i HAVE AN EXCELLENT CREDIT REPORT ( A CREDIT REPORT REFLECTS YOUR PRESENT ND PAST CONDUCT WITH ALL THINGS FINANCIAL) I HAVE SAVINGS i HAVE REFERENCES I AM CONVALESCING FROM A COVID RELATED CONDITION THEREFORE NOT WORKING JUST NOW BUT COUNT ON ALL OF THE ABOVE AND ONGOING SUPPPORT , PLUS I AM WILLING TO PAY SIX MONTHS UPFRONT. (a lot of money) I RECEIVE A PROPERTY ALERT FROM THE NORFOLK SQ BRANCH IN BRIGHTON. I DROP BY TO GET MORE INFO AND POTENTIAL;Y ORGANIZE A VIEWING. RELUCTANTLY THOUGH, AS THE PROPERTY IS FAR FROM SPECIAL AND BELOW MY STANDRD AND COSTS OVER 1100 PER MONTH. IMMEDIATELY THE GRILLING AND .AFFORDABILITY NONSENSE BEGINS. (you have to earn 33K or 40 blah blah blah ) To live in a dump. By my reckoning. I EXPLAIN ALL OF THE ABOVE SOLELY INTERESTED IN THE VIEWING TO SEE IT IN PERSON. IMMEDIATELY , THE NEGATIVES BEGIN. IAM REFUSED POINT BLANK BECAUSE ''YOU WONT PASS REFERENCING' '. (Effectively 'COMPUTER SAYS NO') THINGS HAVE TO CHANGE WITH THE RENTALS MARKET IN THIS COUNTRY. RENTERS HAVE BEEN TREATED LIKE 2ND CLASS CITIENS FOR TOO LONG. LETTING AGENTS ARE AFFECTING SOCIETY ADVERSELY, NOT JUST DRIVING PRICES TO UNREASONBLE HEIGHTS (the UK is undergoing a housing crisis) BUT LEAVING PERFECTLY HOMEABLE PEOPLE OUT OF HOMES. WITH THEIR DEMANDS AND NONSENSE AND LACK OF VISION. LETTING AND ESTATE AGENTS NEED TO BE REIGNED-IN BY THE GOV. AND RENT CAPS NEED T BE BROUGHT IN. THE MORE SMART AGENTS ARE ACTUALLY INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO GO ' OK LET US SEE HOW WE CAN DO THIS' RATHER THAN EXPECTING THE WHOLE WORLD TO BE A 9-5 TYPE . THE AFFORDABILITY BS IS JUST THAT . A LOT OF BS. NO ONE CAN COME TELL ME WHAT I CAN AND CANNOT AFFORD. LETTING AGENTS UNDO THEMSELVES FROM THE BLAME ''ITS NOT US IT'S THE REF AGENCY ' YES , BUT YOU ARE THE FACILITATORS AND GATEKEEPERS OF THIS UNHEALTHY DYNAMIC. ESPECIALLY GIVENT THAT IF THE FLAT WAS NICE ID BE HAVING TO HAND THEM ALMOST 9K IN ONE GO , FOR THE PLEASURE. THE PRESSURE ESTATE AGENTS PUT TENANTS UNDER IS INHUMANE. AND OF COURSE THEY DONT APPLY SIMILAR PRESSURE TO LANDLORDS, WHO CAN GET AWAY WITH PREMIUM DOSH FOR THEIR UNDERPAR HOLES. REGULATION IS NEEDED. K AND CHASEMORE WERE THE MUCH REVILED LETTING AGENT STEREOTYPE TODAY