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James, Gari & Cilla

Thank you to all of you for your help making our move possible. It was a long bumpy road!

Many thanks

Karen & Vince Crawley

Dear Malcolm

I was very impressed with how you handled the recent problem at my property. It was completely stress free for me so thank you for that. I was anticipating stressful phone calls back and forth but you rang me just once on my mobile as arranged. Great.

I viewed Sherbourne Avenue on Saturday 29th August, and had a very experience with the estate agency. The property was delightful, well presented, and the information on the current tenancy/maintenance/running costs wes very useful. I have not put in an offer on this occassion but the package here was attractive and sensibly priced.

Regards

Vijay Patel

Found the guys at Life-Style easy to work with, honest and happy to help with all my queries. Having dealt with other companies they are a quality estate agents and I would recommend them.

I have dealing with ** with the house I am buying and **, they are a bunch of absolute cowboys. Still waiting for info requested in April.

Was supposed to exchange this week, looks like it'll be rolling into September.

Dear Marcus & Derek,

I have just recieved, via Nicola, the DPS credit of £ which I assume to be the full deposit from the tenants who departed Hornbeam in Apr 15.

It is clear that you submitted a robust case to DPS and fought vigorously on my behalf - thank you!

Regards,

Corinne Wren

To Cilla, James and all at Life-Style

Thank you so much for your help with the purchase of Oak Close, you have gone above to make the process speedy and trouble free.

We are excited to move into our new home.

Thanks

Helen, Rich & Elizabeth Cleugh

To James & Cilla

Thanks for helping us in our journey towards our new home.

You have been really professional and been patient with the countless viewings we had on that property.

Easily the best estate agents in Bradley Stoke.

We wish you all the best and hopefully open a hundred other agencies throughout the country and be successful!

Kind regards

Bhadri Family

LifeStyle are ecstatic to have been awarded "The Best All-Round Estate Agent" by the Bristol Post, for their Best Letting Agent in the Bristol area.

We are genuinely pleased to be recognised for the hard work and determination that we endeavour to show all clients and provide a friendly, knowlegable, end-to-end service.

LifeStyle have been serving the bristol area for over 25 years now and we have always prided ourselves on going the extra mile. Short-term wins have never been in our business model and strive to offer fair rates - so that we earn "little and often". Its common for us to provide services to children of existing clients and sometimes grand children. It's a real pleasure to watch a family grow and shows a real "human" side to the business.

Thanks to all those involved in the award. We are chuffed!

The LifeStyle Property Team

Landlords could face huge fines if they have failed to register old deposits, under new legislation, the Deregulation Act 2015, which came into force on 23rd june 2015.

Landlords should have registered deposits received from April 6th 2007 with an Approved Scheme and suppliynformationonpayees.

Property and landlord specialists at Kirwans, say that lawyers and letting agents need to be fully aware of their obligations in light of the new retrospective laws.

Landlords who have failed to act, could face county court action and fines of thousands of pounds if the situation is not rectified. They could also be prevented from recovering possession of their property under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988.

Danielle Hughes from Kirwans says, "This legislation has a retrospective effect and has the potential to put landlords in a very vulnerable position. Landlords who have not protected deposits have only days left to begin taking steps to address the issue and make the necessaryarrangements. "Shelter's website offers a database check on which tenants can determine within three minutes whether or not their deposits have been protected. It's thatsimple. No doubt savvy tenants will already be checking the position and waiting with baited breath in the hope that their landlord falls foul of the requirements.

"We'd advise landlords with tenants living in their property at any time from and before April 6th 2007 to carry out a historical review and take immediate action; or face potential fines,countycourt action and potentially be unable to remove tenants from property."

The Deregulation Act 2015 confirms that some deposits taken by landlords before April 6th 2007 may also need to be registered. This is because landlords are to protect deposits and serve the prescribed information at the beginning oefach new tenancy.

This includes at the end of a Fixed- Term Assured Shorthold Tenancy.

Should the tenant remain in the property following expiry of a fixed term, the tenancy becomes what is known as a "Statutory Periodic Tenancy". This is seen as a new tenancy agreement in law.

If a deposit was taken before April 6th 2007, but the tenancy ran on as a statutory periodic tenancy after that time, landlords will still need to fulfil the new criteria.

To the Life-Style Team

Thank you for letting me come to Life-Style for my work experience. I really enjoyed it and it has really made me think about my future.

Thank you for making me feel so welcome and part of the team.

Love

Emily