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10 Questions to ask a Landlord Before Renting a Property
Posted on February 24, 2011 - Filed Under News | Comments Off
Looking for your first student house is a big milestone in terms of responsibility and if it’s quite easy to miss important bits in all the excitement. We have put together a list of ten important questions to ask when signing for your property to make sure you have everything covered. 1. Who manages the [...]
ESSENTIAL TOP TEN GUIDE FOR VALENTINES IN MANCHESTER
Posted on February 10, 2011 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Valentine’s Day is the perfect excuse to spoil someone special in your life and show them how much they mean to you. However, it is quite tricky finding a way to do this, especially with all the options available. To help, we have put together a comprehensive guide of things you can do in Manchester [...]
TOP TEN ACTIVITIES FOR RAINY DAYS
Posted on February 7, 2011 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
As residents of Manchester, we are all too familiar with the 200% likelihood of rain throughout the year. We all know how annoying it can be when you’re looking forward to doing something fun and it starts pouring down with rain, leaving you stuck indoors. To make your rainy days fun, we have put together [...]
Where’s Winnie?
Posted on February 2, 2011 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Where’s Winnie Weekly Competition To fight the winter blues, Around Town Flats are giving away £10 iTunes vouchers to one lucky winner each Wednesday of the month until 30th June. All entries should be sent in by 5pm the next Tuesday. To enter, simply: Follow us on twitter @AroundTownFlats Look at our online property list [...]
Xbox 360 Kinect Bundle Student Giveaway
Posted on January 31, 2011 - Filed Under News | Comments Off
Image via Wikipedia Around Town Flats are giving two lucky students a chance to win an Xbox 360 Kinect Bundle to add some entertainment your student house or flat this academic year. Impress your friends with your new Xbox 360 Kinect Bundle, the new exciting new way to play games. Control music, actions and characters [...]
Around Town Flats Top Five Tips for Claiming Tenancy Deposit
Posted on January 28, 2011 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
The Deposit Protection Service has confirmed that £5million worth of deposits were left unclaimed by tenants at the end of their tenancies last year. The DPS have been proactively attempting to contact all these tenants and has succeeded in returned £3million to their rightful owners but a further £2million remains unclaimed. Of the unclaimed [...]
Money saving tips for Students
Posted on January 10, 2011 - Filed Under News | Comments Off
Image via Wikipedia During the Christmas Holidays, it is the norm to wipe out your bank account and max out your credit cards buying presents and paying for all the delicious dinners. This leaves most of us financially crippled in the New Year, putting Budgeting at the top of our Resolution Lists. We at Around [...]
Top ten places for Students to live in Manchester
Posted on December 22, 2010 - Filed Under News | Comments Off
Image by kh1234567890 via Flickr So you have worked out who you want to live with next year now you just need to decide where you want to live. Here are Around Town Flats top ten locations in Manchester… 1. Fallowfield North-West Fallowfield North-West is traditionally the most sought after area of student letting focused [...]
Finding the Perfect Student Housemates
Posted on November 25, 2010 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia Perfect characteristics for a new housemate differ from person to person. One person’s dirty noisy slob is another’s dream roomy. Around Town Flats have compiled a few questions to ask yourself and a list of important criteria to think about when choosing a housemate for your student house next year. What course [...]
We LOVE customer feedback
Posted on November 15, 2010 - Filed Under News | Comments Off
At Around Town Flats, Manchester we are one letting agent who love getting feedback from our customers about the service they receive from our different teams. So to celebrate our first year of surveys we thought we would let you know how our customers think we have done. Our Letting team have worked hard to [...]