When a flat gets dozens of enquiries on day one
You cannot control how many people message the same listing. You can control how you turn up, and that decides more than it seems.
Some flats pile up more messages in twenty-four hours than anyone can read properly. Whoever posted it is not choosing between all of them: they are choosing between the few they manage to tell apart from the pile.
The first message decides almost everything
Most messages say the same thing: "Hi, is this still available?". They add nothing and force another round of questions. In an inbox with fifty identical messages, that one goes to the bottom.
One that says in four lines who you are, what you do, how many of you will live there, when you need it from and when you can view saves that entire round. It is not sucking up: it is making life easy for someone who has to decide fast.
What landlords actually look at
- That the situation adds up: steady income and a clear explanation of your circumstances, whatever they are.
- That you intend to stay: almost nobody wants to repeat the process in six months.
- That you are easy to deal with: the first conversation is the only sample they have of what dealing with you will be like later.
And what does not help
Offering more than the asking price does not always work in your favour, and it certainly does not fix a situation that does not add up. Nor does messaging several times a day. And overstating something that will not hold up later is the fastest way to have the deal collapse right before signing.
If nobody replies, do not take it personally. With that volume of messages, plenty go unanswered simply because the flat is already gone.
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