Amusing incidents and surprises of 24-hour flat hiring
“Curious” is quite relative conception and it is not possible to predict its positive or negative meaning. “Curious” is something more clear: funny event that you will remember in some time even if without smile but at least calmly. However if it comes down to real-estate, accommodations, roof over your head in unknown town we doubt you want both surprise and curious. For example, 1st April curious that flat owners may settle will cost you plenty of your nerves that do not repair as you know. Afterwards you will be told, of course, that “real owner” who came to move you from flat is owner relative and situation will become a curious but will not make you smile for a long time.
However any surprises can be stopped growing being attentive! Assume that signing in a flat you have chosen you discover that booked it via intermediary and now you are due more then estimated. A company placed on web site information about flat hiring fee per 24- hours on one page and info about 10% commission on another page. If you do not have extra money you will not get booked flat as well. This is the surprise of high standard. What does it mean? At the stage of search be as much attentive as possible and not only read all the info available on web site but also make sure additionally by phone or email all necessary details and extra fees. If the company is not really an intermediary but a managerial it will not forget to specify these nuances since it is a real way to attract more clients.
However what is strange is that people hardly believe companies blowing off that they are not intermediary or agent (read as “we know you, fraudsters!”) but “individual owners” who offer “cheap excellent flats for 24-hours, repair, and furniture”, etc. are trusted more and people happy with them. Meanwhile, managerial companies are those who guarantee that proposed flat is classified as “excellent” and can boast about furniture and fresh repair. Otherwise, if you hire a flat directly from owners the surprise (ironically enough – quite expected) will be as cockroaches, leaking stopcocks, crumbling plaster and a camp bed as an alternative for “additional bed”. By the way, quality flats for 24-hours consider sofa or wide convertible armchair as “additional bed” but definitely not the soviet camp bed.
Sometimes flat owners’ requirements may totally break guests’ heart and other vital organs. There are known situations when owners decided that their occupants do not need to go outside, at least do it often and without necessity. That is why the owners just locked guests outside the flat and went away with the keys. In order to go outside guest should have been called owners or neighbors who have additional key by phone. Before guests can go outside the owners checked furniture and equipment are safe. What is it? Curios? Surprise? It is likely to be your own thoughtlessness…
Same surprise may be for you when flat owners will come at 3 AM in order to check the accommodations. Perish forbid you from being in the kitchen with friends and a bottle of wine! Lord forbids you from listening to the music even if it is at reasonable sound level! And it would be totally bad if you have decided to make a party and forgot about time. Sharp 23.01 neighbors will call the flat owners and complain about noisy guests. Less than an hour will be enough for owners to appear at threshold with the only aim to get off the keys and move you out of the flat outside despite night. Of course you were not allowed to break public peace. If you would have applied to a company and signed the rental agreement all the rules would have been written down there and explained orally. Even if you violate the rules you would not be moved but paid fine instead. But this would be less serious curios rather that unexpected perspective to find yourself without money and accommodation.
The surprise can also be an unexpected sign in without preliminary flat review. A picture in catalog and reality differ from each other as photos of our “stars” before and after computer processing. Do not be lazy to visit proposed flat and become alerted if owner or agency object.
Finally, it is unlikely but for somebody it may be surprisingly that unfair agency or flat owner (especially flat owner!) does not want to prove your flat hiring fees with documents or living at the given address with temporary registration paper. In your dreams! This means that you may have problems with law-enforcement authorities when you are walking outside. If you appeal to flat owners and ask to confirm your temporary living in the flat to not be surprised if the owners say they sees you for the first time. Unfortunately they do not want to pay fine for the fact they provided they flat for unregistered guest and a taxes since providing flat for hire services are liable to tax.
Amusing incidents and surprises of 24-hour flat hiring
