Landlord choosing a tenant

anselld

J_blondie wrote: »

Fair comments I’m sure the the landlady will look at both and weigh up which is more suitable. For anyone with judgment until you have had to rent don’t judge it’s incredibly hard to secure somewhere

You could always offer more if you are that keen on it.
Fairly sure that will make you more suitable if the other candidate hasn't already done the same.

lewishardwick

Indeed. As one of those 'single men' who had to rent, I can almost guarantee you it was harder for me to secure a future rental home than those with children. Seems it's a buzz word or something.

Davesnave

anselld wrote: »

You could always offer more if you are that keen on it.
Fairly sure that will make you more suitable if the other candidate hasn't already done the same.

This is why I mentioned money up-front.

Last Time we needed to rent, we were a family of three with 2 cats, 2 ferrets a big yellow van to park and no references from previous landlords.

Realising we weren't exactly the most desirable of applicants, we stuck 6 months rent up front and agreed to a higher deposit.

We were also realistic about the quality of house we could go for. For example, no one was going to offer us somewhere that had just been newly refurbed throughout.

J_blondie

I hadn’t thought about offering more but I have paid upfront in the past. I’m awaiting a decision so I will see the outcome and go from there.

theartfullodger

You can choose to apply to rent whatever property you wish, from whichever landlord you wish.

Landlord can choose to accept to rent to whichever applicant he wishes (as long as not breaching discrimination law - race, religion, pregnancy... etc etc ..). It is legal to discriminate on the basis of ability to pay, likelihood of looking after place & getting on with neighbours, probably wear & tear (OK to accept 1 single little-old lady, very neat, rather than a family of 5, with 3 boisterous children & 7 incontinent rottweillers.)

Did you not understand this?

Cheeky_Monkey

Why don't you just wait until you know the outcome first before you start ranting.

The LL might choose you in which case this thread is pointless.

ognum

OP
To improve your chances you could

Offer more rent
Offer 6 months in advance
Agree to the timescale of the LL

If I had a choice I would choose a single person over a family as there is less wear and tear on the property

need_an_answer

ognum wrote: »

OP
To improve your chances you could

Offer more rent
Offer 6 months in advance
Agree to the timescale of the LL

If I had a choice I would choose a single person over a family as there is less wear and tear on the property

OP It really comes down to the LL choice and just to give you another view from this one above:

As a LL I would probably choose the family over the single male with the reasoning that if the child goes to a local school it is likely to ground them to the property for the next few years.

So hopefully you can see there are so many reasons why one set of tenants are chosen over the next and even every LL's criteria could be different.

AdrianC

J_blondie wrote: »

I was merely asking who is more desirable candidate

Hold on a sec. I can't quite read the details on either of your forms from here. When I've had a look at those, I'll ring the landlord and ask him if he has any preference above and beyond what's on the forms...

J_blondie

Thank you for all the helpful replies and those those aren’t as “helpful” are quite laughable :rotfl: