How to ask nicely without sounding cheeky for a property to be cheaper rent?

jadex91

We have found the perfect place to rent and we can't move yet, the landlord said he is willing to wait for us, after this would it be cheeky to ask for it to be cheaper by £50 and see if he would consider it, I don't want to sound cheeky that then he won't hold it for us?

LEJC

it all really depends on how quickly the LL wants to rent and if there are others also interested in the property who would be prepared to pay the asking rent

We have just let a property which we let for the asking price...however we did have a contingency that if the property hadn't let by a certain date then we were happy to consider offers...

sometimes a LL looks at the whole package and good tenants at a slightly reduced rate may be preferable to short term tenants for example.

For us it was certainly about getting the right tenant.

At worst the LL can say no ...so theres no harm in asking.

Although one thing you have to consider is,in asking for a reduction what percentage reduction are you trying to achieve...ie in asking for £50 off a £500 per month rent thats quite a come down but it may be easier for the LL to consider if you are asking for a £50 reduction on a property that is offered for rent at £1200 per month...your offer needs to be realistic and in line with what other properties in the area are being rented out for.

The chances are he has agreed to wait for you to be ready on the assumption that you will be paying the advertised price,so if you are going to want to negotiate on price then its best to have that conversation quickly with him as its probably not fair to expect him to hold something without letting others view it if theres a potential that you dont want to pay the full price.

Are you asking for the reduction because without it you would be streching your budget or just because you like to get a deal?....