UncleEbenezer wrote:DiamondEcho wrote: Maybe that is your experience. My experience via the letting agent I use is that the agent's T+Cs suggest that tenant's/landlords etc before signing any contract, that if they are at all unclear on any of the terms, they seek professional legal guidance beforehand.
They all say that (and from the landlord's side it may very well be true). But I don't think I've yet met any agent who will do business with a prospective tenant who tries to insist on it.
If the agent didn't state that, there's an avenue for him to look in to, as I believe they have to in order for the associated contract entered in to to be valid. AIU if the contract
did state that but a party to the contract 'felt pressured' into signing it, then there might be a case that the contract is hence invalid.
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GoSeigen wrote:You're talking about a Tenancy Agreement here, not a potential tenant's contract with the agent for services, which is the topic of the thread.** As I said near the start of the thread we had no problem with the Landlord or the Tenancy Agreement which we hadn't even seen yet. I suggest we get back on topic.
[**OT. I'm pretty sure it's a statutory duty for agents to warn parties to a property contract to seek legal advice before signing.]
In my experience a tenant signs the tenant><agent contract, and separately signs the Tenancy Agreement. The landlord signs the LL><agent contract, and either the landlord or the agent ('on behalf of') signs the Tenancy Agreement.
GoSeigen wrote:[**OT. I'm pretty sure it's a statutory duty for agents to warn parties to a property contract to seek legal advice before signing.]
That's very much on-topic! IME all contracts I've entered in to in recent years have come with the above^ clause, and you have to sign off that you understand that; ie if you feel at all uncertain on the terms you will take legal advice. And the agent keeps a copy of that so as to cover their exposure against future claims/action. Are you suggesting you didn't sign-off such a thing?