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Best Way to Find a Flat/House in UK to rent?

duggroduggro Posts: 1,343
edited August 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
hey hey

im moving down to St Albans near London in September for 6 months and i need to find somewhere to live.....only problem is i'm having NO LUCK

where's the best place (i.e. websites) to find house shares or flatshares?

any advice?

cheers
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  • stu geestu gee Posts: 1,174
    Im moving flats again at the end of the month, but just from one area of the west end of Glasgow to another. I just did it through s1homes, but im not sure what the best English equivelant is. Gumtree is a website that you can place ads saying what you are looking for and where, ie - 1 bedroom flat in st albans, can also add details about yourself for potential landlords to see.

    Be careful though, its a good website for advertising and finding things/places but like everything, some people use it to try and con you. I placed an ad when i was first looking and had a few serious replies, but also ones requesting ridiculous payment arrangements, eg 'Yeah, just pay the deposit into western union and scan details of receipt and send them to me' (this before id even viewed the place lol, no chance)
    People say im paranoid. Well, they dont say it, but i know that's what they are thinking.
  • duggroduggro Posts: 1,343
    hey man

    tried gumtree, but not too much for st albans! i'll keep plugging away though. just seems to be loads of sites trying to get cash outta me!
    Dublin Leeds Berlin Wembley
  • stu geestu gee Posts: 1,174
    Gumtree's the only one i can really think of, but yeah there are a lot of scammers out there. I played along with some of them, asking them specific details about where the flats were etc. Each of them comes up with the same ' i am out of glasgow at the moment so in order to prove that you are serious, put the deposit in western union etc etc) I replied 'why dont you just give me your bank details and ill pay the money straight in to save time?' Conversation ended after that, i ended it by saying that i sincerely hope no-one falls for your scam, and told them how much i hated people that tried to con decent, hard working folk out of their money in such ways.

    This is just an obvious one, but even just google stuff like 'accomodation/flats to rent in st albans' sure you've been trying that already, but not sure of any other sites like Gumtree.
    People say im paranoid. Well, they dont say it, but i know that's what they are thinking.
  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    you could try loot or easyroommate.com

    If you are going for a job could ask the firm to put an e-mail around to see if anyone knows of a room.
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • miskinmiskin Posts: 278
    just bring a nice box
    myspace.com/airstriponeuk
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    http://www.propertyfinder.com/
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    http://www.globrix.com

    i remember this being voted best online search site by Times readers last year or something.

    dunno if its any use.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • duggroduggro Posts: 1,343
    cheers dunk, giving them a look the now!
    Dublin Leeds Berlin Wembley
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