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Student was asked to pay five months rent as deposit

A student seeking accommodation online was shocked when a potential landlord requested five month...

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10.14 10 Oct 2019


Student was asked to pay five months rent as deposit


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10.14 10 Oct 2019


A student seeking accommodation online was shocked when a potential landlord requested five months’ rent up front as a deposit.

She would have needed to pay a whopping €5250 to secure that accommodation.

DCU student Saoirse Flynn joined us to share the story.


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