Trying to rent a place. What do you have to tell agencies?

Agency I use will only let to employed people with good credit rating and no criminal record.

A previous agent I used years ago with another house let it out to a non-working couple on some kind of benefits & they stopped paying. This was back in about 2001 & took about 3 months to get them out.

As another poster said, sadly a minority give everyone else a bad name but it's a risk I'd rather not take.

Children and pets I have no issue with, however.
 
FBi7 said:
And ruin walls by the application of 'Live Laugh Love' transfers and the like :cry:
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arknor said:
surely you end up sitting facing inwards with the other people basically seeing the side of your face the whole time? and not laying around like your some Rees mogg guy trying to sleep on the job
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surely anyone there feels awkward ? youre really going to sit on the edge facing away from the other guests who you may or may not know? or lounging around in your shell suit on the edge like some creep fly on the wall.

a lot of people would probably prefer to stand
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That Jekka Gal said:
Children and pets I have no issue with, however.
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I wish more landlords had this mindset. We've been searching for a rental for awhile now (Trying to find a cheaper place to rent as we're paying over £2k a month) and 95% of places we enquirer about "No pets, sorry"

We found a place on Friday that has no issues with pets; and put in our application. Will see what happens there. £600 a month cheaper - so hoping it goes through.
 
unwashed potato! said:
Not for me but someone I know. They have a kid, single, work but also get universal credit.

My understanding was that landlords and agents can't pick tenants based on this any more, but I don't see how given that once they know this, they can just not give you the property.

Do you have to tell the agent/landlord? Forgetting about getting off the a bad start and all that, what would be any issues if you just don't mention kids/universal credit?

On a side note, why do people not like to rent to universal credit tenants? Given the government are paying the money, isn't this a safer option over someone earning all their money through work, given they can be fired.
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When I was renting, many years ago, we used to get out of contracts by lying to landlords that we had lost our jobs and were moving to benefits. You would be amazed how eager the landlords are to terminate if you tell them that.

The point is, that I wouldn't tell them that if you are going in to a contract. Just ask the landlord/agent what they need as references to check that they don't need anything that identifies where part of your income comes from.

This may have changed, but back in the day it was common practice for people on benefits to take on a rental. They would immediately have the rent evaluated by the government (can't remember which dept), and that usually ended up in them forcing the landlord to reduce the rent. It also meant it was very difficult to evict the tenant. Landlords would run a mile to avoid taking in someone on benefits.
 
Uther said:
I've never understood why some tenants just trash the place that is supposed to be their home.
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I was born in a squat, and we used to fix them up! Get in, replace broken windows, fix the electrics, sort door locks. Get carpet if needed. Leave it better than you found!

I've always applied the same logic to my homes even when rented and house sharing. Last landlord must have loved me, I sorted most issues without getting trades in. Even replaced plumbing and an external door myself.
 
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