Prospective Tenant with no UK bank account

[Mark33]

Hi, I have a prospective tenant who wants to rent my room but has no UK bank account. Any ideas how he can pay the holding deposit?

[Colin3]

cash is king. Have you done a right to rent check?

[Sam]

Hi Mark, we’ve discussed this here.

Proceed with contract via Rent Now without holding deposit

Hi Roxie, This kind of situation occurs from time to time — usually the best solution is to pay holding deposit from the account of someone already based in the UK. It’s also quite easy to get a UK bank account now, with many ‘challenger’ banks offering accounts, e.g. Monzo. You can skip the referencing stage, yes, so it’s only this payment of a week’s rent for the holding deposit that is blocking things at the moment.