Can I get out of an estate agents greedy contract?

Can I get out of an estate agents greedy contract?

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bonsai

2,015 posts

182 months

Wednesday 14th July 2010
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Idea for next time - use their tenant introductory service rather than the full management package.

TuxRacer

13,812 posts

193 months

Wednesday 14th July 2010
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We didn't renew the contract with our estate agent - after six months our AST rolled over to a PST and we just paid month by month.

It seemed to drive the estate agency nuts, they kept trying to get us to sign new contracts that had to be renewed every year, offering to waive the fee the first time, etc. Eventually they even served us notice (the landlord had no idea they'd done so) though we were planning on handing our notice in before then anyway.

Your tennants may be being asked to sign a new contract and may not be aware that they may not have to.