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I'm looking at moving from my current rented accommodation into another. I have been looking at rooms, studio flats, annexe's to rent, etc... and the majority of which are advertised with letting agents.
Anyway, I went to view a room in a house lastnight. The landlord's son currently lives in the house so I would only be sharing with him. It's a really nice house in a nice part of the county too and I could see myself living there. After being showed around by the landlord (as the son was not there and the letting agent was late), I was very keen. The letting agent then turned up and asked what I thought, to which I said I liked it. She then said she'd run me through the process.
After being told what's what, she ran through the fee's...
Administration fee: £250.00 (+ VAT) £293.75
First month’s rent: £525.00 (which includes £100 for utility bills)
One and a half months deposit: £637.50
Check in fee: £70.00 (+ VAT) £82.25
There's an additional £20.50 (+ VAT) charge if I was to move in on a Saturday.
So to move into this shared house where I will be renting a room, I as the tenant would be looking at having to pay £1538.50!!! I would obviously get the deposit back at the end of the tenancy.
I find these costs astronomical! I could kind of understand these kind of costs if I was renting a house, but for a room!!!
I am going to seek some advice from another letting agent in a couple of hours to see if this is the norm because surely, the landlord should be forking all or at least the majority of these charges as I'm just looking for a room to rent, nothing more. It's not my problem that the agent has to draw up the agreement, carry out credit checks, provide references, etc...
So for those of you in the know... does that sound right?
I'm looking at moving from my current rented accommodation into another. I have been looking at rooms, studio flats, annexe's to rent, etc... and the majority of which are advertised with letting agents.
Anyway, I went to view a room in a house lastnight. The landlord's son currently lives in the house so I would only be sharing with him. It's a really nice house in a nice part of the county too and I could see myself living there. After being showed around by the landlord (as the son was not there and the letting agent was late), I was very keen. The letting agent then turned up and asked what I thought, to which I said I liked it. She then said she'd run me through the process.
After being told what's what, she ran through the fee's...
Administration fee: £250.00 (+ VAT) £293.75
First month’s rent: £525.00 (which includes £100 for utility bills)
One and a half months deposit: £637.50
Check in fee: £70.00 (+ VAT) £82.25
There's an additional £20.50 (+ VAT) charge if I was to move in on a Saturday.
So to move into this shared house where I will be renting a room, I as the tenant would be looking at having to pay £1538.50!!! I would obviously get the deposit back at the end of the tenancy.
I find these costs astronomical! I could kind of understand these kind of costs if I was renting a house, but for a room!!!
I am going to seek some advice from another letting agent in a couple of hours to see if this is the norm because surely, the landlord should be forking all or at least the majority of these charges as I'm just looking for a room to rent, nothing more. It's not my problem that the agent has to draw up the agreement, carry out credit checks, provide references, etc...
So for those of you in the know... does that sound right?