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James Scollard

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About Me

Agency Owner | Property Investor | Landlord

my expertise in the industry

* 25 yrs + Experience in Agency
* NFOPP Qualified
* NAEA Domestic Energy Assessor
* Member of The Property Ombudsman

James's Recent Activity

A bit like Purple Bricks, they charge £300 for viewings.

From: James Scollard 29 November 2018 07:53 AM

FAKE NEWS Due to the number of laws created since joining the EU, the Government have already passed an Act to incorporate past & current EU law into UK law. Under the 2014 Immigration Act all EU nationals automatically have the right to rent property in the UK. Whether Brexit happens or not, this will not affect EU nationals right to rent in the UK. The story is unhelpful scare mongering and EU Nationals are already worried without this type of rubbish in the headlines.

From: James Scollard 10 August 2018 09:29 AM

As a letting Agent, I transfer all tenants deposits to the DPS - Deposit Protection Service, who hold all tenants deposits and a provide a free breakdown to the penny of deposits. This is a very easy, safe, secure and transparent service for all parties.

From: James Scollard 17 October 2016 11:58 AM

From an agents point of view, we operate in a highly competitive environment and look to win business from landlords. In the area I operate, for Tenant Find, we used to charge Landlords £800+Vat and Tenants £30+vat. Today, we charge Landlords £300+vat and charge tenants £300+vat. Overall, its cheaper (this mainly to do with the two industries, Letting Agents & Estate agents merging) so costs have come now. To win business, if a Landlord advertises a rental property at £800pcm and if we cant charge tenant fees, we would only be able to win the business by saying to the Landlord, we will advertise your property at £900pcm and therefore pay for ourselves. Due to having hundreds of applicants and more exposure will let at the higher rental. So is it better for tenants? or will they pay a higher rent to cover the fees and certainly long term Tenants will be worse off. Be careful what you wish for.

From: James Scollard 18 April 2016 10:08 AM

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