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Estate Agent Deposit

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  • 05-10-2018 8:00am
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    Daith
    Registered Users Posts: 4,935 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    How long would you give an estate agent who hasn't returned your deposit (before any contracts have been signed)?

    I get that it may vary depending on the business but curious as to an average length before I start to get annoyed.

    This is a house purchase not rent/lease. Tks!


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    Nekarsulm
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    5 days.
    (If pulling out of a house purchase)


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    Baby01032012
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    Are you a tenant who is pulling out before signing a lease? Does the agent also have your first months rent? What has he said to you?


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    Daith
    Registered Users Posts: 4,935 ✭✭✭Daith


    Baby01032012 wrote: »
    Are you a tenant who is pulling out before signing a lease? Does the agent also have your first months rent? What has he said to you?

    No, not a tenant/landlord situation.


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    Baby01032012
    Registered Users Posts: 1,622 ✭✭✭Baby01032012


    Ok. Well no information, no answer then


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    brownej
    Registered Users Posts: 886 ✭✭✭brownej


    Daith wrote: »
    Hi all,

    How long would you give an estate agent who hasn't returned your deposit (before any contracts have been signed)?

    I get that it may vary depending on the business but curious as to an average length before I start to get annoyed.

    This is a house purchase not rent/lease. Tks!


    If you are withdrawing from the sale then they should refund straight away. Could take a week to go through teh banking system.

    If you are completing the purchase then the deposit paid to the estate agent should have been deducted from the balance due on the purchase.


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    Daith
    Registered Users Posts: 4,935 ✭✭✭Daith


    Thanks all,

    apparently the person looking after the email account I've been using is out....which I don't believe but will keep at them.


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