"Local Guy
1 review
GB
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
7 hours ago
They will constantly add dubious charges to your invoice and fight you for *years* over each and every one, hoping you give up first. Do not stand for it.

Their modus operands is that they know 99% of the development will simply pay the invoices by direct debit, they then plan to drive the remaining 1%, who actually check their invoices, insane with the cunning strategy of simply ignoring them. Do not stand for it.

Their favourite trick is to hit you with £40 late payment fees it you refuse to pay disputed amounts after they have literally forgotten about the issue. They expressly forbidden from doing this but do it anyway. I used to wonder why this is not illegal. It turns out that it actually is illegal. Do not stand for it."

It's really rather easy to lecture the victims of continual fraud that they shouldn't "stand for it". It's a bit like saying to a rape victim, "You shouldn't have stood for it, you should've fought back." I realize that that is not your intention, but saying "don't stand for it" comes across as "you're not fighting back hard enough." I think some of us, especially the guy with the username Private Landlord, HAS fought back hard enough, but the problem resides with Scottish lawmakers. They introduced a factors law in 2011 which has less teeth than a newborn baby. Fighting back is kind of difficult when the law is so limp-wristed that it might as well not be there at all. The criminals who operate this criminal establishment are fully aware that in practical terms, they can operate above the law and that they will never have to face any criminal charges. The problem is not "not standing for it", the problem is far more nuanced and far more insidious.