Deposit before signed lease (housing agent)

Be very careful about giving money before you get your lease. I never heard of this way of doing business. Be aware of so-called landlords in Denmark.

Hi MalinJ

What to say? I don't know because the company seems to be okay, but it is against my nature (and all good advice) to pay in advance for something you haven't even seen?

I didn't know of the House Company before reading about it here. Has the company been recommended to you by your future employer? In that case, it would be a sign of reliability. Can your employer help you in any way regarding the housing market?

If you read the column for owners/landlords you'll find the House Company's description of what they can expect corresponds to your information above.

If the lease is a sublease, the prepaid amounts wanted may be substituted by a bank guarantee if the tenant prefers that solution. If not, you could ask if it is possible to use that solution also in your case.
https://boligraadgiver.dk/hvad-betyder/depositum/https://trm.dk/temaer/private-lejebolig … talt-leje/

/Nellie

I didn't know of the House Company before reading about it here

It's a small company that's been running since 2007. The address is a corner house on a normal street with one of those pole with a circle of ropes clothes line in the garden. It has a wide band TV aerial, an omnidirectional VHF radio anrenna, and a second TV aerial. The middle of the three suggesting they have a decent stereo.
The bushes in the garden are well kept, that suggesting the owner's neatness of personality.
Their satellite dish is an older type and looks like it has a 0.9 LNB, a geriatric as far as SHF electronics go. One wonders if they still use it, or if it's just a remnant of days gone by.
It shows as legitimate at first glance, but I haven't taken it too far.

Thanks for your answers! Very reassuring, since the company looks legitimate but this way of doing business is strange