I put an ad on Gumtree stating I want a property to rent in the local area. I received an email not too long after and the owner seems a little, erm, odd. I'm not sure how to describe it, but it's one of those "too good to be true" moments.
After a couple of emails with a few pics and very minor details I receive this:
Hi ,
Good to read from you again. I don't have a photo of the garden over here but its a ground floor flat. There is sky premium and high speed internet available in the flat. Tell me about yourself if interested.
A lil about me : Am a 35years old fashion designer, very friendly.
I live in Birmingham. Reasons why we want to rent this place out is so that there will be a permanent occupant that will take care of the flat furniture's and keep the surroundings clean in my absence. We just need life in the flat.
About the flat : The flat was once a family flat till my old parents acquired a new property in Spain and moved, so i have been left in charge of this flat and nobody occupies the flat at the moment.
Concerning viewing: I can only travel from Birmingham to attend to serious tenants that are ready to move in and can prove that they can pay for the first months rent and one months deposit, i don't do general viewing. I need to know that you are serious and have the money to pay before i can come down to London.
I have a tight working schedule caused by my upcoming fashion show week, which preparations are on for at the moment with my coordinators from New York. You can search the map for that area and what you see in the pictures are what the interior of the flat looks like.
If you feel comfortable with that let me know, if not don't bother to reply so that we won't waste each others time.
Thanks and warm regards,
Malvina
Now a couple of things strike me as odd. One, I checked on Zoopla, the property sold in April this year, which doesn't really add up with what she's saying. Also, why is she telling me her life story? I'm a potential tenant, I can appreciate that perhaps she's like to get to know me, but she seems a little ott for my liking?
Maybe I'm just being cynical in my old age.
After a couple of emails with a few pics and very minor details I receive this:
Hi ,
Good to read from you again. I don't have a photo of the garden over here but its a ground floor flat. There is sky premium and high speed internet available in the flat. Tell me about yourself if interested.
A lil about me : Am a 35years old fashion designer, very friendly.
I live in Birmingham. Reasons why we want to rent this place out is so that there will be a permanent occupant that will take care of the flat furniture's and keep the surroundings clean in my absence. We just need life in the flat.
About the flat : The flat was once a family flat till my old parents acquired a new property in Spain and moved, so i have been left in charge of this flat and nobody occupies the flat at the moment.
Concerning viewing: I can only travel from Birmingham to attend to serious tenants that are ready to move in and can prove that they can pay for the first months rent and one months deposit, i don't do general viewing. I need to know that you are serious and have the money to pay before i can come down to London.
I have a tight working schedule caused by my upcoming fashion show week, which preparations are on for at the moment with my coordinators from New York. You can search the map for that area and what you see in the pictures are what the interior of the flat looks like.
If you feel comfortable with that let me know, if not don't bother to reply so that we won't waste each others time.
Thanks and warm regards,
Malvina
Now a couple of things strike me as odd. One, I checked on Zoopla, the property sold in April this year, which doesn't really add up with what she's saying. Also, why is she telling me her life story? I'm a potential tenant, I can appreciate that perhaps she's like to get to know me, but she seems a little ott for my liking?
Maybe I'm just being cynical in my old age.
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