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Claire Leathley

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its a good 'Vote Winner' so I doubt it will be dropped from the public eye at all. Think of all the tenants they can grab in with this on the table.

From: Claire Leathley 25 April 2017 14:57 PM

Are all Letting Agents contacting their MPs to explain this? Its no good shouting about it on here, only industry people will see these comments. We can agree it all we like, it WILL happen, its way too much of a vote pleaser to be disregarded now. What we need to negotiate are what the allowable costs that can be passed to tenants will be. Not a fee, a product. Do tenants want an inventory? If they do their own are these going to be allowable by the deposit schemes? What about tenants who 'commit' to more than one property then drop out on moving day? What about references? I understand tenants can apply for their own, these needn't be unacceptable if they are from the renowned referencing companies, but will there be proof that they are not faked or amended? In which case the reference companies will need to charge more, so they will perhaps liaise with set agencies and offer a 'kick back' or commission, there are a number of questions that are not answered with a downright ban, and we should all be lobbying our own MPS and relevant recognised national bodies.

From: Claire Leathley 08 February 2017 10:40 AM

'Deposits' in any sense of the word have to be protected, then agreed by both parties to be repaid or they go to arbitration. How would this work? Even if you get the 'applicant' (not tenant) to sign to say they accept it, do we know if the Deposit Schemes are in agreement? I doubt it. Also, another issue could be those applicants that apply for several properties and don't bother to let you know until the time they should have been signing? Who's going to pay for the lost time there? Tenants will soon start complaining when it happens in reverse, that agents can't stop marketing a property if they can't guarantee the applicant is geniune.

From: Claire Leathley 30 November 2016 09:33 AM

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