[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

Good for you Vicky, but can you imagine a young, timid couple? They would probably not know what they could do, or not dare to do anything - especially if they were not particularly 'bright' as well.

Councils should clamp down HARD on these greedy bastards.

After working for that estate agents I became a bit of a vigil anti and I received a lot of correspondence from home buyers/seller, tenants and landlords. One particular letter was from an Indian couple who's wife had been pregnant whilst living in the sort of conditions you show in your photographs. She got a lung condition from the damp and consequently lost the baby. They didn't know what to do or where to turn because the agent just put up a wall, so we traced the landlady and it turned out she'd had that property with the agent for around 7 or 8 years and never been to inspect it because she was elderly and lived a good 30 miles away. The agents had been charging her for painting and decorating every time a tenant left, they'd even charged her for a new sofa and sent her a made up invoice (there was no new sofa). They had also assured her that the property was in good condition and the tenants happy.

She took the agents to court and took the couple along with her. They really did get the book thrown at them.