Finding your Perfect Rental Home in Norwich
Norwich - A bit about the City
Norwich is the capital city of the county of Norfolk, England.
Norfolk County is one of the most stunning areas of the UK, with
lots of rural areas with small country villages and a
spectacular coast line.
Being the focal point of the county Norwich is steeped in
History as well as being a modern centre. With a host of
cultural buildings and museums, modern day shopping centres,
sporting activities, theatres and restaurants.
In the area of Norwich City Council the population is 121,553
with the highest percentage of occupants ranging between 20 - 34
years of age @ 26.32%.
Some useful links:-
Norwich City Council
Where is
Norwich within the UK?
Looking for your Rental Property
When starting to think about a rental home, whether it is a long
term rental or a short term rental it can seem quite a large
task. The key to making your move as painless as possible is
organisation. In this article are some tips on how to handle the
process and make the move a little less of a headache.
The Four Stage Process
When looking for your rental property there is an easy to
remember 4 stage process, these stages are:-
Research
Ensure that you are fully prepared before even considering
starting your search. It is vital that you are aware of your
restrictions within the market place. Make sure you are aware of
what type of property you can afford to rent. Which areas of the
City are suitable for you and match your requirements.
The best start is simply sit down and make a list of what is
important to you. This needs to include two different sections.
The first section is within the property for example you may
only want to rent a flat, or maybe a house with a garage, you
may require three bedrooms, a garden, large kitchen, central
heating, electric shower, two bathrooms. Make a note in order of
importance your top 10 requirements.
The second section needs to be area requirements, for example,
maybe you need to be close to the train station, near the town
centre, on a bus route, close to the motorway, near to the
shopping development, a quiet area. Or maybe you have specific
locations that you want to live within the City.
Secondly is setting your budget. It is vital that you know
exactly how much you have per month or per week to be able to
afford your rental property. Sit down and make a note of all of
your outgoings including household amenities such as gas, water,
electricity. Make a provision for council tax, petrol, loans,
credit cards, car loan and all other outgoings. From this you
can decide on how much per month you are able to afford on your
rental property. It is highly important that you stick to this
budget or below in order to ensure that there are no
complications with your rent payment to the letting agent in the
long term.
That is the worst bit out the way, now you can begin on stage
two of the four step process.
Search
There are a number of methods to achieve the desired result;
this could include visiting all the letting agents in the town
(very time consuming). Maybe complete a search of all the
websites on the internet one by one (again very time consuming).
Alternatively you could try using one of online property portal
sites, depending which you chose it is possible to send multiple
emails to the letting agents expressing your requirements (let
them do the hard work in contacting you with property) or maybe
do a search on the site of listed property and contact them to
arrange to have more details on specific ones advertised or
arrange a viewing. Or simply gain quick and simple access to
multiple letting agent websites from just one place.
A good site to start is Rentright this offers all of the above
and much more, why not visit the
Rentright Norwich Page now and see what property is being
advertised by the registered letting agents or contact all the
agents with your details.
There are many other sites on the internet designed to make your
search much easier, not all are dedicated to rental property and
if you cannot find what you are looking for on one you may on
another.
View
Once you have made contact with the letting agent then arrange
the viewing of the property. It is important that you remember
your criteria that you set earlier. Take an impartial person
with you on the visit as they may be able to give you some
guidance and opinion on what they think of the property. Revisit
the area on different times to view the rental property in order
that you get a good feel of the location. Don't make a hasty
decision there and then, think about it for a while and ensure
you are completely happy to go ahead. Once you have given the
letting agent the retaining deposit if you change your mind then
this will be lost.
Move
Once you have chosen your rental property then on move in day
remember that you will need normally but not in all instants, 1
months' rent and 1 months retaining deposit for long term rents.
Then you will sign the short hold tenancy agreement and be given
the keys to your new rental property. If the house is furnished
then there maybe an inventory make sure that this is correct,
also if you see any damage that you had not spotted previously
then be sure to make the letting agent aware of this as soon as
possible.
The letting agent is there to help you so if there are any
problems with the property then make sure to seek advice from
them; if it is a fully managed letting service. If it is a
tenant find only then be sure to make contact with the landlord
(who of which you would have met previously) if there are any
problems.
Some Letting Agents in Norwich that may be of Interest
Norfolk Property Management, City Lettings, Pink Property
Management, Premier Properties, Belvoir Norwich, Steggles Larner
Property Management