So as a lot of people would say "real estate agents will take your money and run" which is true, but the means of it being taken or how much is taken is never mentioned. Rewind to a years ago and I had just moved into a student renting house I paid my deposit and after a lot of difficulties of trying to find a third tenant me and my friend were settled, not for long though. The house had clear signs of damp that were not mentioned, nor was it fixed. Other things were not right either, there were problems with the house guttering that they would not fix. We couldn't even use the central heating for the first month as we had no idea how to work the meter, and neither did they. The worst of this was that the business (and I use that name as they only care about money) ending up taking out our damage deposit for something we had nothing to do with. My friend and I left the house in immaculate condition when our tendency ended, the other tenant supposedly did not as he stayed for an extra month. Because of him we lost £180 in total from damage deposits, I was even nearly charged an extra £20 for nothing and I had to go to speak with them about why it had happened. In general the staff treatment for this I will say was adequate though the way they treat tenants is a disgrace and I am glad now to be away from these real estate agents. Take the risk if you have money to burn, because they'll have the flame throwers ready.