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Hello my names Jonathan from HouseBuyFast and I've got a question to answer here from
Zoopla.co.uk and this was registered tbahri. What legal documents are required to rent
apartments in the UK for an expat who's just arrived in the UK with no previous UK addresses.
It's a good question it is going to make life a little bit more difficult for you I'm afraid.
You haven't got a credit history here I would think and you haven't got things like an employment
contract or previous landlords that you can go to for a reference. So what you'll need
to do is think about your own situation, is there someone in the UK here who would act
as guarantor for you or do you have a big pot of money somewhere that you could put
down as a double deposit or perhaps pay 6 months or years rent in advance, that would
be of real comfort to a landlord who's then going to look more favourably on a lack of
references for you, but in terms of technicality really all you'll really need is a passport
or photo driving licence, something like that just to prove you are who you say you are.
As I said paying rent in advance should help or if you're coming over here to become employed
in the UK, a job offer letter, a reference from your future employer should hopefully
do the trick. Every agent I'm afraid, every landlord is different, so you've really just
got to put the best package you can together and then start knocking on a few doors and
see who answers. If you have any other queries just let me know.