Can a landlord / rental agent find out if you have rented before?

ginty5

hi all

Can a landlord or en estate agent find out about your previous registered tenancies?

Thanks

generalmental

ginty5 wrote: »

hi all

Can a landlord or en estate agent find out about your previous registered tenancies?

Thanks

If I am wrong I will be corrected but im sure they wouldn't be able to because of the data protection act

The_Morrigan

ginty5 wrote: »

hi all

Can a landlord or en estate agent find out about your previous registered tenancies?

Thanks

Considering that most new landlords require a reference from your previous landlords, then yes, they will have to find out about previous rentals.

ginty5

ok thanks a million

ginty5

The_Morrigan wrote: »

Considering that most new landlords require a reference from your previous landlords, then yes, they will have to find out about previous rentals.

yeah im fully aware of that but my landlord lives abroad and getting anything out of him is a disaster.
im still waiting on a reference but with no luck, so i was considering not mentioning this letting period and just mentioning that im moving straight from the family home.

Saying that getting a reference from the landlord is hard to putting owners off and understandably so

The_Morrigan

You don't need a written reference (which can be forged anyway) give his contact details to the new landlord and tell them to give the guy a ring if they want a reference.

ginty5

The_Morrigan wrote: »

You don't need a written reference (which can be forged anyway) give his contact details to the new landlord and tell them to give the guy a ring if they want a reference.

and if they get no response, will it not out them off?

The_Morrigan

That would be up to each individual landlord to decide.

ginty5

ill give it a go, hopefully it works, i dont want to start a tenancy on the wrong foot