Simplifying the search
Posted on March 19, 2010
Finding a student home can be really stressful, especially when looking for somewhere for six people, and six girls for that matter! To make it worse, it seemed that homes were being snapped up in days and we were worried we’d be starting our second year at university without anywhere to live. The stress and worry all changed however, when we walked past Around Town Flats on the way home from a viewing.
We saw details of a home we really liked in the agency’s window, so popped in to see if we could book a viewing. We also had a chat with Stuart from Around Town Flats, who quickly put us at ease. Stuart told us that it was important to take our time and find a house that we like -this went against the advice of other landlords and letting agents we’d viewed with who were looking for us to sign up almost there and then. Once we explained what we were looking for, Stuart made appointments for us at two properties, so we headed off the next day for a look round.
At the viewings, we were met by Winnie, a fellow student who works for Around Town Flats. Meeting Winnie was great because she could really relate to our position and gave us some great advice on what to look for during a viewing. She said we should look at whether a home has double glazing or exposed exterior walls – all things that will make a difference to our heating bills and extremely important for students on a budget!
It was on our second viewing with Around Town Flats that we found a home we loved, so our next job was to reserve it and put down our deposit. As it was the first time any of our group had rented, this was quite a scary prospect, but again Around Town Flats made the process so easy. We completed our paperwork in record time, and even got given some Nando’s vouchers for doing so.
Around Town Flats made finding a home simple and I’m sure moving in and enjoying it will be just as much fun.
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