Am I being unreasonable?
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I'm a first year university student, currently staying in halls in a flat with four others. We're allowed in halls for the first year, and in year two we expected to get a house.
Two of my flatmates get on better with the lads in the flat next door, so will be getting a house with them. No problem. That leaves three of us, who get on well, and plan to rent a house together in September.
Now, September seems ages off, but a lot of people are getting organised already, so we had our first house viewings today.
None of the houses were quite right (either wrong house, right location or vice versa). The agent gave us a lot of crap about how houses are going quick, and we need to decide soon or we won't have anywhere to live. My two mates, being gullible fools, fell for this rubbish.
Apparently the agent has the perfect house, on the perfect street, but we can't view it until Wednesday. We've arranged to do this, but the other two have decided they want to put a £50 deposit on it each without looking as it sounds ideal, and we don't want to miss out.
I, however, have refused, saying I won't be pushed into anything, and wouldn't dream of putting money on a house we haven't seen. I'm not sure if the money's returnable, but even if it is, I think we'd have to put up one hell of a fight to get it back (the company doesn't have the best reputation).
The other two now aren't speaking to me, saying I'm being 'unfair' and how it shouldn't be my decision
To try and ease matters I've been to another agent and arranged two viewings of similar houses on the same road, to try and prove we don't need to go for that one, but this hasn't gone down well.
Am I being a stubborn t
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Two of my flatmates get on better with the lads in the flat next door, so will be getting a house with them. No problem. That leaves three of us, who get on well, and plan to rent a house together in September.
Now, September seems ages off, but a lot of people are getting organised already, so we had our first house viewings today.
None of the houses were quite right (either wrong house, right location or vice versa). The agent gave us a lot of crap about how houses are going quick, and we need to decide soon or we won't have anywhere to live. My two mates, being gullible fools, fell for this rubbish.
Apparently the agent has the perfect house, on the perfect street, but we can't view it until Wednesday. We've arranged to do this, but the other two have decided they want to put a £50 deposit on it each without looking as it sounds ideal, and we don't want to miss out.
I, however, have refused, saying I won't be pushed into anything, and wouldn't dream of putting money on a house we haven't seen. I'm not sure if the money's returnable, but even if it is, I think we'd have to put up one hell of a fight to get it back (the company doesn't have the best reputation).
The other two now aren't speaking to me, saying I'm being 'unfair' and how it shouldn't be my decision
To try and ease matters I've been to another agent and arranged two viewings of similar houses on the same road, to try and prove we don't need to go for that one, but this hasn't gone down well.
Am I being a stubborn t
t?mattdaniels said:
By "perfect student house" I assume you mean only damp on the ground floor, woodlice in double not triple figures, garden like the amazon jungle with no lawnmower, a toilet that just about flushes and central heating that sometimes works?
It's less than a year of your life, it's character building, get on with it! :-)
I was thinking more of a house with enough space for all our stuff (one we looked at didn't have room for any more than a bed in one of the rooms), and less than a 20 minute walk to the town centre.It's less than a year of your life, it's character building, get on with it! :-)
Other than that I'm not fussed, but would like to at least have a look at a house before putting money down on it.
Thanks for the advice all, it's been very useful.
The latest comment from my mate was that I was being "easily led" by people talking about the lettings agents being dodgy. This is from the guy who believed everything the lettings agent said.
Very tempted to tell them to stuff the house, it's too soon and I don't want to be rushed into renting a dump with people who are turning out to be arses. Won't go down well, just need to work out who else I could share with.
The latest comment from my mate was that I was being "easily led" by people talking about the lettings agents being dodgy. This is from the guy who believed everything the lettings agent said.
Very tempted to tell them to stuff the house, it's too soon and I don't want to be rushed into renting a dump with people who are turning out to be arses. Won't go down well, just need to work out who else I could share with.
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