What would you do - Landlord asking if we want to buy the house we are renting

[scooterscot]

Email directly telling them you've had a call from the letting agent.
Tell them the truth - yes you'd like it, but you need to sell the other one first...

WHTSHS - Was a landlord myself until recently and would have no problem waiting 6-months to sell direct. Must have spent £6k on fees, what a swizz. And despite popular believe I'm not made of money.

I'd only add you find yourself a solicitor (not affiliated with your letting agency), explain to him/her what you did to us.

[scooterscot]

Meh, what is the worse that can happen?

Not for you, but for your landlord the letting agency could turn ugly. When I attempted to sell direct the letting agency claimed they found the tenant ergo the buyer and claimed 1.5% of the sale value. Of course I told them to take the high jump. But lo and behold it was in their contract. So to avoid this I let the tenant move out 'technically'. Point is get a solicitor! You've no idea how scummy those agents will get.

[Old Greg]

Not for you, but for your landlord the letting agency could turn ugly. When I attempted to sell direct the letting agency claimed they found the tenant ergo the buyer and claimed 1.5% of the sale value. Of course I told them to take the high jump. But lo and behold it was in their contract. So to avoid this I let the tenant move out 'technically'. Point is get a solicitor! You've no idea how scummy those agents will get.

So the agent tried to claim a fee to which they were contractually entitled and you wriggled out of it. And they are the scummy ones?

[MrMarkyMark]

So the agent tried to claim a fee to which they were contractually entitled and you wriggled out of it. And they are the scummy ones?

Well, at least he may have got rid of that scummy flat

[scooterscot]

So the agent tried to claim a fee to which they were contractually entitled and you wriggled out of it. And they are the scummy ones?

In what universe are they entitled to a share in the value of my property? I employed them to manage the letting of my property.

More flaw me for not reading through the 20+ pages of small print carefully enough.

[scooterscot]

Well, at least he may have got rid of that scummy flat

Some English chap bought it. Desperate times I guess.

[MrMarkyMark]

In what universe are they entitled to a share in the value of my property? I employed them to manage the letting of my property.

More flaw me for not reading through the 20+ pages of small print carefully enough.

More fool you for not reading something that you signed, no?

Some English chap bought it. Desperate times I guess.

Must be

[Old Greg]

In what universe are they entitled to a share in the value of my property? I employed them to manage the letting of my property.

More flaw me for not reading through the 20+ pages of small print carefully enough.

In the universe of contract law and business.

[eek]

In what universe are they entitled to a share in the value of my property? I employed them to manage the letting of my property.

More flaw me for not reading through the 20+ pages of small print carefully enough.

The one where they found you the buyer of your property and where you signed a contract saying that if the tenant went on to buy the property you agreed to pay a 1.5% fee.

The fact you didn't read the contract and strike out clauses like that isn't their problem - it just confirms what a muppet you are.

[scooterscot]

The one where they found you the buyer of your property and where you signed a contract saying that if the tenant went on to buy the property you agreed to pay a 1.5% fee.

The fact you didn't read the contract and strike out clauses like that isn't their problem - it just confirms what a muppet you are.

Oh nonsense. I asked them to manage the letting of my property. The clause was not even on the signed paperwork I had signed but in a booklet the later provided me with, which was referenced in the contract. They were chancers from the off.