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> Any feedback would be really useful to compliment my own searches.

For Rightmove install property bee, the results are illuminating.
Particularly useful if you're not in a hurry.
http://www.property-tools.co.uk/

The new data sharing feature is disabled for a short while as his
server got a tad caned but apparently it'll be back up up soon. You
should begin to see price reductions on rentals standing empty (I am
around these parts anyway) which then gives you a better bargaining
position.

On that: be prepared to haggle. Contrary to popular belief rents
should be reducing, not rising, due to a glut of properties on the
market at the moment and landlords wanting to avoid their places
standing empty. Although Clifton rentals may be insulated from this as
it's such a popular area with nice old stock.

Continuing on the tangent I'd also suggest that you find out as much
about your prospective landlord as you can. My feeling is that there
will be a lot of amateur landlords out there at the moment that could
be getting into a pickle as their rising mortgage payments start not
covering the rental income from their investment property. It'd be a
bit pants to move in only to find you're moving out sooner than
expected because it's being repossessed by the bank.

hth

db

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Darren Beale
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