r/UKRenting

My wife and I are relocating back to the UK this week and are looking for a 1b1b or 2b1b in the Bristol/Bath area.

We’re currently job hunting, so don't have employment contracts. We know the market is brutal—how do we avoid getting automatically rejected by agents?

We are financially secure and can offer:

1. Rent upfront: Willing to pay 6 months in advance from savings.

2. Guarantor: Local UK homeowner with stable, full-time employment.

3. Employment History: 6–12 months of recent payslips and references from our previous jobs abroad.

Any tips from anyone who has done this recently would be amazing. Thanks!

Hi all, hoping for a bit of clarity.

My bedroom window doesn’t open at all, it’s fixed shut. There’s no extractor fan either. Mould has been building up across the top of the window frame from condensation, since there’s nowhere for the moisture to go.

I sent photos to the landlord/agent. They’ve confirmed it’s not from a previous leak and not from shower use (it’s the bedroom, no shower in there). But they’re saying it’s not a standard repair and needs a “wider review” of the building’s ventilation, no timeframe given.

A member of their maintenance team actually flagged about a year ago that there should be a ventilation point in this room, but nothing was ever fitted. The mould keeps coming back even after cleaning, and the ceiling corners have also developed staining that’s just been painted over before.

I don’t think it’s a wider building issue though, I believe other flats have an extractor fitted in rooms without an opening window, mine just seems to be missing one… it feels like mine was missed and now they’re stalling.

Is the landlord right to treat this as a long design review, or should they be fixing it within a reasonable timeframe given it’s a known, recurring mould issue?

Anyone been through something similar?

Me and my boyfriend (who is a uk native) want to rent an apartment in Notts for September. Every summer I leave to go back home and he will go to live at his. We leave the country in 2 weeks so times pushing in(

Now, we are both unemployed and my parents cover my living expenses, and we both currently live in student accommodation, though he quit uni so he is no longer a student. He is planning to try and get a job in August but we all know how the market is right now..

We looked at guarantor services and they all are very very expensive, and we are not sure where to find a loophole in this thing. Obviously I can have him as a permittent occupier in some cases, but before we even move on to that we need to find a way to bypass the whole guarantor bit… None of his family can be our guarantors, I will spare the details.
Any advice?

moving to uni housing next week, what’s the best way to put pictures up without damaging the walls? i’d love something on the cheaper side as command strips are pricy

I stupidly paid my full rent for June early this month. Its due on the 26th but I paid it on the 23rd. I thought I was being proactive.

I'm moving out on the 10th of July (but have my final tenancy date listed as the 20th of July). I thought i was going to have to make an additional rent payment in July and so when the letting agent came back and said "your final payment due June 26th is only £400" i thought oh fuck. I've sent an email requesting a refund of the £100 I overpaid but do you think I'll get it?

I moved into a my current home on 1 April 2025 and my landlord asked for the last month rent in advance which i paid. The 12 month contract i signed ended on 31st May 2026.

In February this year i purchased a new build home which was scheduled to be completed by end of May. I told my landlord i will be staying at least until July end. He asked me to pay the July’s rent in advance which i did.

Two weeks ago i was told my the developer that my new home build completion has been delayed till August end. I informed my landlord straight away and told him i’ll need to stay until September end. He acknowledged and i thought everything was ok. He even brought some people to view the house a few days ago as they could move in later this year. Even then he said nothing and talked normally with me.

Yesterday i asked my landlord if i had to pay July’s rent as i had already paid one month in advance. I told him that i’ll pay the remaining months on the 1st of each month as the law now states that all contracts are rolling and landlords cant ask for advance payments. He started getting mad and said that the advance payment was made before the law changed. My point to him was the advance payment was for July. He said the July payment made in advance will now be for September meaning i wont make a payment for September. I said ok because i didn’t want any hassle.

A few minutes later he messaged and said that he was going to list the property on the market and wanted us to move out in July end. Can he do that? It is my understanding that he can’t just evict me because i’ve done nothing wrong. He says that it will be very difficult for him to find a new tenant in October as schools will already have started.

Also, when i moved in i did some outdoor work for him like block paving and painted some fence. I did this on my own will and blocked paved the drive as it was all muddy and it was inconvenient with two small kids. My landlord had said he would come and do it, but didn’t. I also found out from the neighbours that the drive has been like that for 4 years with the pallets of blocks also there for that time. He paid me £500 for it. Yesterday he said he wanted me to paint the remaining fence and finish the block paving. I believe this is his responsibility and not mine. I did what i could last year but when winter came, i stopped.

Since i’ve moved in i have not once asked him to do anything in the home. Even when we had water pipe burst under the sink, we cleaned it up ourselves and he didn’t even come himself to check. We also had water come in through the walls, he said he will come a paint the wall. A year later he still hasn’t.

Let me know what you all think and all advice is appreciated. Can my landlord just kick me out?