{"id":51951,"date":"2017-04-15T13:00:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T06:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tenant-charged-835-to-scribble-a-new-name-on-a-contract\/"},"modified":"2017-04-15T13:10:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T06:10:56","slug":"tenant-charged-835-to-scribble-a-new-name-on-a-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tenant-charged-835-to-scribble-a-new-name-on-a-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenant charged \u00a3835 \u2026 to scribble a new name on a contract"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBut Winkworth didn\u2019t bargain for the fact that a lawyer was on the receiving end of this outrageous set of feesShame on Winkworth, the self-styled \u201clargest estate agency brand in London and one of the fastest-growing in England\u201d. Four young guys rent a property via the agency in Herne Hill, south London. One decides to move on so the others search for a new flatmate. The amount of effort put in by the letting agent and landlord? Almost zero. The rent is pretty steep \u2013 \u00a32,450 a month for the house \u2013 but the flatmates find someone happy to pay their \u00a3612.50 share, and dutifully inform Winkworth.Winkworth should be grateful the work has been done for them. Instead, its local branch asked the new tenant to pay \u00a3835.38. That\u2019s right, nearly a grand to scratch out the name on a tenancy contract and scribble in a new one. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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