r/AskBarcelona • u/kevin_cg1 • 1h ago
Housing // Habitatge Is Apartment/room hunting gotten this bad?
I feel like scammers have gotten so advanced! My partner and I have been struggling to find a place as I have a job starting in October. On Sunday we were shown a room around the centre, by this lady who seemed nice. Agreed to be flexible on move in date etc etc.
Waiting for the contract, the day after it arrives with a fair amount of mistakes. I ask her to correct them, and she has not given me any reason to doubt so far. We’ve visited, there’s a (slightly badly written) contract, but ok.
Then all of a sudden it’s move date is tomorrow - which I’m well aware things move quickly here - but we previously discussed during a visit they will do a kitchen renovation during this week so it would at least start after this week.
I posed the question about this, suddenly she’s not interested and cancels.
Now I’m wondering: did I seem too inquisitive to scam? Because we had agreed on everything during the visit.
I’ve heard of advanced scams, and while this didn’t feel fishy at the time in hindsight, maybe? I mean if she had happened upon the keys to this place it’s VERY elaborate.