briefly, my ex-DP & I cant stay under the same roof any more without constantly arguing - as our house is still mid-renovation, i am moving out to allow him to complete works and hopefully then get house on market in about 3-4 months time once finished...so i am renting a house which i never have before and have no idea of the procedures - basically have found something i like, filled in some forms & been told they will credit check me and take up references
can anyone advise, broadly speaking how long it will take & how much emphasis they will put on credit check (i have been told previously i have a poor credit rating - i think becuase ex regularly forgets to pay bills - part of reason for split! however ex & I have around £300K equity in our house once finished and rent on house is 1/3 of my monthly salary - would they take that into account or just look at credit score & refuse me out of hand? ) i am worried about missing out on house particularly because i am so unfamiliar with the whole procedure therefore any help gratefully accepted!