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

[greenlake]

Fricken awesome. Sometimes I have to frame a print and hang it on the wall.

[scooterscot]

Makes me shudder to think what the quality of his work is like

Fricken awesome. Sometimes I have to frame a print and hang it on the wall.

[VillageContractor]

Get a P2P loan for the deposit and pay it back when and where you are ready?

On the legal points.. This help?
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I'd say you are in the driving seat for the time being.

Won't this show up when the mortgage company do an assessment on you and therefore count against you.

I've never bought but assumed that was the case (if not I'm off to buy a house )

[Old Greg]

I'll set 'em up.

[MrMarkyMark]

Nope they knew what they were doing someone failed to read the contract properly.

But thanks for once again confirming that you don't read things and then have a tantrum when things don't go your way.

Makes me shudder to think what the quality of his work is like

It's also a pretty standard letting agent term, that any landlord with a hint of nous about them should be looking out for.

Scooter?

[Old Greg]

Nope they knew what they were doing someone failed to read the contract properly.

But thanks for once again confirming that you don't read things and then have a tantrum when things don't go your way.

It's also a pretty standard letting agent term, that any landlord with a hint of nous about them should be looking out for.

[eek]

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.

Nope they knew what they were doing someone failed to read the contract properly.

But thanks for once again confirming that you don't read things and then have a tantrum when things don't go your way.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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

[scooterscot]

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

Some English chap bought it. Desperate times I guess.

[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.

[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

[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?