Online student lettings service launches with six months’ rent guarantee
An online student accommodation service has launched in Bristol offering to cover up to six months’ worth of unpaid rent to landlords.
Conker, which is backed by university rentals provider Unite Students, is offering tenants a deposit-free lettings service in the Bristol area.
The service, which does not use Rightmove or Zoopla, lists rental properties, vets prospective tenants for landlords and manages maintenance and rent collection in return for a flat fee of £400 plus VAT per room, per 12-month tenancy, all taken out of the monthly rental payments …