Tenants Who Smoke Will Find It Difficult to Rent

Landlords who have property to let in London may be unwilling to rent tenants who smoke.

Research by property search engine Globrix has found that 60 per cent of landlords will not let to smokers.

Of those who would rent their property to smokers, 50 per cent said they would charge higher rates.

The findings also showed that tenants are reluctant to rent properties that have formally been occupied by smokers, with 40 per cent saying they would think twice about moving into a property because smokers used to live there.

Jennifer Warner, from Gobrix, said: "It is no surprise that in today’s ultra-competitive rental market, landlords are coming down hard on smokers, penalising them with higher rental charges and in many cases refusing to let properties to smokers at all."

She added that the high proportion of landlords being unwilling to let to smokers shows that there is an increasing anti-smoking culture in the UK.

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