Letting Agents Glasgow

I am a 32 year old woman from Glasgow, Scotland and earlier in the year I moved to London to study for my masters degree. While looking for a flat share I was put in touch with a single man of 48 also origonally from Glasgow who was looking for a flatmate. He is a performer and is often out of town working. The rent was offered at a reduced amount in return for some light house work and making sure that there would be things like milk and bread in the house for him coming back from working away (he leaves me money for this) as he said he was fed up coming home to an empty house. We get on well and I like him a lot and when he is home we often have dinner together or watch a DVD etc and it’s quite cosy. However I did pick up on some signals from him that made me think he might be interested in me romantically. My suspicions were confirmed by a note he left for me last sunday before he left for the some gigs up north. In it he basically tells me that he has developed strong feelings for me over the past 8 months and hope that we might share more than friendship. I am confused about this, I like him a lot but worry as I am already living with him. I think that he feels women tend to reject him out of hand as he thinks of himself as ugly and that perhaps I have by living with him been able to see beyond that. I have but it just seems risky to start something with my land lord and I would struggle to get another flat I could afford!

What should I do?
I don’t thin it is just about sex his note mentions marriage also, but of course depending on how I feel about it.

and what… prey tell…. does this have to do with MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE?????

Well i ve been in London for 11 years (originally from france).
I am done with London. The life is too expensive. Now i am fed with the club scene, i need a better quality of life so i am not looking at gay areas, just a nice place where it doesnt cost £650 a month (PER PERSON) to live in a flatshare. I am fed up with the tube and having to spend 2 hours to cross the city to meet friends for a drink.

So what would you advise? I was thinking about Glasgow as i looked at the price, and u get a rent a one bedroom flat for under £500 a month.

Any other places i should consider? Bear in mind i don’t drive so public transport has to be good,
I ve been to Glasgow a few times for work but was staying in Posh hotel so didnt really get to see the @real@ Glasgow. But i quite liked what i ve seen.

As for Edinburgh but personnaly wasnt very impressed, i do apologies for poeple for live there, but i didnt find abything special.

However i have been told by several people Glasgow is not safe and overall it s quite a violent city. Mind you where i live now in London isn’t the safest place on earth either.

But does Glasgow deserve its reputation of being unsafe ???

I am gonna find out more about Inverness, there is something quite appealing about it.

Edinburgh is far nicer than Glasgow, Glasgow has a lot of violence. Inverness is also a nice place.

what is the best way of getting on an aprenticeship in glasgow, preferably for accounting or administration? what is the money like? is it enough to live and rent a flat with? ta

I dont believe they do apprenticeships in these fields,they may do training schemes.either way the money wont be great for a few years. You will have to share a flat or maybe get a room or digs.Try your local job centre they should be able to point you in the right direction.Good luck

Me and my boyfriend live in Smalltownsville in Fife, Scotland and want to head for the grimy life of the city before we decide to settle down and have kids! London too expensive and Glasgow/Edinburgh too close. I want to rent a flat and be walking distance to everything city centre but in a nice area with parking. He is an artist and won’t go far living here and i am sick of having to travel to Edinburgh for a decent night out! Cheers.
i am doing this city thing for a year or so BEFORE i want to come home and settle down, not to move there and have a family! what is ancoats like? seen some nice modern flats there and also what about Salford Quays?
also, i can currently drive to Manchester in just over 3 hours so no point in living an hour out of town! thanks guys.

Salford Quays is very nice, but could be expensive, check out the rents first, go on Salford.gov

My daughter has found a flat to share with four of her friends next year at university (Glasgow/Scotland). As parents we are being asked to sign a legal document to act as gurantor for her (OK, that bit’s fine), but also stating that we are ‘Jointly and severally liable’ for all rents/damages. In other words, if a flamate fails to pay the rent or leaves the flat within the year’s tenancy, we have to stump up!

This seems a bit harsh. Is it normal? Is it even legal? Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated.

Please note: this is UK only

Yes this happened to me when our flatmate stopped paying rent we were asked to pay their share, it is quite normal. However we requested our landlord pursue their individual guarantor first before asking us to stump up and it paid off in the end! There are always going to be risks when young people move in together for what is usually the first time but it normally works out and in the end you just have to trust that everyone is going to do their bit.

I am about to rent a flat in Glasgow.

I work full time and my girlfriend is a full time student.

Would it be possible to put the flat in my girlfriends name to make the flat exempt from council tax?

Also, because my girlfriend is a student, she will need a guarantor, so will the flat still be exempt from Council tax?

nope

the council where i am at states that its only if there are all students in the house then its exempt from council tax if there is a mix then it would be either full or part payment

I might want to live there how much could i rent a city centre flat for?

Glasgow is a great place to live. We have fantastic shops, pubs, clubs and very friendly people too! There is so much to see and do here that you won’t be bored. A flat in the centre of the city would be very expensive. The West End is popular with students and quite expensive too. Have a good look around and you will find something within your budget. There are very frequent bus, train and underground services to get you wherever you want anyway. Hope you love Glasgow as much as I do if you choose to live here!

Im looking to rent a flat through an agent in Glasgow, they will carry out a credit check will this affect my application coz my rating aint brilliant?

Yes it will – they will check employment details, salary, bank details and previous landlords references as well as the electoral role and other things.

Ohhh and if you have a sniff of a CCJ in your backround, we would reject you.

Estate Agent!

I am looking to rent a flat or house in Glasgow for no more than 2 months, however, hotels and serviced apartments are too expensive. Do you know anyone that would do a short term let?

have a look on www.gumtree.com go to the glasgow page and the flats offered. they may not be advertised as short term lease but if the number of people who viewed the add is over 300 then the add has been on for a long time and they would take anything they can get

My hubby and I have a 10 month old son. All three of us live in a studio flat, which, as you can imagine, is extremely cramped. We found out recently that we are unexpectedly expecting again. This has put us in a bit of a rush to find a bigger flat. Problem is that we are unable to rent privately a flat large enough for a family of 4 due to our financial situation. So, we turned to our local HAs for help. We have pending applications with a few HAs and are turning in other applications this week for other areas. Problem is, the ones we have applied to couldn’t care less about our situation, and pretty much said we’ve got almost no chance of ever getting a place, even when we mentioned the pregnancy situation and are prepared to turn in supporting evidence to that effect. We’re hard-working family people who need a hand – what can I do to try and expedite our claim or get them to see the severity of our situation? We’re not looking for handouts – we just genuinely need help.
Any advece would be greatly appreciated, especially from those who have been in a similar situation.

Thank you very much guys.
Note: Second child was not planned!

Not sure in Scotland but in England the housing don’t have to offer you anything until the child is over 1 years old as technically they can sleep in the same bedroom as their parents.

When the council houses became housing associations in England, local councillors were kept on the housing board to make sure that they gave houses to people who really need them. So I would make an appointment with your local councillor and see it that helps.

My son was living with his girlfriends parents and they had a baby and our large local housing association (used to be the council) were not interested in giving them and their baby a house. They were lucky and got a house of another very small housing association who were a lot more sympathetic to their plight.

I hope you manage to get something soon.

I hope this helps.

If I find anything else out I will come back and edit. I have family in Glasgow so will ring them and see if they have any ideas.