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I trekked all the way down to London from North Wales (over 200 miles) today to collect keys for my flat. The contract asks for rent from the 21st July, I moved in today.
However the flat is filthy... And by filthy I mean that it's been torn apart... A radiator is not attached to the wall, but lying in the middle of a room, there is cigarette on the windowcills, wood rot on one of the windows, one of the doors doesn't close, half the furnature is gone, windows have not been replaced on the shed and there is litter in the unkept (but potentially lovely) garden. Now the tennancy agreement says that it's the landlord's responsibility to fix these things... WE DON'T EVEN HAVE WATER! Angry
So the landlord is yet to sign the tennancy agreement... Why are we paying him rent then through a letting agency?
I really don't understand... We signed a contract with the letting agency, but surely it's illegal to rent out an uninhabitable property. Huh
Does this ring any bells with anyone? Am I right to think this is dodgey?
I'm a student and this was a small student lettings company. Thinking of getting them struck off from accomodation advertising. Not dealt with letting agents before.
However the flat is filthy... And by filthy I mean that it's been torn apart... A radiator is not attached to the wall, but lying in the middle of a room, there is cigarette on the windowcills, wood rot on one of the windows, one of the doors doesn't close, half the furnature is gone, windows have not been replaced on the shed and there is litter in the unkept (but potentially lovely) garden. Now the tennancy agreement says that it's the landlord's responsibility to fix these things... WE DON'T EVEN HAVE WATER! Angry
So the landlord is yet to sign the tennancy agreement... Why are we paying him rent then through a letting agency?
I really don't understand... We signed a contract with the letting agency, but surely it's illegal to rent out an uninhabitable property. Huh
Does this ring any bells with anyone? Am I right to think this is dodgey?
I'm a student and this was a small student lettings company. Thinking of getting them struck off from accomodation advertising. Not dealt with letting agents before.
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You could always try reclaiming the money and going somewhere else.
:yes:
Hope it gets sorted out soon.
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When dealing with cowboys though if theyve not fulfilled their part of the bargain if you hand over cash getting a refund can sometimes be impossible. (As Namaste knows with friends in the past!)
But hopefully it can all be resolved amicably, but you will find companies that will happily take your hard earned cash but then not give a shit about the service they provide.
Aren't they doing the same?