Anyone who hasn't got a BTL get one!

[SimonMac]

Trying to find a suitable house to rent as need a bigger one, and my god it is a pain in the arse! Last viewing there was 5 people booked in for the same 15 minute slot, office was closed and couldn't put in an application until 9am Monday morning. Cheated and emailed as I left the viewing on Saturday afternoon and still didn't get it quick enough!

Advert went up yesterday on a place I like, got a viewing on Friday, ring them up speculativly today to see if we can put the application in without seeing the inside (very good photos on the website) and someone is there now already! Fired off an application form (as I am currently renting through the same agency hoping to bypass the system).

I knew there was a housing shortage in the south east, but didn't know it was like this in the rest of the UK!

My BTL is rented out to my ex and the kids, so never had to deal with vying tenants & agents etc. but it has been a real eye opener on the whole process and how desperate some people are to rent a decent house

[JRCT]

I moved house a month ago and the old one will be offered as a rental in about a week. A friend came to look at it, but it was too small for his family and he told me he viewed another the week before and was one of 26 that turned up on the day, queueing on the pavement for 2 hours just to view it.

Incredible.

[CloudWalker]

The reason their is a housing shortage is because of the "Buy to Let" situation.
Young couples who are trying to buy their first home are having to compete with foreign property investors and pension rich baby boomers who are inflating housing crisis.

[rl4engc]

And just to state the bleeding obvious, if I hadn't gone contracting back in 2007, I'd either be renting still, or paying a mortgage on some tiny horrible modern home. As it is, mortgage will be paid off this year.

It's a sad state of affairs when you need to be earning so much, just to buy a half decent semi-detatched house say. :/

[alphadog]

Trying to find a suitable house to rent as need a bigger one, and my god it is a pain in the arse! Last viewing there was 5 people booked in for the same 15 minute slot, office was closed and couldn't put in an application until 9am Monday morning. Cheated and emailed as I left the viewing on Saturday afternoon and still didn't get it quick enough!

Advert went up yesterday on a place I like, got a viewing on Friday, ring them up speculativly today to see if we can put the application in without seeing the inside (very good photos on the website) and someone is there now already! Fired off an application form (as I am currently renting through the same agency hoping to bypass the system).

I knew there was a housing shortage in the south east, but didn't know it was like this in the rest of the UK!

My BTL is rented out to my ex and the kids, so never had to deal with vying tenants & agents etc. but it has been a real eye opener on the whole process and how desperate some people are to rent a decent house

Whereabouts are you looking for a rental property? Yorkshire?

[unixman]

Another factor strongly driving BTL is the non existance of / collapse of the pensions industry.

[MarillionFan]

The reason their is a housing shortage is because of the "Buy to Let" situation.
Young couples who are trying to buy their first home are having to compete with foreign property investors and pension rich baby boomers who are inflating housing crisis.

Diddums.

[SimonMac]

Whereabouts are you looking for a rental property? Yorkshire?

Yep, West Yorkshire

[MarillionFan]

Yep, West Yorkshire

Can't you move in with your Cousins, Aunts, Brother, their parents and their grandparents and their 30 children just like everyone else who lives in Yorkshire.

[SimonMac]

Can't you move in with your Cousins, Aunts, Brother, their parents and their grandparents and their 30 children just like everyone else who lives in Yorkshire.

No room for the whippets