Regulation of Estate and Letting Agents

  • When approaching estate agents and/or letting agents a tenant should make sure that he/she enquires that the letting agent he/she is visiting is a member of the professional bodies that regulate estate and letting agents. Members of the organisation that regulate estate agent and letting agents must sign up to certain standards of practice and a tenant will have access to an independent complaintS procedure should things go wrong. 

     If the tenant has a cause to complain about an estate agent/letting agent, they should:

    • Check that the estate/letting agent is a member of the scheme (listed on our Legal Advice Links) and if they are the tenant should:
    • Contact the applicable scheme and follow the published complaints procedure on the schemes website.
    • When viewing a property, a potential tenant should check the condition of the property to avoid problems in the future.

     

    by: tenancy solved uploaded May 31, 2018