Urgent renting and agents

What!! 1000 euros!!! You're being had/scam! Do you have a pet? If not, if I were in your shoes, I'd rent a room.

Hi,
Thanks for your response. I thought the amount was way too high. I don't have a pet now but I intend to have one so I'd rather make sure the flat allows that beforehand. If I were not to use an agent do you think it's something I can do by looking around?

Hello,

That was a scam. What's your nationality? Are you already in Lisbon?. I got in touch with a girl who was living in Lisbon GRAÇA (the place). She was living in a very nice room, with a patheo. Once you settle down, then you could look for an apartment.

PS: I got in touch with the girll who lived there and she was paying about 380 euros per month.
regards,
M.

I see that you're not interested. No reply. So, I'm going to phone the young lady I know to call it off.

Hi,
Sorry for not responding earlier, I only saw your messages now. I live in Dubai and I will be in Lisbon 1-5 July only. I need to rent a place as I'll be back and forth so not a room. I wish I had the time to stay there and look around but I cannot because of work. I guess that's why the agent was trying to rip me off because she knew my time there is limited.
Thanks for your advice.

Have you spent time here?  The "renting NOW" is not a common Portuguese way of looking for somewhere to live but is mainly confined to the foreign tourist sector.  People here wanting to live somewhere will spend time meeting agents  in person, checking classified adverts and looking at the local area, if you do not meet the agents in person they are unlikely to respond to emails or phone messages. Their time and effort costs them money so they will only respond if they think you are likely to rent through them, foreign speculative enquiries are treated (from ongoing experience)  as a waste of time and effort. If you troll round parts of Portugal there are a large number of empty and possibly crumbling properties but you'll not find them listed as available online.

Hello,

But that would not be a problem. As long as you rented it on a monthly basis, the owner (lady) in my opinion, could care less how long you'd stay every time you came over to Lisbon…

Bye

Hi I am looking for a room with legal contract.. could you please help me..thanks

Book something through Ai**nB or similar online randomness in the place you have chosen to live, then you need to look yourself and put in the effort yourself by going to agents and talking to them, looking at local adverts, local websites, shop windows. etc.