“在爱丁堡租房比申请 PhD 还难”
Apps for finding properties
Zoopla, Rightmove, OpenRent, Citylets
Bills
Council tax: free for students, need to register on the website
Water: free (included in the council tax)
Electricity & Gas (keep the company previously used first, then switch when the timing is good): Octopus
Broadband: EE, Virgin Media (this is a VOLT plan for Virgin + O2 users)
Agencies
Good: Savills ClanGorden 1Let TayLetting Northwood Umega(?)
Bad: SouthSide D.J.Alexander SandStone(Baremore)
Good but student unfriendly: Zone
Tips
- Be nice to agency staff during viewing - the landlord will ask their opinion
- Add extra rent on the top of agency advice price always works
- OpenRent gives chance to talk to landlord directly, brining higher chance to be selected
- Use uni email address
There are also many discussions on Reddit
— 以下由 DeepL 翻译 —
寻找房产的应用程序
Zoopla, Rightmove, OpenRent, Citylets
账单
市政税：对学生免费，需要在网站上注册
水费：免费（包括在市政税中）
电费和煤气费：先保留以前使用的公司，然后在时机成熟时再换到好评比较多的公司比如 Octopus
宽带：EE, Virgin Media (这是Virgin + O2用户的VOLT计划)
中介
好：Savills ClanGorden 1Let TayLetting Northwood Umega(?)
不好：SouthSide D.J.Alexander SandStone(Baremore)
不错，但对学生不友好：Zone
提示
- 看房时对中介公司的工作人员态度要好，房东会询问他们的意见。
- 在中介公司建议的价格上再加上额外的租金，这样做总是有效果的。
- OpenRent提供了与房东直接对话的机会，使其有更大的机会被选中。
- 使用大学的电子邮件地址
Reddit 上也有很多讨论。