When Letting Agents Don’t Pass On Rent To Landlords

I also have a property which was let through a letting agent.

The letting agent has done a runner and shut shop. I am now owed one months rent plus the deposit as they held it and insured it with TDLS. As a landlady I am still liable for the deposit, which I dont have.

The tenants are now withholding rent as they say that we have their deposit.

Its makes me sick that people can screw you around and I have no rights.

It would be good to hear your thoughts on my situation.

thanks

I also was dealing with a letting agency with my property, when i was not paid last months rent i immediately phoned the office, only to be redirected to an accountants. Although I questioned the accountants was not told anything about the company, but checking various web site found out the letting company was going through liquidation. I did manage to get through to the manager of the office (by Mobile) and was asured that i would get my money (still waiting?).On finding out this information i went and spoke to my tenant and told them not to pay anymore money to the agency and has also agreed to continue with the let but is also worried about his bond. now the question is am i liable for their bond? even though its in a secured account? am i still bound by the agreement with the agency?

I thought that bonds in secured accounts can be retrieved? is not that the idea of having it placed in a secured account so that it does not fall in the wrong hands?

Just found out that as my tenants bond was insured by TDSL otherwise known as mydeposits, the agents or landlords keep the tenants deposit. TDSL act a mediator if anything goes wrong, but TDSL arent paying out to the tenant as they say I am fully liable for the deposit and obviously still around. The company is useless and making money from joining fees from agents. Basicaly, I have been screwed by the agents and that TDSL doesnt really serve much function. The tenants deposit isnt safe with your agent if they go bust and they have kept it. The safest option is to either keep the bond yourself or join the custodial scheme. Bastards....

I terminated Just Letting's services for the very same reason. Every month rents are paid over very, very late. Now, in the notice period I am struggling to get the last months rent in - it's more than 3 weeks late - the tenants paid as they always do and I'm worried about their deposit. Just Letting Northgate wont return my calls or reply to my emails.....

Your experience with Just Letting sounds like my story, I have searched the web for others with complaints and found a lot. I have terminated my contract with Just Letting at Nortgate but I want them to be stopped! They should not be allowed to run a service for rentals. They still have not aknowledged my e-mails to confirm that our contract is cancelled. They never produced any statements in the 9 months I had the misfortune of dealing with them, and never ever returned any calls, and lied blatantly about when the payed in my rent. I want them up and out! Consumers should be protected against agents like this. Shameful!!! Is there a body or board of some kind that I can lay a complaint to about this agency? Not fair to have them give letting agents a bad name!

My agent seems to have gone missing - with owing rent and deposit - would he have insurance to cover the deposit - or am I wasting my time going legal?

What happens if the tennant doesn't pay the rent due to mitigating circumstances. Does the Letting Agency pay up or is that down to the landlord to have payment protection from Insurance???

In a nutshell: Does letting agencies cover rent being paid???

My son and his family live in a rental property managed by a letting agent. His 12 month tenancy expires in less than a month but he has not heard from the landlord or agent about the option to renew or vacate.
Are they in breach not to have approached my son. And should he request the tenancy continue on a month by month agreement?
Any advice would be very much appreciated.

Jackson Rose in Coventry and Leamington Spa owe me and others lots of money. They failed to register my tenant's deposits and owe me rent money even though they issued me a rental statement showing that they had paid me - Fraud!

The police are on to them - they are currently hiding behind liquidated companies and still trading under the same name, but if the police decide to go after them, there's nowhere to hide - let's hope we all get our money back and they are out of business for good!

Stay clear of this lot in Coventry and Leamington Spa.

A letting agent has gone with my tenants deposit and also owing me rent.
The tenant agreed to stay with me.I have since found out that the agent was taken to court for using the monies from the deposits. A few years down the line the tenant has given notice as they are moving into their own house.Iam fully aware that Iam responsible for the deposit that they lost but who is going to pay my rent loss also the tenant has declined the offer of more than half of their deposit being returned to them I have withheld a sum for repairs, and now Iam being taken to court because they are also looking for compensation.

Dear sir, I have a very serious problem with a letting agent who has rented my 1-bedroom flat on 22/05/17 for one year.since May he has not paying me rent on time( always4to5weeks in arrears).according to contract agreement,he must pay rent to landlord within 10 days from receipt of rent.tenant is paying rent on time.now he has not paid me no rent for over two months .i tried my best to sort out with agent but all the time he keeps on lying all the time.can I approach tenant legally to pay me rent directly.

The question s. jaswall asked regarding can a landlord approach tenant and ask to be paid directly, because i to have problens with agents withholding rent and lyeing to me, i pay them £75. Per month supposedly to do away with the stress

My landlord asked me to pay the rent direct to him because he estate agents not paying can we do this

I am a landlord using a Letting agent. The agent is constantly late in paying me my rent and in March I have been paid £550 too little. He does not have an office, does not reply to emails and does not answer the phone. I cannot contact him in any way. Can I ask the tenant to pay me directly and can I immeduately terminate my contract with the agent? Please advise.

I used an agent I thought my property had deteriorated when I walked by I asked for a landlords inspection (it was on full management) and I was told the tenant was on holiday, I waited for the agreed date on a cold winters day at 4.30 pm I am an OAP and the agent came and said the tenant must have forgotten, I asked for a key to be brought from the office or i'd call a locksmith. When we went in the tenant had gone the agent had lied to me the local council deemed it uninhabitable I had to borrow £42,000.00+ to refurbish it the agent had been sending false accounts its a disgrace as these large firms won't be accountable for their actions and how do one afford to take these utter crooks to the small claims court ? They have their fancy lawyers it's daylight robbery and the sad thing is decent landlords take the flack and it's bad tenants and agent's that don't inspect and trading standards are not interested they would put a kid into court for duplicating something they just look after the wrong people the tenant had been dealing class A drugs known to the police who also weren't interested ?

I signed up with a Assetgrove Lettings Limited . They always paid late, come January 2021, February 2021 - no money and they pay in arrears, meaning that the owe me 3 months rent by end of March 2021, it will be 4 months rent owed. They council continues to pay them, and neither Tenant, Council nor managing agent will speak with me. I filed a claim with MCOL against the letting Management agent. They are still trading - So nervous and worried. I sent them the copies via email - because of covid-19, their offices are closed.

There is no protection for landlords out there - NOTHING. Best to begin legal action by week 3 of non payment of rent. They are nasty ...and of course, expose them. Threaten them with social media exposure as well if the site is still live.

I am a tenant. I paid my rent to an agency but have now got arrears. The agency have lost several payments. I emailed proof of payments they lost to be told we will sort it. Landlord took all his property off them and I find out its worse than I thought and it looks like more payments have gone missing. I don't think it's fair on my Landlord. As a tenant How can I get him the money I paid.

My age is not paying the rent on time every month , can I ask my tenant to pay me directly ?, Can I terminate my contract with The agent with immediate effect immediate effect?

This blog reminds me of the terrible days when we used an agent. The head of that horrible mob went to prison for fraud, but I'd rather he'd have worked and been made to pay us all back, than sit twiddling his thumbs in a cell for 9 months.

In this situation, I'd contact the tenants, get them to start paying me directly immediately and then deal with the fall out with the agent a bit later.

We still have a couple of legacy tenants that were installed by the agent - they are worst tenants we have, constantly whiney, usually sullen and in arrears. How I long for them to go, but I know we're lumbered for life unless we evict.

I cant get in contact with my letting agency. Calls email have not being returned for weeks and now I am concerned they have done a runner. I have no way of contacting the landlord. What are my options

My tenant has paid the rental to the estate agents management, but they will not pay the money into my account because the EICR certificate has lapsed. It actually expired in September 23 and since then they have renewed the former tenancy and this month taken on a new tenant. I pay a full management fee so this is their mistake, not mine.
They say they will not release the money until a new certificate is in place.
Are they legally allowed to do this?