The rental market where I am looking is pretty crazy just now and it's difficult to even get a viewing. When we do, we are applying for it straight away but have still lost out a few times, presumably to people who are available to move in quicker or perhaps don't have young children (not sure if that's counting against us).
Anyway, we've ended up getting quite far in the application process of one that we don't even really like, but we're getting desperate. I suspect it's less popular as it's very dated and cramped, so in that sense, we're in with a good chance. However, I'm wondering at what point we're "tied in" as some great looking ones have now come up that we'll be viewing this/next week and so probably won't know if we've got them for at least another week from now. The "bad" one seems to be pushing us through the application process pretty quickly, so I'm wondering how it works if you've applied to a few at the same time?
Am I committed only once I've paid a deposit? Or will there be contracts signed before then? I'm not committed just because my application is accepted, am I?
Sorry for the daft questions! I will really kick myself if I get tied into this one if I could then get one of the others. Equally, I don't want to pull out in case I'm left with nothing as we're getting close to the date we really need to move out of our current home by.