What did the agent do? Find the house, thats all. AND if the agent wanted the money, he wouldn't have handed over the Landlords details to complete the deal, he had to do the work for his money.
As someone else said above, they are all sharks. They know nothing about the industry, but want to profit from it.
If an agent does the following:
1) Find ths accomodation
2) Follows through with the lessor
3) Follows through with the lessee
4) Does the contract and explains it
5) Does the hand over of the accomodation.
If you read carefully, it was stated by the OP, the Landlord paid the fee. If he didn't do point 1 - 5 of the above, why is he getting the fee anyway?
You do NOT pay ONE AGENT TWO FEES - its either the Tennant or the Landlord who will pay!!!
He should NOT have paid the agent.
What did the agent do? Find the house, thats all. AND if the agent wanted the money, he wouldn't have handed over the Landlords details to complete the deal, he had to do the work for his money.
As someone else said above, they are all sharks. They know nothing about the industry, but want to profit from it.
If an agent does the following:
1) Find ths accomodation
2) Follows through with the lessor
3) Follows through with the lessee
4) Does the contract and explains it
5) Does the hand over of the accomodation.
If you read carefully, it was stated by the OP, the Landlord paid the fee. If he didn't do point 1 - 5 of the above, why is he getting the fee anyway?
You do NOT pay ONE AGENT TWO FEES - its either the Tennant or the Landlord who will pay!!!