Landlords in 2026:
“I need £1000 deposit, £1000 first month’s rent, £1000 last month’s rent, a £199 admin fee, a £89 processing fee and another fee I haven’t invented yet.”
“I will also need your payslips for the last 8 years, bank statements, employment history, 12 references, 6 guarantors, your credit score, a DNA test and a letter from your employer promising you won’t lose your job for the next 10 years and remember to tell me if you get a pay rise so I can increase your rent”
Then you’re then handed the keys to a £1,000 a month shoebox with mould on the walls, a kitchen from the 1970's, windows that don’t open, a boiler that’s been “getting replaced” since 2009 and a bathroom fan that sounds like a fucking airplane taking off.