I’ve only rented from companies as it’s generally safer and you know that they will (most likely) follow the law.
You never know what you get when you rent from people, their professionality and knowledge of the various laws are highly variable. You could get lucky, and you could get very unlucky.
Problem is private dodgy blokes is the only way some people can afford to rent out alone at all, that it be forced like rats into some houseshare dump. Coming from someone who does the same thing you do for the same reasons.
I’ve only rented from companies as it’s generally safer and you know that they will (most likely) follow the law.
You never know what you get when you rent from people, their professionality and knowledge of the various laws are highly variable. You could get lucky, and you could get very unlucky.
Problem is private dodgy blokes is the only way some people can afford to rent out alone at all, that it be forced like rats into some houseshare dump. Coming from someone who does the same thing you do for the same reasons.