Guildford letting agent

Morning all!

Well the student season continues to be in full swing. Today, some advice for students. The single most important part of getting a good property is to make sure you and your parents are aware of the need for them to guarantee the rent. Often this will need to be "joint and severally liable" which means they guarantee the entire tenancy - DON'T let this put you off, it is standard practise and in the real world landlords chase the defaulting tenant, none the less if things do go badly wrong you are all liable for the full rental amount.
Secondly - know your budget and what you want before conducting viewings. Do you want everybody to have a double room? How many bathrooms do you need? Do you know which part of town you need to be? Don't go to viewings if you haven't talked this through as a group and with the agent that is showing you the house - an agent can save you lots of time by answering a few questions on the phone first.
Thirdly, book viewings when the whole group can see the property, or at least as many as possible - and turn up! Agents will soon remove you from their list if you don't attend and other groups will get the better properties.
Finally - when you know a property is OK, get a move on with securing it. There are numerous other tenants competing for the small number of properties actually allowing students.
Call you local friendly agent to discuss your needs, maintain a relationship as some properties will go before they are on the internet and you should get the property you want. Also, try and think in terms of rent and bills per month rather per week. I know the market advertises per week but £20 extra a month in the scheme of things (pizza, night out etc) is very little to secure a nicer, cleaner, larger home in the right location.
Happy hunting folks. Be quick though as we have already let 25% of our student stock in 2 weeks of the season starting!
www.belvoirlettings.com/guildford