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Whatever you do, do NOT pay 6 months in advance! If you end up in a dump, you are either stuck there for 6 months or looking at losing that 6 months rent. I once moved into a basement flat that looked fine when I was shown around, but after the first serious rainfall, I realized the back bedroom was under 2 inches of water that was seeping up through the floor from the terraced back garden. I wondered why it had brand new carpet in there. Under the carpet was a layer of polythene, presumably to hold back the damp long enough to find a sucker to rent it.

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thanks i had though that would be a bad idea will have to find a motivated landlord in a good area(if there is such a thing).

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Ha!! I come from a 'bad area' (cant wait to get back of course lol) and even there rentals have been going up and up. Urban renewal is a biatch for the natives I'm afraid. Non the less, I reckon if you shop around and have a bag o' sand to throw at somone it shouldnt be to huge of a problem (fingers crossed). As we know these estate agents are a bunch of sharks generally. All the credit check means is that they get to prize an extra hundred from you for doing it - admin fees they call it :rolleyes:

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lol oh so that why the do it make it hard for poor young people like meed to get that extra hundred quid. bastards:curse:
was looking at relocation agents charge 500 pounds to look for a place for yah then a month rent if they find the one u like!!!!! wha a rip off
Then again my uncle does call the place rip off uk!!!!

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this isnt always the case,we had to pay the full 6 mths up front and any things that have needed fixing ,ie ,the tv aerial didnt work, the washers on the bath taps had gone, the kitchen fan cover was broken, etc , i got onto them and they fixed it right away.For £750 a mth i tell them i expect everything to work.so far so good.:)

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try living in western canada, now THATS a rip off !!!!

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Yes, I have had landlords like that too. I'm not saying they are sharks if they ask for 6 mths up front, just that if it ends up that they ARE sharks, your 6 mths rent is in their pocket, not yours - a situation you don't want to be in.