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04 January 2002
Hodgson Elkington
stands up for standards
Hodgson Elkington, the Lincoln and Newark
based property management agent and chartered
surveyors, has joined NALS - the National
Approved Letting Scheme, set up to provide
a much needed benchmark accreditation scheme
to enable landlords and tenants to avoid the
pitfalls of dealing with 'cowboy' letting
agents.
The scheme, supported by some of the most
powerful names in the property industry, ensures
that agents comply with defined service and
have in place a customer complaints scheme,
Professional Indemnity Insurance and Client
Protection cover. Astonishingly, around £1
billion of UK tenants' deposits is currently
unprotected.
"NALS service standards are the consumer's
benchmark against which to judge the performance
of letting and management agents operating
in the private rented sector, and we are delighted
to welcome Hodgson Elkington to the Scheme,"
said NALS chairman, Hugh Dunsmore-Hardy.
"They are in the vanguard of a drive
to establish uniform service standards in
the industry. Those agents who are not prepared
to meet the standards required by NALS and,
most importantly, the public, will not survive
long," he added.
"We have always been enthusiastic advocates
of rigorous regulation within the property
industry and were founder members of ARLA,
the Association of Residential Letting agents.
The visible assurance provided by the NALS
logo gives prospective landlords and tenants
the confidence of knowing the service they
can expect from dealing with us," said
Hodgson Elkington partner, Sam Elkington.
Further information from
Sam
Elkington (Hodgson Elkington)
Tel: 01522 512232
Paul
Croft
T el: 01427 788319 or 07860 418085
Issued on behalf of Hodgson Elkington by
Croft Communications Ltd.
Willingham House, Willingham-by-Stow, Gainsborough,
Lincolnshire DN21 5JX
Tel: 01427 788319, Fax: 01427 788214
Email: paul@croft-communications.co.uk
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