I had a viewing on Saturday morning with a landlord , I immediately told him I was taking the place. I told him my last day in the current flat was 2nd Sept and he said we would have contract signed Sunday evening and I can move in on Monday. He told me of holding deposit and paid it right there and was sent a list of requirements which I fulfilled within an hour on that very day. I tried reaching out to him on Sunday but he wouldn’t respond, reaching out on Monday without response until about 10:30am casually saying his business partner has rented out the place. Up until now the holding deposit had not been returned and again, he is not reachable.
If at all he is scamming people he probably has done this before or will do it again.
Sounds like it
I would report it to the website you found the advert on
Do you have his details
Threaten him with legal action as he’s in breach of the terms of taking a holding deposit
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Thank you.Yes, I have his details. I have just reached out to Openrent, hopefully they’ll do something. I’m bummed that my bank can’t do anything until it’s over 15 days, now in the mercy of messages that he doesn’t care to respond.