Rental: cheeky potential tenants

[erloe]

I have a rental which was my home before I met dh. It’s a one bedroom flat in a very very sought after development. I listed it for £3,200 a month and got no interest. I reduced to £3,000 and got one viewing. They offered £2,700 a month.

I got another message asking if the kitchen appliances had been updated since the pictures because the washing machine looked 20 years old. I have now had new pictures taken.

Have other people had tenants haggle on price? I rented it for £2,700 in 2019.

@BucketBouquet did you miss the part of my post where I said that properties of the same size as mine and in better condition have been advertised for rent on my street that are on for cheaper than my landlord wants? Maybe bother to read posts before replying.

I didn’t miss it, because it doesn’t exist. Look again at the post to which I replied. You mentioned nothing about other properties on your street.

If you can get something better for the same or less than you’re paying now, vote with your feet.

I have read your posts, but I’m wishing I hadn’t bothered now that you’re telling outright lies.

I repeat, if you can get the same standard of property or better for the same price or less, do it. Then you’ll be correct; it won’t be your problem that he wants to put the rent up.

Outright lies.

Nice to hear. I'm a landlord too and feel the same. Pure luck that I'm in this position and it's a way of paying it forward. Life is shitty enough for this generation of renters.

@MoiraPose Thank you for replying to remarkably silly posts with more patience than I could manage.
@AnOldCynic Thank you and likewise. It is peculiar how people think that a market rate is somehow a moral issue and that it is whatever they feel it is.

@BucketBouquet have you lost your mind? Here is a screenshot of my literal post where I literally say that yesterday. Get a grip with your dramatics.

But that’s not the post I replied to, is it?

“Patience”? 😆😆😆

You seem to think there is a tenant somewhere that morally should accept the rate. You are not clear on who this person is. Just that the OP is correct in charging the rate and the anonymous tenant should accept it.

You are not going to move in yourself, you so do not feel this obligation personally.

Also, if I tried to sell me car for more than you wanted to but it for, I do not think you would feel obliged to accept.

This is all very obvious.

@BucketBouquet your lack of reading comprehension is not my problem, I won't be responding to you any longer.

@Sweden99 its ridiculous isn't it? The number of posters that descend on threads like this with some weird determination that everyone should be equally exploited and downtrodden is bizarre.

Oh dear - now who’s not reading posts?

I’ve actually said several times that I think OP should accept the offer she currently has, because she clearly isn’t getting any interest at the price she thinks it’s worth. Either you’re confusing me with someone else or just can’t understand basic words.

Your posts are incoherent. Sorry, this really is not on me not on @MoiraPose who has been patient and deserves better than your bad language.
Control yourself and think before you type.

My posts are perfectly coherent. And I’m sure @MoiraPose is more than capable of deciding for herself if she can cope with “bad language”. In any case, she’s rather pompously declared that she’s not responding to me any further, so it doesn’t make any difference to her what I say now, does it?

Just admit that you made a mistake! You were wrong.

It's nice to read posts from two landlords who don't believe in squeezing every last drop of blood out of their tenants, who do not think that the tenants are automatically responsible for the increases in their mortgages and who have the self awareness and intelligence to realise that their situation is, at least partly, due to luck rather than immense genius.

Your swearing is fine, because you say so...
You were coherent because you say so...

And you are saying @MoiraPose is pompous?!?!
Come on!
:D

That's on the Golden Lane council estate though, which is less desirable than living in the Barbican.

I didn’t make a mistake though! I replied to a post based on the information that was in it. I shared a screenshot of said post! What is it you’re struggling with?!

It's not cheeky for renters to make offers at all. It's absolutely normal. I've rented for years and in different cities for work, and I've always negotiated on the rental price, landlords have happily accepted or negotiated with me. I've been the perfect renter - in work, tidy, clean, always par rent on time, great with neighbours and treat my rental like my own home.

In my experience, Not all rentals are equal. Some more modernised or not at all, some are in a better "location" (for me that meant safe and close to a station to get to work only), some are smaller or bigger than others. etc.

Is this the first time you've let? If so, here's some advice as more and more millenials and Gen Z come into the rental market:

Most of my landlords have been great" always attentive and fixing things quickly if needed etc. I'd say 1-2 have been God awful.

The bad ones were the ones who also wanted to claw every penny where they could, e.g. replace an old washing machine with one from a charity shop, bring in used smelly sofas etc etc. As an experienced renter, you need to think about whether you're the "cheeky" landlord.

Most renters can smell a Penny pinching landlord from a mile off. And they're usually the ones who break the law.

You failed to read the poster's earlier posts and instead of apologising when you were made aware, you have continued to dig yourself a bigger and bigger hole! I don't think anyone is struggling apart from you. You are clearly struggling to control your temper. The word you are struggling to find is 'sorry'.

I don't think they are cheeky either.
£2,700 pm for a non accurate listing is good.
Nice to hear you actually bothered yourself to update the listing with new photos once you realised your lack of efforts could potentially affect income/rental price.
If you're asking £3,000 pm for a flat, then regardless of location those photos need to be spot on, an accurate representation of exactly what the tenant will be getting for that amount of money.
It's not the price I have an issue with, if that's the average rental price of that area then it is what it is and you should go with that. What I have an issue with is you calling them cheeky when you couldn't even be bothered to take new photos. Who is the cheeky one?

I’m not struggling, because I’m not sorry. Get that into your head.