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Your Guide To Finding A Home - Islington Council

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<strong>Your</strong> guide to finding a home<br />

<strong>Finding</strong> a home<br />

Looking to rent or buy a property?<br />

Here are some places to look.<br />

Online<br />

www.findaproperty.co.uk<br />

Good for central and outer London.<br />

www.net-lettings.co.uk<br />

Lists accommodation and average<br />

cost of renting in different areas. It<br />

has a dedicated section for people<br />

who want to flatshare.<br />

www.yell.co.uk<br />

Estate agents and lettings agencies<br />

working in your area.<br />

www.loot.com<br />

Properties throughout London.<br />

Newspapers and<br />

magazines<br />

The <strong>Islington</strong> Gazette, <strong>Islington</strong><br />

Tribune and The Evening Standard<br />

have a property section with<br />

properties for sale and rent.<br />

Loot is a daily publication that has a<br />

large section with properties to let.<br />

Time Out (weekly) and Daltons<br />

Weekly (weekly) also carry adverts<br />

for properties to let.<br />

Shop windows and notice boards<br />

cards placed in newsagents' windows<br />

usually advertise flats, rooms or<br />

houses towards the cheaper end of<br />

the market.<br />

In person<br />

Letting agencies<br />

Let and manage rooms, flats and<br />

houses for private landlords. You can<br />

find a list of estate agents that<br />

operate in <strong>Islington</strong> by looking in<br />

your local papers, Thomson Local<br />

Directories and the Yellow Pages or<br />

visiting www.yell.com.<br />

Friends, family and work-colleagues<br />

can be a good source of information<br />

about rooms or flats to rent. Let<br />

everyone know that you are looking<br />

for somewhere to live.<br />

?<br />

Did you know?<br />

Computers with internet access<br />

are available at all local libraries<br />

and Area Housing Offices.<br />

Turn to page 40 for more details.

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