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TONI SNAITH
DO NOT GO ANYWHERE NEAR THIS COMPANY
DO NOT GO ANYWHERE NEAR THIS COMPANY This is the worst company I have ever had to deal with They are unprofessional rude and are only seeking to make money from tenants Background Info - Lettings Angels pass on potential tenants to URPAD property so sadly reviews for URPAD are not always picked up until it is too late That was our experience Our story - 2 weeks before the tenancy was due to start all 6 tenants were advised that instead of 2 months half rent it should have been 1 month and had to sign new tenancy documents This arose apparently after an audit Original documents were signed in January but audit took place 2 weeks before the tenancy was due to begin When we queried this Shannon who is particularly rude told us that we could either sign it or not and that we weren t the only property for this to happen to As if this would make us feel better Does this happen regularly then - The property was filthy when it was taken on in July 2021 even though handing over of the keys was delayed so that cleaning could take place We complained to URPAD on both of the above points however no-one even took the time to reply although this was chased weekly by phone so we took our concerns to The Property Ombudsman and were awarded 350 The managing director of the company David Maidment blamed COVID amongst the staff for not actioning our complaint and NO apology was forthcoming - The tenancy ended in June 2022 and an invoice for cleaning was presented to us The invoice contained charges of more than 646 however this was full of inaccuracies it was for a 7 bedroom property and our property had 6 bedrooms It detailed cleaning requirements such as freezers defrosted However this has been completed by the tenants on the day they moved out The bill was revised to 350 however it still contained inaccuracies Coincidentally this was how much the Ombudsman had awarded us earlier too So the dispute was taken to MyDeposits where we were instructed to pay a contribution of 150 towards the cleaning bill after they reviewed the evidence and the rest of the deposit was refunded to the 6 tenants CONCLUSION1 Do not listen to a word this company says 2 If you do have any concerns take them through the relevant supporting channels such as The Property Ombudsman It is time-consuming but worthwhile 3 My best advice is STAY WELL CLEAR