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feel ripped off....
nadmaj
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Hi
I;m going to be hit with a £100 get out of contract change... i have had a handful of timewasters after 4 months on being on the market... especially a family looking for all the things that weren't on the description and wanting to get £5000 reduction off the "offers over" price..and with a mortgage in place.. we thought this could have been the one.. which came up coincidently (after i sent the no epc take my house of the market email) that really tipped my husband off the edge.. i tried using the no epc illegal line but said they have contacted me on various accounts ( 1 email) to have it done... have signed no contracts but that didn't work .... any more ...
All the other ea's don't charge so why do these... arggghhhhh
Any way to get out or cough up????
I;m going to be hit with a £100 get out of contract change... i have had a handful of timewasters after 4 months on being on the market... especially a family looking for all the things that weren't on the description and wanting to get £5000 reduction off the "offers over" price..and with a mortgage in place.. we thought this could have been the one.. which came up coincidently (after i sent the no epc take my house of the market email) that really tipped my husband off the edge.. i tried using the no epc illegal line but said they have contacted me on various accounts ( 1 email) to have it done... have signed no contracts but that didn't work .... any more ...
All the other ea's don't charge so why do these... arggghhhhh
Any way to get out or cough up????
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OK, this is what I'd do (and I'm not a legal beagle, so this may be incorrect).. Was them providing an EPC as part of the package one of the reasons you used this agency?
If so and they didn't provide one, get someone to ring them up separately and ask how much they'd charge for an EPC only on a property of a similar size.
When ending the contract pay them with a cheque, along with a letter stating "FULL AND FINAL SETTLEMENT" for the full amount minus the cost of the EPC since one wasn't provided and that was the reason you went with them. If they bank it, then that's it.
Estate agents are well known for over-inflating the price of their EPC's so I reckon you'll be writing a cheque for thirty quid.0 -
OK, this is what I'd do (and I'm not a legal beagle, so this may be incorrect).. Was them providing an EPC as part of the package one of the reasons you used this agency?
If so and they didn't provide one, get someone to ring them up separately and ask how much they'd charge for an EPC only on a property of a similar size.
When ending the contract pay them with a cheque, along with a letter stating "FULL AND FINAL SETTLEMENT" for the full amount minus the cost of the EPC since one wasn't provided and that was the reason you went with them. If they bank it, then that's it.
Estate agents are well known for over-inflating the price of their EPC's so I reckon you'll be writing a cheque for thirty quid.
on the contract this is written for the paragraph of the epc "As discussed, with regards to the Energy Performance Certificate, we will arrange for this to be produced." dated 7 may 2014
then an email sent on 9 june 2014 stating..
I note from the on-line register that we do not seem to have an EPC for your property.
Are you organising this yourself or would you like us to arrange this for you at a cost of £60 plus VAT = £72
I only saw this in my junk mail but regardless to my reply didn't they say that as discussed they will arrange the epc?? on the contract.
.. no it wasn't one of the reasons we choose the ea's for them supplying the epc as apart of the package i0 -
thinking of sending a photocopy of the unsigned contracts with a cheque for £30 (cost after minus the epc cost) as suggested above and a letter stating "FULL AND FINAL SETTLEMENT"0
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Both YOU and the EA legally have to make every effort possible to make the EPC available within the first 7 days of marketing.
Did you chase the agent at all as to WHY no one had been round to perform the EPC?0 -
cant you just sit and wait - for the contract to run its course (usually 6 months?)0
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cant you just sit and wait - for the contract to run its course (usually 6 months?)
the contract will expire after the 30 day period but they still would want the money? chase it up via bailiffs i presume.
gonzo like i said i got the email from the eas but it went into my junk box and i saw it a while later... i didn;t know i had to do the chasing up aswell ... the eas said on their contract that they we will go ahead and instruct the epc from the conversation earlier as mentioned" them"0 -
If its any consolation, I personally can't see it going to court, as they could potentially lose far more than they may/maynot gain.I am a LandLord,(under review) so there!:p0
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I've been doing a bit of googling on The Property Ombudsman code of practice for residential Estate Agents effective 1 august 2011
came across this..
When a contract is signed by a client during a visit by you to his home or his place of work or away from your premises, then he must
be given a right to cancel that contract within 7 days of signing. He should be given a ‘Notice of Right to Cancel’. Where you intend to recover costs incurred during this cancellation period you must obtain the client’s agreement in writing to those costs. Where
the client wishes the contract to begin before the end of the 7 day cancellation period
you must obtain that request in writing
so basically when a contract has been signed...signed being the operative word then it begins so i have yet to sign the contract..
Signing
You must sign and date your Terms of Business before they are given to your client. The client should be asked to sign and be given a copy to retain. The client must be given sufficient time to read them before agreeing to instruct you (refer also to paragraph 3l
above). is it up to me to return the signed copy maybe after a 7 day delay... wouldn't the eas be liable to chase it up....??
please let me know if i am interpreting these phrases wrong or explain to me which way i can use them to assist me.
thanks0
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