I would not expect there to be any info on the brokers commission in the tenancy agreement. I would expect it to be laid out separately in the agreement that you made when you initially dealt with the broker.lifeofothers wrote:I cannot remember any such agreement when we signed the first or the second time. I have a copy of the agreements, let me check tonight. Is it usually added in the tenancy contract?
There you have it: By charging both you and the landlord (otherwise there would be no savings for both of you), the agent is breaking the law.lifeofothers wrote:the landlord and us mutually agreed on getting into a new contract without the agent, as it is a quite a bit of saving for both parties.
Do you know that this carries over for agreements that were made prior to the change in the law earlier this year? I have a niggling feeling that it might not.beppi wrote:There you have it: By charging both you and the landlord (otherwise there would be no savings for both of you), the agent is breaking the law.lifeofothers wrote:the landlord and us mutually agreed on getting into a new contract without the agent, as it is a quite a bit of saving for both parties.
Report him/her to CEA and don't pay anything!
The law (I read it in full) does not specify any exceptions for older contracts or the like. Ask CEA, they will tell you for sure!JR8 wrote:Do you know that this carries over for agreements that were made prior to the change in the law earlier this year? I have a niggling feeling that it might not.beppi wrote:There you have it: By charging both you and the landlord (otherwise there would be no savings for both of you), the agent is breaking the law.lifeofothers wrote:the landlord and us mutually agreed on getting into a new contract without the agent, as it is a quite a bit of saving for both parties.
Report him/her to CEA and don't pay anything!
Easy tigerbeppi wrote:JR8 is wrong: All activities always have to conform to the laws and regulations of the place and time they take place, regardless of what was planned or agreed on beforehand. (Else this would be a backdoor for circumventing new rules - just make a long-term contract that says otherwise!)
Since the estate agent act does not specify otherwise, it thus overrides old contracts.
As a consequence, only the one party (landlord or tenant) who engaged the agent in the first place pays a fee.
Please contact CEA if in doubt.
Yes, but this is an easypeasy case as it clearly points to an even that took place before the new law was introduce. The certificate is required at the moment the TA is signed (now) and was not required prior to 2008. All the past events are already completed (the moment you let it to the tenant). Now what we have here is of this type:JR8 wrote:For example take this piece of legislation (England and Wales)
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Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) are a legal requirement for the majority of rental properties. Legislation states from 1st October 2008, an EPC is required whenever a building in the social or private rented sectors is let to a new tenant.
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I have several tenancies pre-dating 1/Oct/08 and so do not have to provide EPCs.
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