Facua-Consumers at Work condemned about thirty real estate for violating the new Housing Lawwhich prevents agencies from charging tenants for their services after detecting that they are resorting to different tricks and tricks to keep receiving management fee and fees.
The accused real estate companies Alquiler Seguro; Engel&Volkers; Alpha Real Estate; Housing; dflat; MC Property; Spanish House; Andrés Carro Features; Service control; HMS Royal Estate; O my place; NSH; gallop; solfai; Modus Home Realtors; Hernan Real Estate; Aruncy2; Adamas House; Inmogest; Royal State Historical Center; Golden House; Consul Investments and Inheritance; Homelogic or Smart Real Estate. It also extends to the Domus; Real Estate Antenna and Real Estate Investments; Next Door Barcelona and Alting; echo; Real Estate Agora; Lion Capital Group, or Dray&Partners, writes in a statement.
Since the end of May, the association has been receiving numerous requests from consumers to know their rights. before this irregular practice, we ask them to file a criminal complaint and request the institutions that do this to file a criminal complaint.
Moreover, following real estate market in different cities to investigate, detect and report to real estate agents who do not comply with the new regulations, therefore will disclose new complaints.
For now, there are more than thirty agencies that the association blames for this irregularity, and they are all located in the cities of Madrid, Barcelona, u200bu200bSeville, Valencia or Palma de Mallorca. Some of those reported own rental properties in different municipalities in Spain.
Facua points out that these agencies are resorting to different tricks to continue charging tenants for property management costs or fees.despite the fact that it must be covered by the lessor expressly in law.
Thus, besides those who declare or communicate that these procedures must be paid for by the prospective tenant—usually the monthly rent—there are those who invent new concepts such as “feasibility and economic solvency study”. the tenant; the use of English words to refer to these fees, such as, inter alia, “fees” or non-exhaustive and obligatory services provided to the tenant.
The association advises users who have to pay for this concept so that they do not lose the opportunity to rent the flat they rent. request an independent invoice for the paid conceptor pay by money order by specifying the concept.
later, After signing the contract and starting to live in the flat, Real estate to request a refund of the amount in question.
They can also file a complaint with the regional consumer authorities, demanding that the company be fined for violating the regulation, and the agent can take legal action if they insist on their refusal.