To share this listing as shocked 😲

[Scottishdreams1991]

I came across this private let on Gumtree

https://www.gumtree.com/p/property-to-rent/spacious-2-bedroom-flat-for-rent-eh6-6hl/1493475357

I've got a feeling this rental ad might be a scam, where they get you to pay a deposit but the flat either doesn't exist, or isn't the advertisers place to rent out.

If you click on the person advertising, they have 222 current properties for rent, all over the UK, and it looks (to me, at least, I'm not super techy) like they were all uploaded in the last couple of hours. Seems dodgy to me.

If it is a scam, they're not doing a very good job of making it look enticing!

But it’s “beautifully presented” 😂

A bit dirty??? That flat is disgusting, and did you see all the mold on the door?

Grim s as no depressing, the doors look like they have mould on them, from the look of it the landlord doesn’t mind if half a dozen (or more) stay there, considering the amount of sofas/ chairs in the place

So glad I’m past the house sharing days

Landlords are the creepiest people in the UK.

When they rewired it after the cannabis farm was discovered, they decided to leave the meter bypass as it was.

Utilities free, or at least paid for by the neighbours 🙃

Disgusting. No landlord should ever rent out a property they wouldn’t want their own family to live in and no property ever should have mould in it. Ex landlord of many years, two of my abiding rules.

The listing definitely has scammy vibes looking back at it now, and all the related listings. I bet some reverse image searching would turn up legit recent rentals (maybe not for number 999 McNebuliser Place, as per the original post here but the other pictures from this “agency” are more sanitary)

That is so depressing, what a horrible flat

The window frame is rank. At least give it a wipe.

Why is there a fridge freezer with no door?

Maybe because it is disgusting

Probably (hopefully?!) a scam.

I reverse image searched a selection of their alleged properties and they are all added to rightmove within the last couple of weeks. I reckon scam. It’s too early in the academic year for it to be a regular common or garden slum student landlord.

clearly a set from Trainspotting

I used to rent out 2 flats in Edinburgh. They were quite central (5-10 minute walk to Holyrood Park) or Playhouse/East End of the centre.

They were tiny but nice and cosy with fresh decor and decent kitchens/appliances. They were also in a very pretty street.

I started renting in 2015 and I think it went for £595. The second one which was slightly more modern went for £650 in 2017 but by 2018 it was up to £725 per month. I had so many applicants that I could have let it easily 100 times over. People were showing up to viewings trying to cram cash into my hand (which of course I didn't take)

In 2019 i sold both flats as I was leaving the area. These flats now rent out for £950 per month.

This didn't include any bills so the tenant had gas/elec and council tax on top.

The flats were 1 decent size bedroom, 1 tiny showeroom, my livingroom with the kitchen partitioned off in the corner. The entire flat had 2 windows (none in kitchen or showeroom).

I sort of wish I had kept one of them now both for an investment and also cos I miss Edinburgh a bit.

Prices rose dramatically as well over that period. I bought the first one in 2014 from just over £95K. When I sold in 2019 I got 160K for one and 170K for the other. They are now selling for as much as £185K. I spent about 5K doing one up and the other I spent about 2K.

I confirm Edinburgh is very expensive.

I also used gumtree to let out and I never ripped anyone off and always got things fixed promptly etc. There are bad landlords on gumtree no doubt but there are decent ones too.

However I don't think I would want to be a landlord again. Its a fair amount of work if you do it right and it's heartbreaking if the tenant does not look after the place especially when you have taken pride in making it nice to let out.

Agree the flat in advert looks utterly depressing. Probably with a lick of paint and fresh laminate and getting the fridge door fixed etc, the price is about right.
People are utterly desperate so yes he will let it although I imagine whoever takes it will continue to look for a better place.

Well if they ever make a Trainspotting 3 they have their location sorted.

Jesus, what a generalisation! I'm not creepy in the slightest.

It's giving Trainspotting vibes

Yeah, that was a bit harsh wasn't it?! 😬

I feel desperately sad that anyone has to live in such a drab, depressing place, that clearly has a damp problem. The estate agents description is a joke. Letting desperately needs to be better legislated in the UK, so nobody pays a penny for a shithole like this. All the sofas indicate to me it's been used as a multiple occupancy property - like a brothel. Urgh.

'Bright and well-furnished' - did they upload the wrong photos. That's a lie
Are they using tinfoil as a back splash on the cooker too?
Rent costs are awful.

Hoping for student sharers. It's vile.

Reality is that places are priced at what folk will pay. Shithole or not... No landlord is fool enough to price themselves into a no tenant hole. It's clearly let at that figure before.

Fucking hell, that is grim.

This ^