Rent increase question

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Cheers all, it seems that the agent is just trying it on. The fact that the estate agent is also refusing to give us the landlord's contact details just feeds nicely in to this, I've met the landlord and his family when they popped in earlier in the year and they were (seemingly) decent people. I suspect the landlord doesn't even know what's going on here and the estate agent is just going to go "lol we negotiated £400 a month extra can haz commissions pls" to them.

I could get the landlord's details from the neighbours and find out for realsies, if for no other reason than to hammer the agents but I'm not sure I can be arsed, I just really, really, really hate estate agents, bottom feeding scum, the lot of them.

I'm not even bothered about the increase, we're intending to move anyway, my main concern is whether we can chill until February and then move, or if we have to wakey wakey and do it now.

I just treat estate agents with absolute disdain and extreme contempt, I am fully of the impression that the estate agents have instigated this to bump up their commission and **** anyone else.

Hmmmmm. Maybe i should contact the landlord directly and ask him, I'd love nothing more than to make those wastes of skin squirm like the little snakes they are :mad:
 

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Diddums said:
Cheers all, it seems that the agent is just trying it on. The fact that the estate agent is also refusing to give us the landlord's contact details just feeds nicely in to this, I've met the landlord and his family when they popped in earlier in the year and they were (seemingly) decent people. I suspect the landlord doesn't even know what's going on here and the estate agent is just going to go "lol we negotiated £400 a month extra can haz commissions pls" to them.

I could get the landlord's details from the neighbours and find out for realsies, if for no other reason than to hammer the agents but I'm not sure I can be arsed, I just really, really, really hate estate agents, bottom feeding scum, the lot of them.

I'm not even bothered about the increase, we're intending to move anyway, my main concern is whether we can chill until February and then move, or if we have to wakey wakey and do it now.

I just treat estate agents with absolute disdain and extreme contempt, I am fully of the impression that the estate agents have instigated this to bump up their commission and **** anyone else.

Hmmmmm. Maybe i should contact the landlord directly and ask him, I'd love nothing more than to make those wastes of skin squirm like the little snakes they are :mad:
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You have nothing to lose. But you're right, the vast majority of real estate agents are bottom feeding scum effectively living off of passive income. Makes me wonder why I didn't become one tbh!
 

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Diddums said:
I suspect the landlord doesn't even know what's going on here and the estate agent is just going to go "lol we negotiated £400 a month extra can haz commissions pls" to them.
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Parents rent a house out, and this has happened with theres, where the letting agent has put the rent up despite them saying they are happy with the current rent, as they are good tennents and they dont want to upset them.
 

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dlockers said:
You ever heard of a silver bullet? This isn't it.
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I am identifying the root cause of the issue. A society is essentially where people trade their time for one another, in order to benefit from skill specialisation. For a society to function in a fair way, it is important that the medium of exchange, i.e. money, is a valid abstraction for time, and that this abstraction is incorruptible. Essentially what we have today is one small sector of society in charge of this abstraction, and able to control it for their own benefit, and issue it for themselves. Clearly this makes it unfair for everyone else, and we get inequality. Whilst I have identified the root cause, it is still a difficult problem to solve, because unsurprisingly, the authorities like it the way it is. If you have any bright ideas let me know. Meanwhile, feel free to continue with the sarcastic laugh smilies, as that seems to be the extent of your contribution to solving the issue.
 

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dlockers said:
You think whinging about the World Bank is your contribution to solving it? lol.
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I think the nature of money is poorly understood, and the more people who understand how bad a deal they are getting, and how they effectively are being stolen from via paper money, the better. So, I would call it educating people about the nature of money, and the cause of some of the problems we are seeing today. It may be a small contribution, but it is a contribution nevertheless.
 

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Diddums said:
Cheers all, it seems that the agent is just trying it on. The fact that the estate agent is also refusing to give us the landlord's contact details just feeds nicely in to this, I've met the landlord and his family when they popped in earlier in the year and they were (seemingly) decent people. I suspect the landlord doesn't even know what's going on here and the estate agent is just going to go "lol we negotiated £400 a month extra can haz commissions pls" to them.
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Wouldn't be surprised if the agency was scamming both you and landlord. A long time ago when I was renting a flat with 2 mates (3bed, huge place). Agent tried to raise the rent in month 4 (to start month 6) so I asked to speak directly with landlord and was told that the only contact he wanted was through the agency.

Landlord owned business underneath us so I popped in and cheekily asked for his number and it turned out he was in the back office. Spoke with him and found out we were paying about £90/month more than the agency was told to charge and he was only getting what he told them, less their fees. Turned out that the agency was scamming several landlord/tenants to the tune of thousands per month. From then on we rented directly for another 2yrs.
 
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