flintons said you are made aware ?we no. flintons said you are made aware ?eople come to you about flintons? we have been inundated by complaints from people who feel they have been let down by letting agents and flintons figure very prominently amongst the people who have come to see us. amongst the people who have come to see us. so many messages about this. this is from all over the country, an this is from all over the country, c this is from all over the country, an agency in my town because they are 200 quite upfront as an end administration fee that's how we get round it, and you don't get it back, thanks for covering this. a letting agency in london took £450 from me before viewing a property and never returned it. i cried my eyes out but they said i had failed the reference so the money was gone just like that. i had to stay another six months at my friends before i could save up for another place. on facebook, letting agents need to be regulated especially those dealing with the lucrative student market charging adminfees with the lucrative student

flintons told us they issued receipts specifying that the deposit was non—refundable.er they had paid. they also reassured them verbally that they could get their money back and they felt under pressure to pay the money immediately. it is recording. after hearing the stories, and decided to go back to fli nto ns stories, and decided to go back to flintons with hidden cameras. i left collea g u es flintons with hidden cameras. i left colleagues stationed outside. unlike some cases we've been told about, the agent did explain that this payment was non—refundable but was clear that if i wanted to see any of the available properties, i would have to pay this money upfront. if i want to see this tomorrow, i would upfront. if i want to see this tomorrow, iwould have upfront. if i want to see this tomorrow, i would have to pay you? 0k. tomorrow, i would have to pay you? ok. so, is it legalto tomorrow, i would have to pay you? ok. so, is it legal to demand upfront deposits before you can view a room to rent? we showed david smith, a property lawyer, our findings. asking somebo

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none of those were flintons.g agent was demanding, withdrew his properties and found an ‘ethical‘ letting agency to work with instead. thank you both are coming in. so, sarah, you first moved to london in 2012 from france, and say that on three separate occasions, with three different agencies, you were asked to pay upfront to be able to view a potential room? i moved here to do my masters at university college london. i did not have any friends or family knowledge of the london property market and what to expect. i had problems at first because i did not have a uk—based guarantor. a lot of landlords turned me down even though my university offered her as a guarantor. i ended up on the doorstep of letting agency who said you have room to you in a flat sharing west london but it is £200 in order to view it. the reasons they used was that it was for preserving the property. if i did not pay this fee and they showed it to me someone might call in a bucket, basically take it from under my nose. they claim they have a

flintons deny any wrongdoing. get your money back. flintons also told us that all the people in our reports were made aware that their deposits were not refundable and that they don't agree with the alleged version of events. morn that news that michael cohen has pleaded guilty to lying to congress, this is in relation to the russia inquiry. now, coen admitted misleading law makers about a real estate project in russia, he appeared unexpectedly at a court in manhattan, in august he pleaded guilty to violates finance laws in the presidential election by handling hush money for mr trump's alleged lover, this is the latest twist in the special counsel's investigation into whether there trump or his inner circle colluded with a russian attempting to influence the presidential election of 2016. mr cohen, a staunch trump loyalist once, there are suggestions that not only does he know where the bodies are buried but might be about to tell everybody. let us hear from donald trump. i will bring you what donald trump. i wil