Flat hunting

It has been a dreadfully long time since I last posted. I can only half forgive myself for one reason: I have been flat hunting. I still am, as a matter of fact, looking to move on. But it takes a lot of time and patience to do so, and many times I have been feeling discouraged.

Flat hunting seems to me like a huge rat race in the UK. I know that I cannot even dream of buying a property, let alone rent one. So this is how it has worked for me in the past, and the method I am trying to use now - which has been pretty fruitless so far, but hopefully it is only a matter of time. Remember: be quick, efficient and ruthless.

1) Make sure you register your details with as many letting agencies as possible, within the area you want to move to.

2) Check property websites as often as possible - I do it once a day, even if it sounds slightly frantic. See below for some helpful links.

3) Ring up the agencies that advertise the properties you've spotted; straight away. Do not send them emails, hoping they will come back to you: they pretty much never do.

4) Jump - I mean jump - on every occasion you find, even if you think the flat is not exactly what you are looking for. Your aim is to view as many as possible.

5) During the viewing tell the agent you are interested and you plan to contact him/her the following day, even if you are only half interested; or you will not see that property again.

A couple of useful websites:

www.primelocation.com

www.findaproperty.com