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House-Hunting-Guide-Leeds-2019 2019 Guide Hunting Tips to help you find the perfect place Checklists to make sure you ask the right questions Find out how the UNIPOL CODE protects you Unipol is your Contents one-stop-shop to find your 04 The Housing Hub Unipol is on a mission 06 Get a better deal to help the students 07 Finding your new home of Leeds find the best Dream homes possible. 08 The Unipol Code We are a charity, so you can expect honest 10 Where to live in Leeds impartial advice, free 14 You can rent from Unipol HOME from hype or bias. 16 Looking on your own or in a group Our website has a huge range of This booklet and the website properties available for next year from www.unipol.org.uk/advice 18 Using the website Saturday 19 January 2019 is full of help to answer your housing www.unipol.org.uk/LeedsHH questions 20 Viewing properties handy tips Visit Rate Your Landlord www.rateyourlandlord.org.uk 21 Property checklist full of landlord reviews by students 23 Ready to sign OUR PLACE Got a question? Our friendly, knowledgeable staff are here to help 24 Money matters Live with Unipol in one of our own properties 26 Signing the contract 27 Common questions Page 2 Page 3 Unipol at the SUs Lots of ways to get in touch Unipol visits the Students’ Webchat - when you are on our website an Unions often, so please come invitation to chat will appear. The service is The At the Housing Hub we and say hi at our stall! Check out available between 9 - 5 Mon to Fri. offer a wealth of advice, our Facebook page for up-to-date free Wi-Fi and search information on when we will be Email - ask away at [email protected] visiting your SU. facilities for you to use. Phone - 0113 243 0169 Our website hosts more Skype - contact us on unipol.housinghub student properties than any Drop in - we are located opposite Broadcasting NG other in Leeds, so there is Place, between the two universities at 155/157 SI Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 3ED. HOU no need to traipse around letting agents in the cold. Housing hub opening hours You can search our website Our normal working hours are: Monday - Friday 9.00am to 4.45pm. in comfort from any device, and book your viewings too. Unipol is open every day in January (post 14th January 2019) and Monday to Saturday in February. We are also open late nights in January for viewings. Hub For opening hours see: http://www.unipol.org.uk/ contact/opening-hours only 23% of properties from non- You’ll find over 17,000 agents asked for a bed spaces at sign-up fee www.unipol.org.uk Shared house average £81.79 from 19th January 2019 (exclusive) £95.94 (inclusive) prices are per person Average deposit per week shared property £242.59 Purpose built (including bills) en-suite room £134.81 15,566 84% 87% 90% 25% Studio £169.66 per week of bed spaces of properties of properties ask for a deposit of properties have The statistics are all taken covered by the from agents have double a dishwasher from www.unipol.org.uk Unipol Code asked for a beds sign-up fee. Page 4 Page 5 Start out smarter = Finding your new home: Get a BETTER DEAL You will sign a legal contract: Once Signing fees charged on 66% of signed, you cannot back out. Pick the properties. Average cost is £78 per right property and mix of housemates person. The FIVE STEPS before committing. Don’t compromise on safety or your We’ll be honest: Finding a home for the first time can be hard work and you may There are more beds available than rights: Unipol Code landlords go feel pressure to make a quick decision. Follow Unipol’s tips to make it easier. students to fill them: You will find beyond the legal minimum, see page somewhere to live. 8 for more information. Wait to rent and it gets cheaper: Asked for a guarantor? 77% of Search on the Unipol website Pick a Code landlord for a fair deal, Leeds average rent (pppw) in January landlords/agents do this. If you don’t www.unipol.org.uk after Saturday safe property and reliable service. £84.44, in March £79.87, in May pay, the guarantor will have to. 19 January 2019 when listings go live. 3 There are more than 330 in Leeds. £75.60. Many students who house 1 The widest choice in Leeds means you See page 8 for more information. hunt before Christmas report paying Using a letting agent? Ask who can find the best deal.Join our up to £15 pppw more than their manages the property as your Priority Club to get early access at friends who waited until after the dealings will be with them. www.unipol.org.uk/leedsHH. Unipol start date. The statistics and advice above are Your landlord must protect your all taken from www.unipol.org.uk Be confident on viewings: Visit www.rateyourlandlord.org.uk deposit, unless they are a University Compare prices and standards 4 to find out what previous tenants For more detailed info visit or you are a lodger. by viewing a few properties with think about your potential landlord www.unipol.org.uk/advice different landlords or property. You will sign either a joint or individual tenancy: 12% of Use our viewing checklist on page 21 properties are advertised as available Unipol has its own wide range of 2 You can ask for improvements or individually. If you ask though you properties. Many feature open plan discounts but get them agreed in Get your contract checked by your can often negotiate this.. living spaces and inclusive bills. writing student union before signing. We don’t charge signing fees, we don’t You are a paying customer: 5 Once you’ve signed, there is no Bills included in rent? This costs on ask you to provide a guarantor and we The landlord should be professional, backing out, so understand the average an extra £15 per week. 1 offer individual lets on most properties. courteous and not pushy. commitment. Feel unhappy? Rent elsewhere. Want to know more? See page 14 and visit www.unipolhousing.org.uk Page 6 Page 7 managing agent The 100% of Managed Properties Accredited UNIPOL CODE: A fair deal from a good landlord The Unipol Code is a quality mark Not all Code memberships that landlords join if they meet are the same higher standards, and now there are over 300 members in Leeds. Full members: All properties are Don’t compromise on your safety covered by the Code standards. and rights, make sure you pick a Code Supporters: A managing agent Code landlord. who has at least 25% of their properties in the scheme and is working towards Before you book a viewing, visit full coverage. Some properties will not www.unipol.org.uk/codemember to see be covered - check with the landlord or a list of landlord members or just ask us Unipol that the property you want is and we will confirm. covered. Unipol Code Managing Agent Code landlords go the extra (100% of managed properties mile to offer a great service: accredited): This managing agent will have 100% of their managed properties 1Repairs are carried out quickly to covered by the Code. This may not published timescales cover ‘let only’ properties, see below. Landlords will be friendly and reliable Let only arrangements: The house will be safe with protection Only somebody managing a property from fire and burglary can join the Unipol Code. If you rent through a letting agent, check who the manager is and if they are in the If things go wrong, Unipol can step in Unipol Code. and sort out issues with Code landlords. There is even an independent Tribunal Over 80% of properties advertised through to make rulings in the case of serious complaints. Unipol last year were covered by the Code. Page 8 Page 9 CHAPELTOWN Headingley Not sure where to choose? Read our guide to the most popular student areas. WHERE TO BURLEY Hyde Park Headingley shared house average (pppw) £82.35 shared house average (pppw) £83.73 and £98.01 (including bills) and £97.67 (including bills) Hyde Park is one of the most popular Headingley has been the favourite choices for students to live; a short location for generations of students walk from the universities and offering and benefits from a great variety easy access to the city centre. It is a of independent shops, cafés, bars, lively place, with mainly undergraduate restaurants and transport facilities. students calling it home. It has a range It is clear to see why Headingley’s of independent shops, takeaways, local urban village feel appeals to students supermarkets and popular pubs and studying at institutions across the city. music venues. Leeds Trinity students enjoy a one-stop train journey to Horsforth. There is an excellent range Whether you’re a sports fan looking HYDE PARK of student houses and flats to be living on the doorstep of to choose from. Hyde Park Headingley’s famous cricket and contains the famous Hyde Park rugby stadiums, or you’re looking for a property with plenty of garden space or LEEDS Picture House that shows many larger rooms, Headingley could be the WOODHOUSE in UNIVERSITY AREA independent films as well as ideal choice for you. the usual blockbusters. Transport links are excellent if you don’t fancy the 30 minute walk in to Live To the west of Hyde Park is the Burley university.
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