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The accidental landlord: keeping mum to win a school placeVictoria Whitlock risks upsetting Miss Goody2shoes when a friend makes her an offer she ought to refuse

Here I am, confronting a moral dilemma: the mother of a little girl at my son’s primary school (she is also a good friend, by the way) has asked to rent my four-bedroom flat. The trouble is, if I let her move in, will that incur the wrath of other parents? Not that there’s anything wrong with this woman - she’s very nice -but it’s the reason she wants the flat that’s iffy.

'After all, I'm not running a brothel, but cashing in on parents' desires to get their kids into the best schools might seem as bad'

Mother-of-two Victoria Whitlock lets three properties in south London.