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Why aren't there Floorplans for rentals on Rightmove?
delain
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Exactly as the title says.
I don't think I've ever seen a rental house with a published floorplan. It would be really useful, especially if you're moving some distance and can't just 'pop over' and take a look!
You really can't tell from their photos. A house I knew was huge (all the houses in the road are the same more or less) looked really poky on there and one that looked a good size turned out to be a shoebox.
I think that they should really at least be required to supply room measurements, you don't even get those most of the time :eek:
Rant over.
Anyone else got the same problem?
I don't think I've ever seen a rental house with a published floorplan. It would be really useful, especially if you're moving some distance and can't just 'pop over' and take a look!
You really can't tell from their photos. A house I knew was huge (all the houses in the road are the same more or less) looked really poky on there and one that looked a good size turned out to be a shoebox.
I think that they should really at least be required to supply room measurements, you don't even get those most of the time :eek:
Rant over.
Anyone else got the same problem?
Mum of several with a twisted sense of humour and a laundry obsession 
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Money.
The agent doesn't get £1k+ in fees, like for a sale, to help pay for the cost of floorplan creation.
Most rentals appear to have only 1 or 2 photos, too. Same reason, I expect.0 -
You get jack all on rentals... can't even separate house-shares from self-contained. It's shabby really.0
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PasturesNew wrote: »You get jack all on rentals... can't even separate house-shares from self-contained. It's shabby really.
Found that too... You see '4 bed house £325 pcm' and think either that's per room or it's falling down :rotfl:Mum of several with a twisted sense of humour and a laundry obsession:o
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A few have them, but not many, IME....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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Ah, but when did you last look at the cheap places?neverdespairgirl wrote: »A few have them, but not many, IME.
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If the agents spent a bit more time (10 minutes) doing proper details, they'd find their jobs easier, less time wasted ... and, if they keep the property/landlord on their books then they can re-use them again. Even if they said "like this almost" .... they must often have several similar.0
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Well rental properties here in Scotland go so quickly, that's why there isnt many photos or any floorplans...
Some go before they've even hit the market, it would be a waste of time to bother with most of them..0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Ah, but when did you last look at the cheap places?
Depends what you mean by cheap, I suppose!...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
£350/month .... which is why I don't actually have a flat at the moment... the robbin' barstewards all want more like £500-600. Local LHA is £470/month, so I don't stand a chance, unless I want to share a badly sub-divided house with bongo-playing druggies.neverdespairgirl wrote: »Depends what you mean by cheap, I suppose!0 -
This house
Has the most info I've ever seen on a rental, which is what set me thinking it'd be nice to have that for all the houses!
Unfortunately it's still expensive and I don't know what happened to the garden with the tarmac :rotfl:Mum of several with a twisted sense of humour and a laundry obsession:o
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