Letting agents reference fee.....is this normal?

Actually it is one month's notice for the tenant to the landlord but 2 months notice for the landlord to the tenant.

Yes you are more secure if you sign a contract but then you are stuck in that contract for the duration unless you can talk to the LL and they let you go. But the LL usually wants fees for a new tenant paid, advertising fees etc or they insist you pay up for the rest of the contract.

Plus if you go through a agency they will rip you off once more by asking for you to pay to have the contract renewed.
 
AFK_Matrix said:
Actually it is one month's notice for the tenant to the landlord but 2 months notice for the landlord to the tenant.
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Ah OK.

AFK_Matrix said:
Yes you are more secure if you sign a contract but then you are stuck in that contract for the duration unless you can talk to the LL and they let you go.
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Well, yes. People normally like to commit to tenancies, that's how it goes. Break clauses are always good though if you can get them, even better if it's tenant-only.


AFK_Matrix said:
Plus if you go through a agency they will rip you off once more by asking for you to pay to have the contract renewed.
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You are correct, a renewal shouldn't be charged to the tenant. Nor should the original tenancy agreement. But many agents do this and there's no way round it.
 
Yep I know a lot of people like to have the security of a contract, just pointing out that you don't have to sign a contract is all.

The last place I rented I signed a contract for 6 months then went onto a rolling contract for 3 years lol and yes the rent went up but only by £15 in those 3 years so I think I was very lucky as I had no other problems.

But a periodic tenancy can be handy if you might need to move quickly etc. It's swings and round abouts and is really upto the tenant and their circumstances.
 
I've rented half a dozen places and never had to pay for previous agents to provide ref's to new agents.

I do however resent having to pay £120 to renew a rolling contract since all they do is change the date on the existing contract, print it off and post it to me to sign :mad:
 
My last tenancy agreement was a botch job where the letting agent had cut and pasted some template off the Internet which was designed for community/social housing rather than short hold tenancies. :o

If you really want to be secure by signing a new contract it is also worth checking that the landlord either has a buy-to-let mortgage, and if not, if he has permission to let out his property on a normal mortgage. Can cause problems if he defaults on the mortgage.
 
LeeUK said:
If you really want to be secure by signing a new contract it is also worth checking that the landlord either has a buy-to-let mortgage, and if not, if he has permission to let out his property on a normal mortgage. Can cause problems if he defaults on the mortgage.
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This is called a right to let clause. Very important.
 
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