Bulletin 1971 V2-3

FROM THE MAIL BAG

(The Licensing Board receives many interesting complaints against licensees. Reproduced below is the concluding paragraph of a six-page letter of complaint filed against a broker-rental agent by the tenant of a house).

"These are the damages that I referred to in paragraph 2 of the cover letter which forwards this complaint.

Excess water bills because of failure of the broker to take action:

$ 200

Loss of potential revenues from a child care business, because of the septic tank and other factors:

20,000

Repairs, replacement and labor, by the under signed, beyond reasonable maintenance: 300
Perilous occupancy for 11/2 years: 2,430
Loss of company of personal friends because of an above ground sewer standing in the yard: 5,000

Total Estimate of Damages:

$27,930"

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