“Atrocious. They evicted us annually in order to charge us ......”
1 Star Review
Jul 29,2015
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'M'
Jul 29,2015
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £1150
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: BS2
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £1150
Postcode: BS2
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Atrocious. They evicted us annually in order to charge us agency fees to continue living in the house - normally you might imagine that the landlord would be unhappy with this unprofessional behaviour, but in our case the landlord also owned the agency. They would ...
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- fees charged annually, like many English agencies; but in our case they also saw fit to issue a Section 21 notice after 10 months of the tenancy each year, so that we were legally required to vacate at 12 months. Note that they never moved to eviction proceedings - they just didn't want us to have a bargaining position.
- annual rent hike massively above inflation and mortgage rates, aided by the above point.
- in particular, the owner/landlord Huw Chance would claim to be 'doing us a favour' by offering to increase the rent by less, but in return would implicitly demand that we not complain to the council about mold (of which there was plenty) or various other shortcomings.
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- fees charged annually, like many English agencies; but in our case they also saw fit to issue a Section 21 notice after 10 months of the tenancy each year, so that we were legally required to vacate at 12 months. Note that they never moved to eviction proceedings - they just didn't want us to have a bargaining position.
- annual rent hike massively above inflation and mortgage rates, aided by the above point.
- in particular, the owner/landlord Huw Chance would claim to be 'doing us a favour' by offering to increase the rent by less, but in return would implicitly demand that we not complain to the council about mold (of which there was plenty) or various other shortcomings.
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