So I am moving to new place by August 1st and was planning to move my stuff beforehand because I have to clean my current apartment before handing it over. The current one doesn’t have any deposit.
So I asked the husband of my new landlord if I can get the access to the new apartment so I can start moving stuff from my current place as we agreed. Now he is asking for the deposit and the rent beforehand he handover the keys.

Is this normal? Because Most of the Norwegians I met respect the agreement by word and neither I or them haven’t dissapoint each other. Maybe I am overthinking.

We have already agreed on a deposit of three months and three months notice period, so thats not an issue. But asking it beforehand made me assume he doesn’t trust me. The first day he doesn’t shake hands but fist bump. (😝 maybe its nothing, but now it comes to my mind too)

What do you guys think?

by Pridaz666

9 comments

  1. This is 100% normal behaviour.

    Problem is, if he gives you the keys – and then you dont pay – he cant throw you out without involving authorities. This process takes time. A lot of people know this, and takes advantage of it.

    You have to pay both deposit and first month of rent before receiving any keys or leaving any stuff inside the apartment.

  2. Where on earth could you get keys to a place without handing over payment? What landlord in their right mind would do such a thing?

    Would you sell your car to someone hand over the keys and have them say I’ll give you the money in a couple of days! Never.

  3. Mmmm. Expecting to use the apartment before you’ve paid the rent or deposit seems to be taking a bit of a liberty.

    If you move your stuff in on the 28th and start paying on the 1st you’re expecting half a week for free. Nothing wrong with asking but the landlord doesn’t seem to be unreasonable in saying no.

  4. So you are telling me the landlord is willing to give u the keys and access 4 days in advance, and on top of that u expect him to do so without getting first rent and deposit? I wouldn’t wanna rent out to you, haha.

  5. You’re overthinking and need to pay beforehand. I wouldn’t normally recommend a credit card loan, but this would warrant it since you can pay it back immediatly. Hope you have that option.

  6. It is perfectly normal that the deposit and first months rent needs to be paid in full before you receive the keys. To me it seems unusual that you are expecting to receive the keys before making any payments.

  7. Handing out keys before payment is a huge risk for the owner.
    Letting you place your items isn’t as much of a risk, but could be more hassle for them.
    Either way, they are not required to let you do anything until payment is done, but some owners would let you do that as a good will gesture, but not required.

  8. No harm in asking, but no, I would not given you the keys before the date in the contract either. Whereabouts is it? There is short term storage at a pretty reasonable cost in most cities.

  9. Norwegians are trusty, sometimes too trusty. But I would view this as normal behavior, because of the consequences if you didn’t pay after you got the keys.

    Anything above that is rather the landlord being very nice. Good luck moving in!

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