blackn1ght

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They provide a place to live that you can move into almost immediately with little upfront money, and with no worry about any maintenance costs that are associated with owning a property.

It's very useful for social mobility as it allows people to move around for work relatively easy if they plan on relocating, especially when they're young.

Buying a property not only takes a sizeable upfront amount of capital but it's also a very slow process. I think it took 6 or 7 months for us to go from putting an offer in to getting the keys.

That's the service and that's why a rental market is important. I'm not defending scrupulous landlords here, they're 100% an issue and there definitely needs to be changes to address that.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do they even capture this stuff? Are you expected to write some essays before you can buy the car?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've not seen any hentai or porn!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

right, thats why Im confused why anyone would rather rent

Maybe because you're young and you don't want to commit to buying a house yet? Or you've just got a new job in a distance place but need somewhere quickly? You can't exactly tell your new employer you can't start until 6 to 9 months while you look for a house and go through all the legal process to buy one. Also some people just don't want to have to maintain it themselves. Boiler breaks? Landlords problem. Need a new roof? Landlord takes the hit.

Furnished rentals are definitely a thing here. Unfortunately shitty landlords exist everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You don't need to explain it to me, I'm paying a mortgage and have rented before. But a rental isn't a mortgage. You don't get your money back when you return any rental item, why would a property be any different?

The landlord is offering a service: a property that you can move into almost right away, sometimes even furnished, with little risk and without having to manage the property. They're the ones who have taken on the risk of taking on a mortgage or have spent a lot of money buying something outright.

I'm not defending all landlords here, but the concept. I think rentals are an important part of the market and for social mobility.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I would like to sure, but I don't think that's reasonable. Why would I get my money back?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (19 children)

Not everyone wants to buy a property.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Never heard of it either, it wouldn't surprise me if this is some kind of PR for it!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

This actually looks pretty nice. I'm going to need something to replace my OnePlus 6T when it eventually needs replacing. Shame there's no smaller version though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They're referring to the people saying they refuse to buy a phone without a headphone jack.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did she even know it was there?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where are you in the UK? High school starts age 11 usually.

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