The Dirty Secrets of Your TradeSo, Television is a hot bed of lies, deceit and made up competitions. We can't say that we are that surprised... every job is full of this stuff. It's not like the newspapers currently kicking TV whilst it is down are all that innocent.
We'd like you to even things out a bit. Spill the beans on your own trade. Tell us the dirty secrets that the public need to know.
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chthonic, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:31)
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What can I say that you don't already know about lettingsIf you're a tenant:
If money is being deducted from your deposit, the landlord generally stuck an extra £100 on top. Not so much of a worry now with law changes, but make sure you get evidence your deposit is being held by deposit protection scheme, its illegal not to.. but not unusual for it not to be.
If you have a repair needed doing, the only things that matter are: a) can we get into trouble by not doing it, or b) will it make it hard to relet if we don't do it. Anything not in these catagories will get ignored or delayed as long as possible.
Don't renew a tenancy agreement, we will charge you a chunk of cash for doing nothing more than a couple of clicks and an envelope, demand a periodic month by month agreement as you can't be charged for that as it you get that anyway unless notice has been given, and its very rare that a landlord would rather serve notice than evict you.
We are not your friends, and generally we despise you if you even attempt to make our life even slightly difficult.
Only the surface of it thou..
(, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 19:16, Reply)
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