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| TemplarOfSteel |
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Someone I work with remared that they had been charged an additional fee by their letting agency because they are 'foreign'. The etting agency didn't explain it, they simply said that this was the 'law'. Can anyone shed some light on this?
Edit: I'm in the North. |
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| Stephen Ireland |
| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:54 pm |
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| That can't be legal. Nobody can be charged more for the same thing because they're from somewhere else. |
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| i am 138 |
| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:09 pm |
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| TemplarOfSteel |
| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:21 pm |
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I'll have a look, but I'm in the North. Thanks though. |
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| Halo |
| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:07 pm |
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If they are not in the country very long/in the job very long there can be problems with guaranteeing the rent (can't get parents/relatives to go guarantor when they are in another country) and this can cause issues (when I first moved to the UK they tried to charge us 6 months up front). But an actual "furriner" fee seems BS!
The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 says:
Limitation of service charges: reasonableness.
(1)Relevant costs shall be taken into account in determining the amount of a service charge payable for a period—
(a)only to the extent that they are reasonably incurred, and
(b)where they are incurred on the provision of services or the carrying out of works, only if the services or works are of a reasonable standard;
and the amount payable shall be limited accordingly.
(2)Where a service charge is payable before the relevant costs are incurred, no greater amount than is reasonable is so payable, and after the relevant costs have been incurred any necessary adjustment shall be made by repayment, reduction or subsequent charges or otherwise.
Where a service charge is "an amount payable by a tenant of a dwelling as part of or in addition to the rent"
The bold is probably the most relevant part.
Your first port of call should be either the citizens advice bureau:
http://www.citizensadvice.co.uk/
or maybe Shelter*:
http://www.shelterni.org/
*I think it's shelter but there is a charity out there which is not connected to the government that can help in these issues but having a brain fart and can't remember of it is Shelter or not. |
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| Eliminator |
| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:21 pm |
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| You really have to watch some of the landlords and the letting agencies. Gangsters. |
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| thefamilyghost |
| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:53 pm |
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| Dark Stranger |
| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:20 am |
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| Seen that from a company we decided not to go with - they were going to charge us £35 for the privilege of applying, but £125 if we were a foreign national. |
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| TemplarOfSteel |
| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 1:57 pm |
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| You are a foreign national, Dónal. She's an EU citizen which makes it stranger. |
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| ToxicTwin |
| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:57 pm |
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| Up until a few years ago I worked with the Homeless & I've never heard of this fee being levied before. It sounds dodgy imo. I'd suggest that you contact Housing Rights Service & seek advice/clarification - http://www.housingrights.org.uk/ |
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| Black Shepherd Carnage |
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