How to rent an apartment and do not fall for the tricks of landlords
A Life / / December 19, 2019
My attempts to rent the apartment did not succeed. But I learned a lot about how fake the owners and the agency can raise money. It turned out that a lot of ways, and some of which I discuss below. Although it is certain that in fact there are many more.
Since I lived in a rented apartment and just wanted to find a better option, I had plenty of time to figure out the common tricks and tricks of agents to deliver the apartments. And they turned out to be not so little. Fake photos, and non-existent apartments more serious stains with extortion of money.
In some of them, I found myself on the other know the words of people who are less fortunate and who have given their money to fraudsters.
fake pictures
This is the first divorce, with which I have encountered. Not believing too steep photos low-cost apartments, I decided to check them in Google image search. And it did.
Simply copy the link to the photo, or save it to your computer. go to google Images and paste the link or upload a photo.
Most of these apartments do not even need to be checked on Google. For money prices are initially seems unlikely.
divorce sense. You call on this property, and a flat is already dealt and you are offered another option, or ask for a small amount of money per-view apartments in advance. It goes without saying that you should immediately send these people to Barcelona, in their own apartment?
non-existent apartments
With this trick I hardship most. Bulletin boards are full of enough high-quality apartments, but after a call to the number indicated is that the apartment is already rented. I could not understand, what is the essence of this deception until accidentally walked into the profile of one of the "owners" of the apartment.
divorce sense. Once you are told that the apartment is already rented, may be followed by two interchanges: you immediately offer another apartment or your room gets into the database, and you receive a call the next day to another room to offer services Agency.
Advance payment-per-view apartments
Never, remember, never give money for viewing apartments or services before you meet with the owner of the apartment and made a deal.
On the appointed day, you can is free come and see the apartment. The same applies to the services of the agency. How would you make sense to pay the agent for his services, if you have not signed a contract with the owner of the apartment?
divorce sense. Razvodily operate on the principle "a little, but often." Ask for a small amount of money up front and then disappear along with it.
Retake apartments
This is a problem faced by my friend, who rents an apartment. Renting an apartment a young guy for one day and came for the key to the next day, she found in the apartment of an elderly couple, who moved from another city.
From the words of the elderly revealed that they had found an apartment for long-term stay on the site a few days before and asked the number indicated. They offered to look flat and immediately sat down one day. When they arrived, the young man showed them the shelter, took the money for first and last month, he gave the keys and evaporated. Perhaps the most unpleasant of all divorce.
The meaning of divorce obvious.
The contract with the agency
The last error that can be tolerated at the renting of an apartment - is not the conclusion of the contract with the owners of the apartment. Agency to which you come, it may be fake, with what and faced a considerable number of people. Signed a contract with the agency and getting (or not getting) key, you enter the amount of money that equal to two months' rent, and office, which was the agency, a day does not work anymore.
divorce sense. Rent an office for a couple of days to get the money from several people and disappear.
conclusion
Here are a few tips to help you avoid an unpleasant situation:
- Carefully inspect the apartment before calling the owner or agent. Do not forget google Images and their intuition. If you see that the apartment is too good for the money, most likely, is divorce. But you can call and see for yourself.
- Do not give any money before they meet with the owners of the apartment. Pay Per View, an advance agent and prepayments - these are just banal ways to dissolve your money.
- Conclude a contract only with the owner of the apartment. He must have a residence permit in the passport and title deeds.
- Enter a query in Google "black list of landlords." They will show you a whole collection of sites with a list of unscrupulous landlords.
That's all. I hope you will not fall into the hands of swindlers. And if you have already got, tell us about their experiences.