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I'm afraid so. Massive overkill on our part but simply reflects the level of confidence we had on the matter and the fact we wanted to shit them up a bit. The principal of the matter had us so furious that we were happy to pay through the nose to make an example of them so went with a solicitor with a few high profile defeats of estate agents. I guess we were lucky that we got that money back.
It also didn't take many hours. Small change compared to the cost of the tenancy agreement they were trying to hold us to.
I just remembered. There was an extra step. They initially agreed to tear up the tenancy agreement but then tried to hold us for paying a year's worth of the management fee on the property "as a favour".
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Jesus, that's quite a story.
Can solicitors really cost £1k per hour!?