinC
    TamsinC Posts: 625 Forumite
    I've moved into worse forces married quarters many a time which are meant to have had a good clean and haven't. I just clean them again. It's not that bad really.
    “Isn't this enough? Just this world? Just this beautiful, complex
    Wonderfully unfathomable, natural world” Tim Minchin
  • Fosterdog
    Fosterdog Posts: 4,948 Forumite
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    I was expecting one of those houses from hell you see on tv where the filth is so bad you need a hazmat suit to enter. All that room has is signs of wear and tear, matt paint gets very grubby very easily, especially paler colours, and doesn't clean very well but there is no "poo" like substance or blood.

    OP you are in for a very long and miserable life if you think that is a health hazard and worth breaching a contract over.
  • HampshireH
    HampshireH Posts: 4,477 Forumite
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    Hoover, carpet cleaner, bottle of bleach and a sponge. Problem solved.
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