Students warned of fake landlord
Britons should take care to ensure the landlord they are considering renting a property from has the necessary credentials, following one recent case.
The BBC reports that the father of a student in Londonderry claimed his son paid a deposit to rent a house in South Belfast and was among a group of young people who lost hundreds of pounds as a result of the scam.
And the National Union of Students has now warned there has been an increase in such cases.
The bogus landlord in question never answered the phone calls of concerned students who never got their money back.
Northern Ireland politician Martina Anderson said: "I would appeal to students and their parents to go through well established letting agencies and check the track record of private landlords who advertise on the internet."
Britons looking for flats to rent in Fulham or any other London borough may also be interested to hear that the National Landlords Association recently launched an online database of all its members.
Written by Andy Britten
Published 7th September, 2009
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