written by gerardhold on 06/11/2014
DONT BE TEMPTED TO RENT A PROPERTY FROM THESE PEOPLE, I WAS AND DEEPLY REGRET IT, I SAW THEY HAD A CHEAP 3 BEDROOMED SEMI FOR ONLY £400 PER MONTH, IT WAS NO FRILLS, DECOR WAS OUTDATED KITCHEN OLD, BOILER OLD BUT HEY THATS WHY IT WAS CHEAP, AND I COULD LIVE WITH IT, JUST VACATED BY A GROUP OF STUDENTS I WAS TOLD.
I PAID MY FEES TO MOVE IN AND A £500 DEPOSIT TO MOVE IN. I SOON NOTICED THERE WAS A BUCKET UNDER THE SINK THERE TO CATCH THE WASTE WATER FROM THE SINK AS THE PLUG HOLE HAD ROTTED AWAY SO WAS NOT WATER TIGHT. I PHONED READS RAINS IMMEDIATELY TO REPORT IT AND WAS TOLD TO LEAVE IT WITH THEM AND LEAVE IT WITH THEM THEY DID, I NEVER HEARD ANOTHER THING ABOUT IT.
FIVE MONTHS IN AND I HAD AN INSPECTION, ALL GOOD NO PROBLEMS, THEN A WEEK LATER A LETTER ARRIVED ASKING IF I WANTED TO TAKE UP A FURTHER SIX OR TWELVE MONTHS TENANCY BUT THEY WANTED A STAGGERING £120 FOR A NEW AGREEMENT.
THIS WAS NEVER EXPLAINED TO ME WHEN I SIGNED UP, IT'S AN HIDDEN CHARGE YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY IF YOU WANT TO STAY IN ONE OF THEIR PROPERTIES. WITH THIS IN MIND I DECIDED TO GIVE THEM ONE MONTHS NOTICE TO LEAVE.
A WEEK LATER I HAD A GAS INSPECTION WHICH I PRESUMED WOULD BE FOR THE NEW TENANTS. THE GASMAN SUBSEQUENTLY CONDEMNED THE OLD BOILER AND TURNED IT OF. FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF MY TENANCY I WAS LEFT WITH NO HEATING AND NO HOT WATER.
I WAS SO GLAD TO VACATE, BOTH ME AND MY WIFE SPENT THE LAST DAST DAY CLEANING AND POLISHING THE HOUSE SO IT WOULD BE CLEAN FOR THE NEXT TENANTS.
I COULD NOT BELIEVE MY EYES WHEN I RECEIVED THE LEAVING REPORT, THEY WERE BLAMING ME FOR EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN THE SAME CONDITION AS WHEN I MOVED IN FROM MISSING LIGHT FITTINGS TO MARKS ON THE OLD CARPETS TO THE PEELING WALLPAPER AND SAID THEY WERE WITH HOLDING £330 OF MY DEPOSIT.
NEEDLESS TO SAY I AM APPEALING THIS AND WILL FIGHT THEM ALL THE WAY.
SO I THOUGHT I SHOULD WARN ALL POTENTIAL NEW TENANTS HOW THIS COMPANY WORKS AND THAT YOU WONT GET YOUR DEPOSIT BACK IF YOU LEAVE THE PROPERTY IN THE SAME CONDITION YOU MOVED INTO
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Emilyar's Response to gerardhold's Review
Written on: 15/11/2014
Hi - plz email. We are in a similar position and are going to be taking this much further