I fucking hate #English landlords/letting agencies. I haven't had a single positive/neutral experience in this fucking country when renting a place.
The renting system is already broken in the #UK in which you are almost guaranteed to lose part of your deposit but as an #immigrant it's about 10x worse. You have two options, either pay 6-12 months upfront or have a **UK-based** guarantor that will pay in case you don't. So as immigrants we are basically forced to pay a whole year in advance... so f-ing #unfair.
And regarding getting your deposit back in the UK:
Move into a place with some defect (broken tile in kitchen) -> moving out get charged £700 as whole kitchen floor needs to be redone and get blamed for broken tile ->Go back to the moving inventory with pictures to show the pictures of when I moved in -> agency refuses to give deposit back -> file complaint with deposit agency -> get back £100 out of my £700 deposit for "excessive damage" to some tile that was already broken when I moved in........
@zpartacoos Socialism has many benefits such as never fixing problems in society. They do help you feel special by arguably being the most competent person in the land.
@zpartacoos Move to the US. No man deserves to be stuck on an island.
@zpartacoos Why not go to the other UK, Ukraine?
Finally find a place I can afford to pay for a year then you get into this shit:
Me: okay, so we'll need you to send us the key by mail.
Agency: we can't do that since we need to do a right to rent check (in person) before we give you the keys.
Me: sends links from government website showing that you *can* do right to rent checks online, for free using the own government website.
Agency: we'll still need you to come in person to collect the keys.