The landord has been on OpenRent for the past 3 years and 9 months, He has rented out 100s of rooms within this time.
I saw a flat I liked and put a holding deposit down. He contacted me (within 30minutes) and said I had paid the holding deposit via Openrent but they don’t know how to receive the funds and said that he can return the holding deposit and I pay via bank transfer. When I asked a question about moving in date, he turned to another a person to enquire (so he isn’t a single landlord?). Within 10minutes of ending the call the holding deposit was returned and I got emails via OpenRent to confirm this. I haven’t done a bank transfer yet as he wants me to see the property before I put a holding deposit. The latter seems above board, but the bank transfer payment and his inability to accept a holding deposit via OpenRent has me questioning whether I should go ahead.
Surely with the length of time he has been on OpenRent he would know how to accept the holding deposit?
I am getting red flags but he has been on OpenRent for years. No feedback on him is available, which is neither good nor bad necessarily.
Please can you advice, much appreciated.