'We had to pay a full year of our £1,150 a month rent upfront to get our flat in Manchester'
The rental market in Greater Manchester is nothing short of a nightmare for most tenants these days. Not only have rent costs gone up by a staggering amount over the last few years, taking the average rent in Manchester to £1,600 per month, but securing a rented home seems to be somewhat impossible.
"A big reason I went over there was to try and save a deposit which I managed to do, but once that tax-free cash stopped coming then I wanted to come back home." "Didsbury has a really nice feel to it because there's so many independent pubs, cafes, restaurants, bars and shops and it has a village feel to it. But it’s a super competitive place to move to and places don’t come up for sale or rent around here very often."
"Where we couldn't view in person either meant we couldn't put across how we were reliable tenants and so it was quite hard to do it all from afar." "I was in a really fortunate position to have the money to be able to pay a year’s rent ahead, if I didn’t I think we'd have had to move back home. It's pretty tough for people especially if they want to live in areas like Didsbury."
“It was completely unfurnished so we had some bits delivered that we'd kept in storage from when we were living in London, we also shipped some things back from Dubai and then we bought some furniture brand new. "I try to add colour to a space based on how the room feels. If it feels quite cold and grey I try to warm it up with warmer colours.
"The communal building is a big old house that has been converted into eight flats. I tend to do this when I move somewhere new, but I put a little card through everyone's door to introduce us. "Then if you go back into the corridor to the left is the living room and then there's a step down which takes you to the kitchen which is at the back of the flat."
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