How can a young person get a room?

Running_Horse

Incidentally, when I rented spare rooms, I once had a phone call from a mother trying to find her 18 year old son a room. No way I was going to share my house with someone too lazy to find his own place, and whose mum didn't want him.

milkybars

Sounds standard to me... My rent was £300... That lasted for three years as everytime the landlord tried to put it up, I said I'd leave.

I paid one month's rent up front (then none till the next month), a months rent for a deposit, plus £20 for the official agreement to be drawn up and refereneces to be requested from my previous landlords. I know I got off lightly on the £20, it was meant to be £150 but I said it was free with other landlords and I'd go elsewhere! My landlord had to pay the remaining £130 letting agent fees!

katew87

What area are you looking? that would be the best thing to find out before we judge if its reasonable or not.

LittleMissAspie

It's perfectly normal. £350 for a shared room is about average where I am and deposit is always 4-6 weeks rent, whatever and wherever you are renting.

He needs to save for 3 months for
a) initial deposit and rent
b) agency fees
c) set up costs eg furniture if needed and things like crockery, towels etc.

But he should have thought of all this before he moved out...

mess0804

Don't make the mistake of calling landlords: the first thing that would come to my mind would be "If at 19 he is not able to serch and call for a room , how will he pay or keep it clean...."

Gumtree is a good site with adds.