Complaints concerning property rentals by Ober Estates Ltd.
Dear East Ayrshire Council,
There is a company trading in letting properties in East Ayrshire, this is called Ober Estates Ltd.
http://www.oberestateltd.co.uk/home
The website shows that it is a registered landlord.
How many complaints have been received about failures to undertake repairs, failures to comply with laws governing let properties, or any other matter, for each of the last 5 years?
Given that there is strong evidence that the company fails to comply with many legal requirements, how is it that it is still a registered landlord?
Yours faithfully,
Barbara Jones
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Regards
Sharon Calderwood
Administrative Assistant
Tel: (01563) 576128
Fax: (01563) 576245
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Dear Ms Jones,
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
I refer to your request for information made under the terms of the above
legislation, received by East Ayrshire Council on 12 June 2015.
I can advise that over the past 5 years the Council's Private Sector
Housing Unit has been contacted 3 times regarding private lets that were
managed by Ober Lettings.
Year Number of complaints received
2015 2
2014 0
2013 1
2012 0
2011 0
If you have concerns regarding a letting agency then you can provide the
Council's Private Sector Housing Unit with further information to enable
the matter to be fully investigated. The contact email address is:
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have certain rights as set out in the attached leaflet.
Yours Faithfully
Gerry Darroch
Acting Head of Housing and Communities
Dear Gerry Darroch,
Thank you for your response to my FOI request.
Will you please advise how Ober Estates remains a registered landlord in view of the failure to comply with regulations governing rented properties? This was included in my request sent to you.
Yours sincerely,
Barbara Jones
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Barbara Jones (Account suspended) left an annotation ()
It is strange that, having had 3 complaints about Ober Estates Ltd, the company continues to show it is a registered landlord. It is known that this company fails to comply with the regulations governing rented properties, fails to maintain properties, or do repairs. How does it keep its landlord registration in these circumstances?