Landlords and/or Letting Agents are pricks [rolling]

[roastthemonaspit]

Also aside from everything else, planning viewings 4 months in advance seems absolutely mental?

[ghosthalo]

they started doing the viewings back in october!

[anon76851889]

Yeah, they’re taking the piss with that.

When Mrs Z left her old flat we ended up refusing access for viewings entirely because she’d had damp issues the landlord failed to deal with, had no shower for nearly a month (adequate sanitation) and various other things.

Feel free to do the same GH - it’s your place until your lease ends and you don’t have to allow them in for that reason, even with notice. Tell them you’re enforcing your right to “quiet enjoyment” of your home.

[guntrip]

When I was looking for a place in Newcastle late last year I found that loads of 1 bed flats were listed with a move in date of August or September this year.

Can only presume they were aiming them at students, probably masters students, who want somewhere central and would be looking to get things sorted well ahead of time.

Dead annoying though, finding loads of nice looking places in budget and then discovering they’re not available for nine frickin months.

[marckee]

The Newcastle rental market, even for private rented HMOs is still very different to, say London or Edinburgh.

Even for ‘professional’ lettings, it’s still very common for them to be shared, fixed-term tenancies of a full year running from September.

Every place I lived in while I was in Newcastle was like this, even after I’d finished university.

[ericVI]

put in an offer, they asked us for our passports, proof of employment, proof of income, etc. then come back to us with ‘we’re considering you as well as two other couples and we’ll get back to you within a week’

how about i get back to you now with ‘fuck off you pricks’?

[hip_young_gunslinger]

We had to write a letter to rent the place we’re currently in, saying why we wanted it and who we were etc.

[Epimer]

[hip_young_gunslinger]

Just went all out, “We have fallen so in love with this area, from the charming coffee shops to the wonderful nursery our daughter attends, this flat is the perfect space to become a true family home” blah blah blah. They lapped that shit up.

[profk]

remember having to do a similar thing with a house years ago. obviously we threw a huge party during the first week - we caught the neighbours filming us that night. there’s probably footage of me somewhere flipping the bird holding a can of lager and a cigarette.

[profk]

this is like, one of the most evil things innit.

so long as the rent is paid on time, who gives a fuck who’s there.

[ericVI]

[profk]

[Petagno]

Are you staying local when you move?

South East London represent natch

[ericVI]

well at least you have TIG to vote for now

[hip_young_gunslinger]

Yeah, just moving down the road, a bit closer to Crofton Park

[Kallgeese]

obviously we threw a huge party during the first week - we caught the neighbours filming us that night. there’s probably footage of me somewhere flipping the bird holding a can of lager and a cigarette.

[Petagno]

Nice. We’re in the process of moving too - a solid 8 or 9 minutes walk away.

the whole area

[plasticniki]

further out or in?

@hip_young_gunslinger see you in the London Beer Dispensary / at the Chandos for Sunday night quiz

[hip_young_gunslinger]

Cool, will @plasticmike babysit?