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Viewing a flat.
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Ok tommorow I'm going to view a flat with 3 other folk basically because I'm looking for somewhere to live when I leave halls at the end of 1st year. So i'm looking for advice on what to ask and look for while i'm being shown round etc etc. Any advice?
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Then check there is enough room, and if its being used as a student accom., you'll probably want to be checking stuff like number of phone lines and electrical sockets.
check out everything for yourself, don't take anyone's word for anything. check the locks on the doors, and see if they have locks on each bedroom door - these can be very handy for insurance purposes.
i say this because in my second year i moved into a house which we had been told was problem-free, and which appeared fine when we viewed it. after moving in we found out the house had serious issues, including mouse and flea infestations, mineral deposits seeping through the walls in the kitchen, a shower that leaked down into the kitchen, causing lovely mouldy bits, locks on the doors that sometimes refused to open.... environmental health actually declared our house unfit to be occupied. which was nice. and did the letting agents do anything about this? did they hell. we actually heard them saying to people looking that there were no problems with damp!
Bopz
nusonline have a heap of good advice too: housing advice
Remember where ever you move in, go through the inventory with the landlord or agent at the start, make any nec. amendments and get both parties to sign and date the amended list, and keep a copy for yourself. Also take photos of damp, stains, broken things etc at the beginning, so they can't try and blame you for them when you move out.
Susie
We went round 11 before we chose. umm look for damp, even sized rooms if the rent is even etc... water rates included?
Its usually the students in there who show you round so ask them. Ask them what bills are like? bus routes? you'll be an expert in no time. we got a great place!!!!
Check electrical wiring, check for mould and damp and, as a general rule, check the roofline of the house as you leave- is it horizontal, is it new? Check the windows against the roof- if they're lopsided it's not a house worth renting.