Hi all, would be grateful for some help. In the next 2 years or so we want to move to somewhere bigger for space, but want to stay in the same area as DCs settled into schools etc. We wouldn’t be able to afford to buy anywhere bigger in our area so are considering renting our place out and then renting somewhere bigger for a few (maybe 5) “crunch” years when we’ll have teenagers at home. Then the plan is to move back into our house (Is high we consider a long term investment) when they leave home. My question relates to credit rating. Ours is pretty shit (for a variety of reasons - bad decisions in the past) even though now we’re totally fine financially now and have been for a couple of years. Would that affect our ability to rent somewhere? Would estate agents run a background credit check? Is there a system whereby we can have, say, 6 months rent in a holding account in advance if our landlord was nervous about taking us on? For context we’re talking about a household income of minimum £400k and a property rent of approx £8-10pcm . Sorry to be so useless on rentals but we’ve always owned so I don’t really know how it works. Thank you!