GDH property management

[Admin]

V well put. Vault_girl is also the only person on the forum (afaik) with more 'Stafford points' than posts! Splendid work. Have another

I awarded her an extra few for being a general good egg.

And at Vault_Girl's request, I have added her most recent post to the original post. As she says, there is a lot of conflicting information, and that last piece is a confirmed, official process.

 

[Vault_girl]

Thank you for your kinds words, I'm very glad people have found my posts helpful!
There is a slight update regarding new tenancy agreements required for reclaiming TDS deposits (not required for reclaiming DPS deposits). I wanted to confirm the details before putting them on. Its the rather long paragraph at the end under additional information!

 

[Vault_girl]

Just one thing - Vault Girl? - Is it because you spent a lot of time drinking in Water Street? Or do you only come out at night, and not show up in mirrors or photographs?..

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Vault_Boy I'm a bit of a computer games geek...

 

[Gramaisc]

Just one thing - Vault Girl? - Is it because you spent a lot of time drinking in Water Street? Or do you only come out at night, and not show up in mirrors or photographs?..

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Vault_Boy I'm a bit of a computer games geek...

Aaah, I assumed that you spent a lot of time in the Malthouse Vaults and had an obsession with the occult. I'm quite disappointed now...

 

[Ra Ra Ra]

I am glad i started this thread now, was worried i may have got in to trouble for potentially starting a GDH hate campaign lol. Did anyone else read in the liquidators report that the downfall of the company was an ex employee who last christmas sent cards to all the landlords and poached them for their own letting agency!?

Vault girl is right about the liquidators fees according to the report they are very high! if anyone hasn't recieved a copy of the report i would be happy to post the individual debt amounts owed by the company which were published in the report




Admin edit: Edited to avoid ambiguity.

 

[dixie dean]

tenants whose deposit have been registered with the TDS will need to have a new contract drawn up, complete a TDS2 form and send both your old contract and new contract (all parties must initial each page of the old and new contract )then return all documents to the TDS.
Regardless of the property being managed or just find a tenant only you need to contact Turner asap time is running out to try and secure your deposit. If you or your landlord do not wish be tied into another 6 month short hold tenancy agreement you could consider including a clause to allow the tenant to give one months notice from the rent due date throughout the tenancy agreement.

 

[Ra Ra Ra]

I'm so glad I don't rent anymore...(I thought John German were bad, insisting on inspections EVERY month!!!!)

you should have gone with GDH nearly 9 years we have been with them, never checked us once. infact they havent stepped in the house since they did the checks BEFORE we moved in.. our landlord was mortified when he found out. we have had no contact with anyone form the agency since 2003 when we changed our payment to direct debit instead of me taking cash into the office every month. The gas man comes to do the certificate everyear and thats it but he is just a sub contractor anyway

 

[Withnail]

did anyone else read in the liquidators report that the downfall of the company was an ex employee who last christmas sent cards to all the landlords and poached them for their own letting agency!?

i know an ex employee....

 

[GDH Terminator]

I would love a copy of the liquation report!

 

[dawnofwar]

did anyone else read in the liquidators report that the downfall of the company was an ex employee who last christmas sent cards to all the landlords and poached them for their own letting agency!?

i know an ex employee....

I would like to point out that the ex employee who poached customer is NOT vault girl! She has only been in business a month or so and is quite capable of gaining her own landlords without having to steal them.

I believe a lot of staff have come and gone from GDH and i'm not surprised that one of them did something like that.

 

[Trumpet]

did anyone else read in the liquidators report that the downfall of the company was an ex employee who last christmas sent cards to all the landlords and poached them for their own letting agency!?

Highly unlikely in my opinion/experience. I work in a highly competitive industry where people are trying to poach clients on an almost daily basis we currently have an ex director who has been actively trying to steal our (in his mind his) clients for two years now with very limited success, so I don't think a Christmas card would swing it for an ex employee.
If people are happy with the service they are getting they aren't going to take a decision jump ship lightly.
On the other hand if you give a crap service.............................

 

[tek-monkey]

How many Stafford residents that were renting from GDH now rent from someone else, but the same property? If this ex employee had poached the landlords, the tenants would need a new contract and pay someone else. Instead all the tenants seem to still be with GDH, just missing their deposits. So no, doesn't seem like that happened.

 

[Vault_girl]

It wasn't me as dawnofwar has said.

I'd also point out that really tenants moving to new agents (or even staying with the new GDH - Turner PMS) do not actually need to get new tenancy agreements drawn up under normal circumstances as the agreement is between the landlord and tenant, not the agent and tenant (though the agent will be mentioned within the agreement) things such as new bank details for rent payments and new agent details can usually be issued to the tenant in written form which would count as an update to their agreement and this is normally legally acceptable, however if your deposit is with TDS you WILL need a new tenancy agreement. As has been pointed out normally the assured shorthold tenancy agreement (AST) has a fixed term of 6 months as standard and some landlords/tenants may not want to be forced into another 6 months at the property however, as I added to my link on the info for getting deposits back, there is no minimum fixed term an AST is required to have. The tenant does however have a right to remain at the property for at least 6 months. this basically means that you could have an AST with no fixed term period (it begins as a periodic tenancy and just rolls over each month until someone gives notice) so the tenant can give one month's notice at any time, the landlord however cannot give the tenant a section 21 notice to vacate the property which expires before the 6 months is up (the landlord can give the tenant notice to leave at the 6 month period at the earliest). And landlord must also give the tenant at least two month's notice (though more can be given if wished). If the landlord wants the tenant out of the property before the end of the initial 6 months then they must have reasonable grounds for this such as lack of rent or damage to the property caused by the tenant (and these grounds need to be included in the AST).

Hope that was clear! It's a bit technical and I have a tendency to ramble once I get into legal jargon!

 

[Pluto]

Highly unlikely in my opinion/experience. I work in a highly competitive industry where people are trying to poach clients on an almost daily basis we currently have an ex director who has been actively trying to steal our (in his mind his) clients for two years now with very limited success, so I don't think a Christmas card would swing it for an ex employee.
If people are happy with the service they are getting they aren't going to take a decision jump ship lightly.
On the other hand if you give a crap service.............................

Only 139 days 16 hours and 53 minutes till Christmas !!!!! And i got my money back i was a lucky one.




Admin edit: Added quote tags.

 

[Vicky]

Pluto, how long did it take you to get your money back? We have only been waiting 10 days but it seems like longer since I am so on edge about it incase they say no. And, after reading the more recent posts I am a bit worried since the lady at Turner initialled every page on the contract, but didnt ask me to as well.
Also, I did get the liquidators report, thought the name of the company sec was quite interesting.
Are there any LLs there who have now got the rent they were owed for the last few months?

 

[Pluto]

Hi Vicky well i got very concerned when i noticed several members of staff leaving the company so decided to be proactive and tell GDH that i was going to manage my own affairs [as i clearly could not trust them any more] i also know other landlords who were very satisfied with the service they provided previously. But about this time last year [July August] noticed late rent payments [not due to tenants i must say]i decided things, were not good so left, just before christmas [thankfully]I now have a brill agent who is really on the ball both for me [ the landlord] and the tenants. Good luck

 

[bell]

Hi,

I am looking for a little advise. I have finally solved the deposit problem with my Landlord and he now understands that the deposit is his responsibility even though it went through GDH. Now my Landlord has said for me not to worry about the deposit as he know's that myself and my partner will keep the house in good condition, and he also said that when myself and my partner move out we just won't pay the last month and half's rent as the money won't pay in rent that month and a half will be our deposit ( as our depsot was lost in GDH).

Is this a good thing to agree too, or should I ask him to open up an account in DPS and for him to transfer the deposit out of his pocket into there?

I hope this makes sense, any advice would be much appreciated.

 

[Gramaisc]

That seems a reasonable arrangement to me.

 

[bell]

That is what i thought, just i want to cover my back just in case anything goes wrong again.

Also my Lanlord is on about taking GDH to small claims but... but do you think we have a case due to the fact that GDH went into administartion?

Thanks

 

[Gramaisc]

No doubt Vault Girl will be along to give her ( more reliable ) opinion soon.