Renting / Letting in Edinburgh City Centre

GoToGal

Evening

I've looked on Gumtree and Rightmove, but would love any Edinburgh specific sites. Looking to rent unfurnished 1-2 bedrooms in Bruntsfied/Marchmont areas from about July.

Cheers!

AprilLady

Hello,

This might help:
http://www.ukpropertyshop.co.uk/s/Edinburgh/letting_agents_Edinburgh.shtml

I would stay away from Grant Management though - I've not heard anything positive about them!

You could try phoning a few of the agencies and letting them know what you're after. Sometimes they will keep you in mind if anything that looks suitable comes up, and let you know before they put it on their websites.

You could also try looking at Citylets and Lettingweb - they have flats from lots of different agencies.

littleredhen

espc have a rental section

wallacebob

I advertised my flat on citylets: http://www.citylets.co.uk/ - as landlord I don't like gumtree! There are lots to let around those areas, but some are really poor quality student lets. There are a few agencies on Morningside Road, and a quick google will find them. Be prepared to pay decent rent for decent flats, but some haggling is allowed if you have good references and are a longterm tenant. If you can, visit Edinburgh and do the footwork; some tenements are not what they seem in adverts. Depends on what you want the let for I suppose, but there are some nice flats further out of town.

GoToGal

Thanks all

@wallacebob I'm doing a post-grad then looking to stay, so will be a long-term let. Going up soon to look but wanted to get an idea of prices and locations.

Snippa

I’d second CityLets, and also Lettingweb.co.uk. The only thing with them is that they always give 0870 numbers for the agents, so it’s best to google the agent and phone them direct about the property

GoToGal

Snippa wrote: »

I’d second CityLets, and also Lettingweb.co.uk. The only thing with them is that they always give 0870 numbers for the agents, so it’s best to google the agent and phone them direct about the property

Smart! Thanks Snippa

Scottish_Saver54

I would also recommend Globerix at the moment- they're a lesser known site which amalgamates the different letting agents properties!

I'd also check out the back pages of some different papers, especially local ones. Also- local hospitals or colleges and uni's often have notice boards which have notices of flats and houses- another good way of getting direct contact with the landlords instead of using the letting agents!

HTH

devils_vixen

http://www.albaresidential.co.uk/

I have been renting with this company for the last 3 years - never had a problem