Is it usual to pay rent to a fellow tenant?

Hi and welcome to the Forum.

To be honest, I don't know if it's unusual.  If I wasn't aware of some of the stories we have heard on this forum, I'd say why not, but it's incredible the lengths some scammers go to.

My advice is to be careful and not hand over any money until you have the key in your hand and have checked the drawers/cupboards to make sure nobody else is living in your new rooms, but even then, I've heard of people getting scammed there.

My advice would be to use something like AirBnb, where if you do get scammed, you can get your money back.

Just my opinion - but hope it helps.

Cynic
Expat Team

HI Cynic, and thanks for your answer! You're right, no money from afar should ever be paid ha ha. The thing is I am looking for something permanent, to directly move in and quarantine at home. But maybe I'll have to fall back on AirBnb, we'll see

This is a strange situation... if the fellow-tenant wanted to cheat you it would be very easy to pretend to be the landlord, so this might not be a scam. Having said that, you need to ensure that you have the landlord's permission to live there and make payments strictly as instructed by the landlord. Do a little detective work online: see if you can make contact with the landlord and make arrangements directly. And to take the pressure off, arrange to stay in an Air BnB for the first month so that you can view rooms in person.

Serfouette wrote:

HI Cynic, and thanks for your answer! You're right, no money from afar should ever be paid ha ha. The thing is I am looking for something permanent, to directly move in and quarantine at home. But maybe I'll have to fall back on AirBnb, we'll see

Go with an AirBnB first, get you settled first and then you can choose. Its been a while since I was in your shoes and even Airbnb was not around. But I would go with that.

SimCityAT
Expat team

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