My YP is moving to another city to start first graduate job 3 hours away from home. They needed a place to live went down to view two properties but only saw one which was awful and the other agent cancelled an hour before the viewing. Against our advice they rushed into signing a property based on photos and a video. We asked them to ask if they could have a live video viewing and the agent recused this saying it was a recent video so need for live video tour. Anyway against our best advice they paid a holding deposit, then were pressurised into signing a contract and then they were pressurised into paying a months rent (still without seeing the property) which was due the on the day they collect the keys Monday but the landlord insisted they paid this before collecting the keys and looking around for the first time. Too many red flags and alarm bells for me but they think they know everything and won’t listen. I am going down with them to collect the keys and move some belongings in on Monday if it turns out to be awful and not like the photos or video do they have any rights whatsoever? Also what questions should we ask and what should we look out for or is it all too late in the day now. They are fairly tall and have an attic room which I am worried is much smaller than it looks on the photos and they may not be able to stand up in it. It has supposed to have been refurbed two months ago and no one else has meant to have lived in the room since the refurb. The kitchen diner is shared and looks nice enough on the video and photos but I imagine it won’t look as nice as that. They will be sharing the house with 6 or 7 others and will be sharing a bathroom with the room next door all other rooms have an ensuite but this is the last room. So more alarm bells.