when reading houjseshare ads, what does "professional" mean?

snowqueen555

As above ^

Looking to move to a houseshare later this year...

Yes I am working, I would hardly call it a professional job, does that just mean anyone who is working full time?

Thanks

Blackpool_Saver

I understand it to be graduates.

Edited to add, working graduates lol !

olias

I always took it to mean working in a profession, ie doctor, lawyer, teacher, accountant, engineer etc etc, rather than say a trade - plumber, brickie, plasterer etc or factory worker type. In other words, we don't want any working class oiks, but rather a middle class nice person like us .

Olias

Sammy85_2

olias wrote: »

I always took it to mean working in a profession, ie doctor, lawyer, teacher, accountant, engineer etc etc, rather than say a trade - plumber, brickie, plasterer etc or factory worker type. In other words, we don't want any working class oiks, but rather a middle class nice person like us .

Olias

Agreed

orangeslimes

I think it can mean just anyone who is working full time yes.

PasturesNew

I'd just read it to mean: anybody in a clean job.... not people in dirty jobs, not students, not the unemployed.

The word professional is over-used these days .... way over-used. Ignore it and just think "when I come home from work am I clean/tidy still, or do I reek of stuff, or am I covered in stuff". That should be good enough for them.

DVardysShadow

I always understood 'Professionals only' to be a euphemism for 'No DSS', while suggesting that the property was outside the aspiration of DSS tenants anyway.

princeofpounds

It used to be mean something, as the replies above explain.

Now it pretty much just means steady job.

Imp

If you need to have a shower before going to work then you are professional.
If you need to have a shower when you get home from work then you are not a professional.

C_Mababejive

Its a form of snobbery...It means someone who wears a suit to work,earns £25k pa and thinks himself better than a bricklayer who wears overalls but earns £35k.

pyueck

Basically, most estate agents are not the brightest bunch in the world. You know the sort that probably scraped 3 C's at GCSE's, spent two years stacking shelves and then somebody said, I know what you can be an estate agent. There really aren't that many intelligent people in the industry. Terms like 'professional' are used by these sorts of people. Its all a load of bull if you ask me, it basically just means somebody that works and is not a DSS rental. Other terms to watch out for:

- A modern flat or a well proportioned flat (means it is absolutely tiny)
- Within walking distance of the station (means it is miles to the station, and no sane person would walk it)
- Avaliable immidiately (its been on the market for ages and has something seriously wrong with it)