Avoid at all costs

“Avoid at all costs”

Written on: 08/05/2022 by 1945Warner (1 review written)

After their request for a huge "registration fee" and repeat annual payments for their records, I have asked for clarification as to what authority they have for requesting the payments. After asking four times for this, they have sent details of a clause in my lease which appears to only cover legal transfers of the property and does not cover my position of letting out my flat on an annual Assured Shorthold Tenancy. They have also misquoted the lease, saying it permits them to charge not less than £330.00 plus VAT for the service, when it actually says £30 plus VAT. No doubt they will dismiss this as a typo.
Feel really desperate as to where to turn.
No advice about clauses in the lease was offered by my solicitor when I bought the flat or I might have reconsidered the purchase.