Dear ianp,
The real-estate firm Ashley Charles has a web page showing photographs
and text descriptions, including pricing, of apartments to let in
Reading. This should give you a good idea of what's on the market.
Ashley Charles: Virtual Tours
http://www.ashleycharles.com/listing_browse.php?type%5B%5D=ToLet
Other estate agents who deal in properties to let in Reading and the
surrounding area are the following.
Acorn Rentals: View Properties
http://www.acornrentals.co.uk/index2.htm
Atlantis Lettings: Property Search
http://www.atlantisgroup.com/tenants.htm
Ballards
http://www.ballards-uk.com/
Belvoir Lettings
http://www.belvoirlettings.com/franchises/?Office=126
Bryant Lettings
http://www.bryant-lettings.co.uk/
Copperfields: Properties To Let
http://www.copperfields1990.co.uk/pfs.mhtml?eng_no=0&count-num=42072l
Davis Tate: Property To Let
http://www.davistate.co.uk/pfs.mhtml?eng_no=1&count-num=464937
Drummonds Lettings: Property Search
http://www.drummonds-lettings.co.uk/frames.htm
Elways: Properties To Let
http://www.elwes.co.uk/pfs.mhtml?eng_no=0&count-num=95189
Fineways
http://www.fineways.com/
Forrest: Properties To Let
http://www.forrest-property.co.uk/pfs.mhtml?eng_no=0&count-num=40976
Haslams: Residential Lettings
http://www.haslams.net/pages/residential/lettings/index.html
Jarvis: gallery of properties for sale and to let
http://www.ajarvis.co.uk/portal/alias_jarvis/lang_en-GB/tabID_3328/DesktopDefault.aspx
John Mortimer Lettings
http://www.jmlettings.co.uk/
Jon Hallett Lettings [click on "Properties" for lettings sorted by price]
http://www.jonhallett.ltd.uk/frame-index.html
justgreat lettings: Available to rent
http://www.justgreatlettings.co.uk/photosindex.htm
Laflins: Lettings
http://www.laflins.com/lettings/list.htm
Martin & Co: Reading Office: Lettings
http://www.martinco.com/office.asp?office=45&division=2
Martyn Russell: Property for Let
http://www.martynrussell.co.uk/proplet.htm
Neville Turner: Properties To Let
http://www.neville-turner.co.uk/pfs.mhtml?eng_no=1&count-num=134864
Parkers Properties [click on "Rent" button at top for a property search]
http://www.parkersproperties.co.uk/
Paul James: Property to rent
http://www.findaproperty.com/cgi-bin/agent.pl?agentid=2808&opt=list&salerent=1
Queensgate [click on "Residential Lettings" at left]
http://www.queensgateresidential.co.uk/
Reids Accommodations: Current Lettings
http://www.reidsaccomm.freeserve.co.uk/current.html
Romans: Lettings Search
http://www.romans.co.uk/lettings_search.asp
Samuel James: Property in Reading
http://www.findaproperty.com/cgi-bin/agent.pl?agentid=0982&opt=list&salerent=1
Sansome & George: Berkshire Lettings
http://www.propertyworld.com/sansome%2Dgeorge/lettings/
Sherdon: Reading properties
http://www.sherdon.co.uk/extra.mhtml?page_no=1&count-num=136585
soldfast [click on "Lettings" at left for property search]
http://www.soldfast.co.uk/sf_splash.php
Vanderpump [click on "Properties for Let" at bottom]
http://www.vanderpump.co.uk/default2.htm
White Knights: rental search
http://www.whiteknights.co.uk/homesalelettings.html?Rental=Y&Colours=Y&Supplier_No=17075
You'll see from perusing these links that there is a wide variety of
apartments to let, most going for 500 to 800 pounds a month. With such
a large number of property searches available in the region, I suspect
you'll turn up some multiple listings.
As for middleman fees, in a few cases it's the landlord who pays the
letting agent a commission in exchange for advertising his property,
so it costs you little or nothing to use the listing service. Once
you've found some listings that appeal to you, the letting agent will
put you in touch with the landlord. In most cases, however, the entire
process of securing the apartment and signing the lease is managed by
the agent.
Let me also point out a pair of national UK websites that let you
search for properties to let, in an area of your choosing, that are
represented by many different agents.
Sequence: homes to let
http://www.sequencehome.co.uk/propsearch/rentmap.cfm
RightMove: property search
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/rm/
As for newspapers, there is a consolidated listing service for all
Reading-area newspapers, including the Reading Evening Post.
getReading: Homes [click on "For Rent" tab of search box]
http://www.getreading.co.uk/fish4homes.asp
You'll find that when a standalone apartment is for let, the listing
is inevitably represented by an agent, who is quite likely to charge
you fees for a credit check and to draw up the lease. This is not the
system with which I'm familiar in North America, where landlords
represent themselves when they place ads in the newspaper. It appears
that the English simply have different legal and cultural standards.
Your best bet if you're on a modest budget and you don't want to speak
to an agent at all is to search on getReading for monthly rentals in
Reading between 300 and 800 pounds, leaving the other search criteria
at "No Preference". The search results will then contain many listings
where an owner is looking to rent out one or more rooms in his house
or apartment. In such cases, you will be negotiating directly with the
landlord.
If you find that my answer is incomplete or inaccurate in any way,
please post a clarification request so that I have a chance to meet
your needs before you assign a rating.
Regards,
leapinglizard
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