r/UKRenting

(Glasgow, Scotland) Last time I was a prospective tenant was 5-6 years ago, slipped in an offer, got it just fine. Been renting my flat in west end ever since; however, landlord is selling so partner and I have received 12 weeks' notice to vacate.

My initial impression was, you do viewings, when you see a property you like, you fill out an application and offer up the deposit, I thought it was first come first serve. Lo and behold, just been told by the agent when I said I'd like to go ahead with the property "fill out an application, the landlord will receive a pool of applicants and then choose". Omfg, it's that bad? There is such a high demand for rentals apparently it's a competition and you may or may not be the chosen one. I'm feeling so defeated because what if I send out loads of applications and never get picked because 20f-ing people have applied for the same property? I genuinely see myself becoming homeless because of this sh-t, except I can't have homelessness assistance either being on a Skilled Worker Visa. Wtf.

Me and my wife would be relocating to UK (West Sussex) the next month. Both of us a tech professionals, we are planning to take an Airbnb for a month and then lookout for rental options. We have heard that renting is relatively difficult in the UK right now, and we have some questions.

* How important is previous payslips? Since we would have recently moved to UK, we wouldn’t have payslips handy. We would only have proof of employment to begin with.
* I would initially be continuing on my current company payroll. Over the next few months I would transfer to UK payroll. Would that delay affect the renting scenario?
* Can I start contacting rental agents before I reach UK
* What temporary accommodation should I look for. Is Airbnb the most affordable option

Any other advice is also welcome. TIA

I have two part time jobs where I earn roughly £1.5k per month and I am on universal credit. The reason I have two part time jobs is because I am still in education.

Im in a tricky situation where i sort of (im not sure yet) need to move out of where I live due to big family problems. Problem is that obviously im young and i dont know what to do or what i need to consider.

I know little tidbits like landlords want a stable income and want non smokers but is anyone else able to give me some advice or information as to what I need to do?

(Forgot to include) shared housing is not an option for me

Hi all,

my partner and I will be renting our first property together shortly but I am feeling a little concerned and would like some advice.

We had our application accepted and reference checks passed on Wednesday, early morning, and confirmed our move in date. They said they would 'pull everything together' but we haven't heard anything since.

We are meant to move in in 8 days but no contract has been sent and it is fully unfurnished so we need to order things like beds and white goods which usually have a week delivery time at least but don't want to order it until the tenancy is finalised.

Is this a normal wait time or should I email them for an update?

If it helps they originally wanted us to move in on the 10th but we asked for later as that would have only given us about 5 days to sort everything while working full time.

thank you - nervous first time renters

Hi All,

Happy Saturday. Stressed one for me. Thought I’d turn to Reddit for some urgent advice. i handed in my notice to leave ( 2 months notice) from July 6th which will take it up until Aug 7th. I’m the lead tenant on the agreement as i’ve been here for 4 years. A few days before the 7th, I called my estate agent and told them i’m having difficulties with my other accommodation and there will be a delay of a month. I asked if I could extend. they said yes but if the other tenant agrees. i asked my flatmate and he said he will think about it and a day after, he said no. I’m just stuck at the moment as I have over 48h to figure out what I’m going to do. I’ve sent an email to my estate agent on friday to see if they can keep me on for the temp month (i have the money for a whole months rent) but does anyone have any advise on this please?

So I did a viewing for a place on Saturday, did it Saturday since I work Monday to Friday 9-5 in a job I’ve just started.

Anyway I spoke to the estate agent today, he said can you come into the office tomorrow- I said yes are you open past 5
He said ‘we are not going to accommodate around you’ when i wasn’t even asking that I just wanted to see how I could fit it in.

I’m trying to work out if I could go on my lunch break as it’s an hour but the place is 25 mins drive away from there, since I’ve just started and don’t want to start asking for things already I’m stressed.

I don’t know if I should just leave it since the agent seems rude, or if I should try and make it work and speak to my new job about leaving for a bit over.

Also I need to know will all estate agents be like this or is it usually a matter of you can sign stuff online? Like will I need to come in to sort stuff out if I go through other estate agents too?
Thanks