“We were renting a property for two and a half ......”
2 Star Review
Aug 19,2013
By:
'JJ'
Aug 19,2013
Branch: Leicester, 7-9 Halford Street
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: PE14
Branch: Leicester, 7-9 Halford Street
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Postcode: PE14
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We were renting a property for two and a half years and had never been late paying once. We were told out of the blue by our landlord that he may have to sell the property and that he wanted agents too come in and value the place. He said he would let us know ASAP if he decided too go ahead with the sale.
On the 31st july we received eight weeks notice too quit. The letter was dated 24th July, it was not sent registered. When I questioned why I had lost a week I was basically refered back too when they claimed too have sent the letter, oh and besides your tenancy is up on the 28th so it's only a few days.
Back when we first heard from the landlord he told us that we could go ahead and move if we found a place earlier than the 8 weeks. Said he wouldn't hold us too the contract. So we got lucky and found a place too move too. We told the landlord a couple of weeks back and he said fine, doesn't matter too me either way, plus it will give me a chance too get in there and do some stuff. So we're still thinking all is well. I write too the letting agents and tell them we will be moving out a month early. I get no reply. This is two weeks prior too the end of the month. We've spoken too the landlord again, everything is still fine, he asks us too leave broadband on over here and if there is oil in the tank etc.
Finally mail Harrison Murray again and still no reply and so I call. At which point I am told that I cannot leave a month early because I haven't given enough notice (2 weeks doesn't cut it after two plus years of timely rentel) and the landlord agrees. Phone call too landlord and he claims the problem is with Harrison murray not wanting too lose out at their end. He calls them and following that he starts backtracking out of what he told us also. So between them they have taken any goodwill we had towards any of them. The woman on the phone tried to tell me they were legally obliged too stick too the contract. Of course they are but they appear too have talked the landlord into not honouring his verbal agreement with us. Talk about messing about peoples lives without a conscience. They'd much rather have that last months rent than any good will. And so be it.
What agent could do to change your mind?
We all understand a contract. But as a tenant that has paid rent on time without fail and maintained the property too a good standard they could have had the decency to let us out of the last two weeks of notice. They were quick enough with the excuses for cheating us out of a whole weeks notice. I wouldn't deal with this company. This is our lives they are messing with.
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