Red flags about a landlord
I moved into a flat about 3 weeks ago I haven’t spoken to or seen the landlord since however he has been in the flat. When I was collecting the keys there was some weird comments made he mentioned that I am just paying for the room nothing else and if he wanted to he could put a bed in the kitchen, this made me feel a bit uncomfortable as a female. He also mentioned there would be cleaners who would have access to rooms and if we didn’t want them there we could be present during the cleaning ( there hasn’t been any cleaners or mention of them since and my flat mate said they’ve never had a cleaner so I don’t know what he was on about). He mentioned about guests and said that basically we couldn’t have someone staying for days in the week but my flat mate said she was told she wasn’t allowed guests. My flat mate has told me that her contract mentions something about being a lodger and also said he only has access to the mail box we don’t have keys for that and he gives us our post. There was already things I felt that were off but now alarm bells are ringing, right now I have no major issues and I haven’t seen or spoke to him but I am thinking to plan to move in the next few months, am I stupid for having alarm bells or does this seem dodgy?
He also said the money we pay includes council tax but also said he rents it out as a student property which in the UK if you’re a student you don’t pay council tax.