Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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Why the hell are they so expensive?!
Last time I rented, a year ago, it was £75 for the two of us, now it's £210 everywhere.
Can I have it done myself anf provide the letting agency with the report? will that be cheaper?
Or what can I do, haggle? Take £210 worth of carpet tiles from the letting agency office? Argue until my face turns blue?
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
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deal with it.
nothing you can do
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
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£120 my last one. Its a load of shite too.
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Aaron
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Registered: 9th Aug 04
Location: Cottingham, East Riding
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Renting seems very expensive indeed...fees everywhere! I also noticed this recently.
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MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
Location: Liverpool
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I'd ask for a copy of everything to make sure they actually have them done. Might as well get a copy of what you've paid for.
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Matty SRi
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Yeah it is very expensive going through agencies, much cheaper finding 1 through word of mouth.
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Toby
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Registered: 29th Nov 05
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My sister rented 2 weeks ago, cost 90quid
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Toby
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Referance fee of course but that didn't include a credit check fee
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baza31
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Registered: 19th Apr 03
Location: yorkshire
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So the tenant pays it? I thought estate agents do it within their rental costs?
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
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Cos people will pay it. Estate agents can charge what they like. If you won't pay it the next person will.
First months rent in Advance. Tenants set up fee. Security deposit. An extra £100 ish if you need a guarantor. It's expensive business!
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VegasPhil
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You can ring around the other agents. See if they are cheaper. Find out who the landlord is and try to go direct.
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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Just been quoted £150 per person for the fees on the perfect house.
This is ridiculous, it really is.
£575 rent
£675 deposit
£300 fees
That's £1550 before we negotiate with pets and providing we don't have to have a guarantor!
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
Location: London
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I got done for a weeks rent for my current flat - £360 :/ was not amused to say the least!
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Conway563
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Registered: 7th Jun 06
Location: Yate, Bristol
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Think our fees were 30% of a months rent +VAT
The £35 I have to pay every 6 months to renew the tenancy pisses me off as well
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AlexSXI
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Registered: 10th Jan 08
Location: Colchester, Essex
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The other half and I have just started looking into renting our first place.
Went to look at 3 flats. Agreed on one,
Reference Fees: £120 (each)
Administration Fee: £60
Rent: £650
Deposit: £850
Total: £1800 
Puts us back a month or two as we've gotta save a bit more 
I was under the impression Deposit counted as the first months rent, appears not.
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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Estate agents will always try and shaft you with fees in my experience.
At our last place after our tenancy period was up we rented direct from the landlord and he gave us a discount on our rent because he didn't obviously have to pay a monthly management fee to the estate agents.
We were referred to him directly from the estate agents anyway with regards repair work and such so neither of us needed their services anyway TBH.
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