I have rented from agencies and not had check done but I much prefer to rent from an individual letter as you get lots less hassle.

It may depend on where abouts in the country you are.

so if i were to fail would they still let the rent go ahead considering the land lord actually has nothing to lose?

So is it better to rent directly from the landlord? do you guys normally look for privately rented flats in gumtree?? is it also cheaper if you rent from landlord?

It will probably be no cheaper to rent from landlord direct but as we know we are probably going to be breaking the terms of the lease by running a business from the premises then they are easier to dupe.   I got the apartment I use from gumtree and it is a private landlady, which is what I prefer.

You can, but if they know that you're doing incalls there, typically either the price goes up or they want some freebies. Or both. So if you're going to tell them anything, use a cover story.

Realistically, if you pay the money on time and don't trash the place, most landlords won't care, so why tell them? About the only exception is if this is somewhere they want to live again, when they can be concerned about what the neighbours think. But as one of the basic rules of sex work is 'don't annoy the neighbours', that shouldn't be a problem either.

ohh no I wasn't thinking of telling the landlord about the work no way. What I meant was if in a privately rented flat contract, does it say that you can not use the flat for any kind of money earning profession?? as it definately says so when you rent from an agency. Cheers

Most tenancy agreements are usually worded in a standard format, however that's not to say landlords don't bend their own rules. Plenty of people in all sorts of professions work from home, especially since the invent of the internet.