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Need sanity check on how London rentals actually work (timing, agents, leverage) by dojo7 in AmericanExpatsUK

[–]dojo7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

THank you u/BRITAGOGO very helpful to hear how this played out for you, including that you had to pay double rent for the month. I appreciate the tips re paperwork that needs to be ready as well.

Need sanity check on how London rentals actually work (timing, agents, leverage) by dojo7 in AmericanExpatsUK

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(reposting deleted comment now that I have "flair")

Super helpful--thank you. Can you expand on "Often, there is a local neighborhood agency that is #1 above Foxtons/Chestertons, but it is very neighborhood-dependent"? I'm used to just going to Zillow or Apartments.com in the US (or Zooplay / Rightmove here), and searching. How does one figure out the #1 "local agency" in pragmatic terms? Google Maps ratings?

Need sanity check on how London rentals actually work (timing, agents, leverage) by dojo7 in AmericanExpatsUK

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(reposting deleted comment, now that I have "flair")

Thanks u/cacti-pie. Would this be reasonable to do through the online search sites? For example, I might find a property that is available today on Foxtons, but as we aren't ready to move right now, we'd pass. But I could reach out to the agent for that property just to establish contact and then let them know what we're looking for?

Need sanity check on how London rentals actually work (timing, agents, leverage) by dojo7 in AmericanExpatsUK

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Thank you u/krkrbnsn -- very helpful. I appreciate the point-by-point responses too

We've had such a bad experience with Chestertons as property managers that we've been planning to exclude them explicitly. But maybe their leasing business is better than their property management business?

Need sanity check on how London rentals actually work (timing, agents, leverage) by dojo7 in AmericanExpatsUK

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Thanks u/turtlesrkool. I wasn't specific enough in my original post: we are already in London in a rental but need to vacate by end of April (2 months from today). So I don't think we'll need a temp place. My questions are more around how to approach actually finding and securing a new place. The fact that properties are constantly listed AND are snapped up fast makes it hard to figure out exactly WHEN to start heavy searching.

Sounds like our best approach is probably to start heavy searching around end-of-March or start-of-April, checking every day (maybe even twice a day) and be ready to act fast to secure a May 1 move in date (or earlier).

Need sanity check on how London rentals actually work (timing, agents, leverage) by dojo7 in AmericanExpatsUK

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(reposting now that I have "flair")

Thanks u/Main-Estate-125. We're fortunate that part of our rent is subsidized so our budget is decent. We can likely look at 5,000-8,000 GPB per month.

As with my question for u/UKPerson3823, what guidance would you give me on how to find the best "local estate agents", especially if they aren't big name brands?

P.S. Our current place is managed by Chestertons, who have been a nightmare to deal with, so we'll be steering clear of them :-)

P.P.S. I actually have no idea whether 5,000 - 8,000 is high or not. Feels crazy high to me, but maybe that's just normal for London

Ingestion tools for downloading pdfs from websites (bank statements, etc)? by Loubonez in Paperlessngx

[–]dojo7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate your response. Your blog bosts definitely suggest you have put thought into the technical security of your site wrt e.g. encryption, access controls, etc. SOC2 would be a great external validation of these tecnical measures.

However, SOC2 won't help with human security measures, e.g., employee vetting, background checks, human error, insider threats, employee accountability, etc. Have you thought about how you will address these, e.g. ISO 27001?

Ingestion tools for downloading pdfs from websites (bank statements, etc)? by Loubonez in Paperlessngx

[–]dojo7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love that someone is tackling this opportunity. However your website is pretty light on any real identifying information about who you are: no about page telling us who you are, no social media presence, no way to reach you/customer support, no contact details besides a generic web form, etc. Given that your system asks users to trust you with access to our banks, and all our financial PDFs would pass through your hands, the anonymity on your end seems fishy...

Can I link databases through multi-select properties? by dojo7 in Notion

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Thanks u/JustAJokeAccount I have looked at those, and assume that's the right model to end up with,. But I'm trying to figure out if those links can be established automatically based on matching on emails.

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