Unable to pay with a non uk card

[Elson]

could you please help if there is any way i can pay using a non uk card?

[Sam]

Hi Elson, we’ve discussed this here:

International tenant - first lease: HOW to pay?

I have recently moved to UK and am trying to rent a property, as hotel living for a long time is exhausting. Apparently in order to rent with openrent requires payments being done by UK debit card ONLY. Also, all the banks I contacted require a permanent address to open a bank account. It is quite frustrating that I need an address to open a bank account and a bank account to get an address. Does openrent offer an exit out of this terrible loophole? Has anyone else confronted with a similar sit…