Are these at all negotiable? An agent who is trying to get me to view some properties has fees of:
£50 referencing (ok with that)
£100 check-in (ok with that)
£375 'admin' (WTF?!)
Now, as a newby to the lettings market, I had naively imagined that the Landlord pays the agent for letting the property. It seems we both have to pay for this. I heard a thing on Radio4 recently about what a rip-off this is, but it seems the norm.
Anyway, I just wondered if you can ever get them down a bit? Obviously they must be discretionary because I see quite often when lots of agents have the same property some advertise it as 'no referencing fees on this property!' to get viewers to go with them.
This particular agent has one house she wants to show me that is on with other agents, and 2 that aren't (which I am more interested in).
Any thoughts?
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Mendi · 27/06/2013 06:33
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