Hi there. I’m not sure if any of you have heard about this scammy company. They are theives who stole 70k in housing benefits. We’re housing five people in one studio.
They use a number of fictitious company names now.
I arranged a viewing for a flat at Oliver Court, one of their developments in Haringey. I waited an hour, the agent never showed up. But they did call me, pressuring me to give a holding deposit. I said I couldn’t do that until I was let inside, and they promised they’d show me the following evening. I handed over the deposit via bank transfer.
The next night, they didn’t show up again. I requested the deposit back. They refused saying I had backed out of the let. I was shocked, I asked for her name and the company named but she refused.
What do I do now? I called my bank. Do I file a police report now? These people are really giving landlords a bad name.