Short or long luxury apartments in London, for rent?

[asianrawra]

Hi guys, its me again
As i am moving to London with my boyfriend, we were wondering if there is any nice luxury apartments there that arent really serious with checking work history things like that blah, blah as i cant really tell them i'm a cam girl and escort same goes for my boyfriend.
Like one that you could pay cash upfront every month would be great
( we are kinda hoping for 2 apartments in the same block so we get space too)

Thankyou

 

[AerynShade]

You could try AirBnB.

 

[CherryChu]

Well... that could be difficult haha. It sort of depends on what your budget is but if you don't want them to check your history, you're probably going to have to pay rent upfront, such as 6 or 12 months' worth. It's also more difficult if you're self-employed anyway tbh because you have to give loads of accounting history as it's less stable than if you have a regular employee contract. So your best bet would be the say right from the beginning that as you're self-employed your referencing might be difficult and so you'd like to offer 6/12mths' rent upfront instead. I don't know what your definition of 'luxury' is but what comes to mind for me is Mayfair and such... and those are ridiculously expensive!! Living in London is expensive even for a really bad place, just because it's London. Definitely have a look at websites like rightmove.co.uk to see what the prices are like. If you need to go a little cheaper, check the surrounding areas, say within a 40mi radius - they're still more expensive than the rest of the country, but somewhat cheaper than London, and possibly more likely to accept non-traditional tenancy agreements. Good luck!

 

[Sevrin]

London's the last place that's picky about where your money comes from. Dirty Russian money is what's caused prices to go sky-high, after all.

 

[asianrawra]

Well... that could be difficult haha. It sort of depends on what your budget is but if you don't want them to check your history, you're probably going to have to pay rent upfront, such as 6 or 12 months' worth. It's also more difficult if you're self-employed anyway tbh because you have to give loads of accounting history as it's less stable than if you have a regular employee contract. So your best bet would be the say right from the beginning that as you're self-employed your referencing might be difficult and so you'd like to offer 6/12mths' rent upfront instead. I don't know what your definition of 'luxury' is but what comes to mind for me is Mayfair and such... and those are ridiculously expensive!! Living in London is expensive even for a really bad place, just because it's London. Definitely have a look at websites like rightmove.co.uk to see what the prices are like. If you need to go a little cheaper, check the surrounding areas, say within a 40mi radius - they're still more expensive than the rest of the country, but somewhat cheaper than London, and possibly more likely to accept non-traditional tenancy agreements. Good luck!

Budget is probably max 2000 each a month thanks though ill try doing some more searching x

 

[Puffin]

London's the last place that's picky about where your money comes from. Dirty Russian money is what's caused prices to go sky-high, after all.

That is when selling a property.

On the other hand, landlords want tenents with regular almost guaranteed income. Paying many months upfront might be a solution as CherryChu suggests in a post above.

 

[CherryChu]

They have to watch their back as landlords and agents as well because if you're paying for your apartment with laundered money or something and then the police catch you, your income is cut off and they lose their rent money. It's a big risk for them as well. Plus they can be seen as complicit because they're then taking the money from you. The other reason for referencing is to check your credit score - if you have a history of not paying loans and bills etc on time then they'll see you as a bigger risk because you're seen to be irresponsible with money, or at least irregular with your repayments.

Either way, if your budget is £2000 a month (each? Or between the two of you?) you should be able to find something :> but yeah I'd look into offering rent upfront just in case. You shouldn't need to give them too many details then - maybe just say you're a freelance model so you're self-employed and you've heard that means referencing is more complicated. That way they'll check your credit score but not much else

 

[asianrawra]

They have to watch their back as landlords and agents as well because if you're paying for your apartment with laundered money or something and then the police catch you, your income is cut off and they lose their rent money. It's a big risk for them as well. Plus they can be seen as complicit because they're then taking the money from you. The other reason for referencing is to check your credit score - if you have a history of not paying loans and bills etc on time then they'll see you as a bigger risk because you're seen to be irresponsible with money, or at least irregular with your repayments.

Either way, if your budget is £2000 a month (each? Or between the two of you?) you should be able to find something :> but yeah I'd look into offering rent upfront just in case. You shouldn't need to give them too many details then - maybe just say you're a freelance model so you're self-employed and you've heard that means referencing is more complicated. That way they'll check your credit score but not much else

2000 each of us as max, and yes my usual cover up is freelance model + beautician his is modelling so its not really a problem on that bit, we would just like to pay cash up front kinda thing x

 

[Zoomer]

2000 each of us as max, and yes my usual cover up is freelance model + beautician his is modelling so its not really a problem on that bit, we would just like to pay cash up front kinda thing x

Eh - do you mean private letting luxury apartments? Define "luxury" - as no offence, your budget is seriously low for "luxury" apartments:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-50414212.html

If you combine your two you may be better off - £4k may get you something you can consider "luxury" but you've not got much space really. For 2k per month you can get what I'd call reasonably sized places. But they're not luxury by any stretch.

Alternatively, there are "serviced apartments" which won't ask questions really as long as you pay (no contract, it's like a hotel basically).
http://www.londonservicedapartments.co.uk/luxury/Mayfair/13_Hertford_Street/
http://www.londonservicedapartments.co.uk/luxury/Mayfair/Arlington_House_Apartments/

But I think the budget vanishes very quick on those too. So you need to define "luxury" - true luxury apartments will be 10-200k per month.

Alternatively, is London a must? You can commute in/out of London city centre almost as fast as you can commute across it on the tube.

 

[mynameisbob84]

Completely none of my business but I'mma ask anyway - in another thread, I saw you say that you were saving to go travelling with your boyfriend. If you already have enough coming in between the two of you to lay down £4k a month on rent (on top of all your other expenses), then if the ultimate goal is to save money, would it not make more sense to relocate somewhere inexpensive together, say a £500 a month house (outside of London but within an easily commutable distance) with a few bedrooms and two floors so you can both have your own space, and then put aside the £3500 you'll be saving each month, and use that for your travelling? I don't know how much you need for your trip, but if you did that for 6 months, you'd have £21,000, which should sustain you for at least a year.

 

[asianrawra]

Eh - do you mean private letting luxury apartments? Define "luxury" - as no offence, your budget is seriously low for "luxury" apartments:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-50414212.html

If you combine your two you may be better off - £4k may get you something you can consider "luxury" but you've not got much space really. For 2k per month you can get what I'd call reasonably sized places. But they're not luxury by any stretch.

Alternatively, there are "serviced apartments" which won't ask questions really as long as you pay (no contract, it's like a hotel basically).
http://www.londonservicedapartments.co.uk/luxury/Mayfair/13_Hertford_Street/
http://www.londonservicedapartments.co.uk/luxury/Mayfair/Arlington_House_Apartments/

But I think the budget vanishes very quick on those too. So you need to define "luxury" - true luxury apartments will be 10-200k per month.

Alternatively, is London a must? You can commute in/out of London city centre almost as fast as you can commute across it on the tube.

Things like this http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-53840099.html or http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-51045589.html is enough luxury for me around 2000 each. And yes, i want to try out London. Its not like im not earning money as it is, i would just like to earn more.

 

[asianrawra]

Completely none of my business but I'mma ask anyway - in another thread, I saw you say that you were saving to go travelling with your boyfriend. If you already have enough coming in between the two of you to lay down £4k a month on rent (on top of all your other expenses), then if the ultimate goal is to save money, would it not make more sense to relocate somewhere inexpensive together, say a £500 a month house (outside of London but within an easily commutable distance) with a few bedrooms and two floors so you can both have your own space, and then put aside the £3500 you'll be saving each month, and use that for your travelling? I don't know how much you need for your trip, but if you did that for 6 months, you'd have £21,000, which should sustain you for at least a year.

we arent travelling, we are wanting to move to Thailand after where i already have a house there. Thanks for that though ill take that into consideration. The place im staying at now is £750 a month. I wanted to move to London because of more businessmen and willing to pay more down there then up here

 

[Zoomer]

Things like this http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-53840099.html or http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-51045589.html is enough luxury for me around 2000 each. And yes, i want to try out London. Its not like im not earning money as it is, i would just like to earn more.

So you're looking for apartments to let, nothing "luxury" whatsoever. There's a fuck-a-ton of them around - especially if location is irrelevant.

However, you're likely going to be asked - but you should already know what they'll be asking for if you're already renting a place.... The legalities are the same countrywide. Since I'll meet my estate agent on Thursday I can ask what they'll be checking out on prospective tenants.

 

[CherryChu]

They will likely just want a credit check to see what your financial record is like. If you have an account with someone like CreditExpert you can check it on there (they do a free trial as well if you want to do that, but I think it only lasts about 2 weeks now). Basically everything that shows up on that report is what affects your credit score, which is a kinda basic way of identifying what estate agencies will look for in prospective tenants.

They will also want your annual income before tax to be at least 30x monthly rent. So if your rent is £2000pcm, they'll want your annual income to be £60k or more. As an employee you'd have to show a contract that extends longer than the lease term (eg if you want a 12mth tenancy on your flat, you'll have trouble if you're only working a 6mth contract) and that you're past your probation period at the job. When you're self-employed they'll ask for your accounts for the past 6 or 12mths so that they can see how stable your income is. Other than that it's fairly standard - usually they just want to know you're not going to ruin the property or be noisy to the others in the block, and that you appear to be a good "normal" person (sounds horrible but I've seen a few people get rejected because the agents were judgemental and made assumptions about them so go for trying to appear the same way you would if you were in a job interview or something)

 

[CherryChu]

Oh yeah, and they'll ask for a reference from your old landlord. This usually isn't so bad - they just ask if you were a decent tenant and if you paid your rent on time or explained why not when you didn't etc

 

[asianrawra]

thankyou! perfect x