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QUALIFICATIONS Great exam results for team
The training from
Westcountry team proved highly successful with top marks for many delegates. The Inventory Clerk Training
Course, at the Westcountry team head office was attended by dedicated lettings staff from Bryce Baker, Wood’s and Partridge Estate Agents as well as some of the network’s own Domestic Energy Assessors. Every one of the team delegates smashed through the 80 per cent pass grade, some achieving100 per cent. The course, by Inventory-
portal Ltd, is designed to ensure high standards in inventory reporting to meet the needs of the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS). The course covers inventory
clerk professional practise, rental sector legislation and the TDS; inspection and defect
reporting; check-in and check- out processes and inventory writing systems and reports. The team candidates sat the examination and each one achieved results way over the pass mark, giving them all the option for accreditation through membership of the Licensed Inventory Scheme (LIS). Steve Moir, Chairman of
Westcountry team, said, “We’re pleased to support the lettings side of our member estate agencies and are absolutely delighted with the exam results. With our support, team agents can get on with their jobs of selling and letting homes and with ongoing training and development, they are the best in the industry; offering highly professional and up-to-date, friendly and efficient services that get results for vendors, buyers, landlords and tenants.”
CLOSURES
Deeside agency Eazy Let closes them,” she said.
Hundreds of landlords and tenants could be left out of pocket after a letting agency in Scotland closed without warning. Landlords and tenants working
with Eazy Let Limited in Shotton, say they have not heard from staff in weeks and have not been paid rent owed to them. Angry clients gathered at the office, but despite the lights being on, there was no-one in. Companies House is proposing
to ‘strike off’ Eazy Let Limited due to documentation and tax returns not being filed. If it does not file paper work
before January 4, 2012, it will be closed down officially. One Connah’s Quay landlord,
who did not want to be named, said she is owed £1,000 in rent from the company and her tenants could lose their £800 deposit. “I stood outside the agency on Friday for two hours looking for
“In that time other landlords turned up saying they were owed rent and tenants looking for their deposits.” “Letting agencies are supposed
to put deposits in a separate account using government backed deposit protection schemes, which makes sure tenants get their deposits back. The agents are supposed to give receipts. None of the tenants I spoke to were given receipts, including my own, which means they won’t get their £800 from the company. It’s terrible what they’ve done.” Stuart Hill, thought to be the
owner, has now issued a statement on Eazy Let’s website saying that he has had to cease trading and is appointing a liquidator. A Flintshire County Council
spokesman said, “We have had a number of enquiries from people with concerns about their deposits and we are currently trying to contact the company.”
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