How much is rent?
May 1st 2012, 10:45 pm
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May 2nd 2012, 3:09 am
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Re: How much is rent?
Was paying £450 pcm for a room in Harringay (and not a good one). Now we pay $800 for a duplex within walking distance of the University of Iowa.
May 2nd 2012, 3:31 am
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Re: How much is rent?
$ 1,000 monthly for a 4 bed 2 bath 1400 sq. ft. Would pay more except the owner does not like to raise rent on existing tenants. 8 years and counting.
May 2nd 2012, 12:33 pm
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Re: How much is rent?
BTW, we paid £1400 pcm for around the same sized house in Cambs, PLUS a whopping council tax, so I guess we're saving some money here . . . .
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May 2nd 2012, 6:31 pm
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Re: How much is rent?
Just spoke to the letting agent, the house won't be available to view until May 15th when the current tenants leave. I've offered to sign for it unseen, and with a move in date of May 19th. I must be crazy
It sounds like it's all going to hinge on whether the owner will allow our dog now. Feel quite sick
It sounds like it's all going to hinge on whether the owner will allow our dog now. Feel quite sick
May 2nd 2012, 7:03 pm
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Just spoke to the letting agent, the house won't be available to view until May 15th when the current tenants leave. I've offered to sign for it unseen, and with a move in date of May 19th. I must be crazy
It sounds like it's all going to hinge on whether the owner will allow our dog now. Feel quite sick
It sounds like it's all going to hinge on whether the owner will allow our dog now. Feel quite sick
Really hope it all works out this time
May 2nd 2012, 7:04 pm
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Re: How much is rent?
I also know someone who lives on the complex, don't think her house is the same design, but I've sent her an email to see if I can be cheeky and go have a nosey around her house
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May 2nd 2012, 7:05 pm
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I don't like the sound of you feeling sick all the time.
May 2nd 2012, 7:21 pm
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Re: How much is rent?
Tell me about it, our last place, landlord wanted to increase the rent by $300 a month after the first year, which was why we moved to our current place
This place, the lease says that the rent will not increase by more than $20 a month for a year at the end of the lease when it roles into a monthly lease
This place, the lease says that the rent will not increase by more than $20 a month for a year at the end of the lease when it roles into a monthly lease
May 2nd 2012, 8:35 pm
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Re: How much is rent?
Had a nosey around my friends house, which is smaller than the one I've applied for and it's nice, we could certainly make it work. Also had a drive to the actual house and nosey around the outside and it looks ok. Trying not to get my hopes up now
May 2nd 2012, 8:38 pm
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May 2nd 2012, 9:18 pm
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I will keep my fingers crossed for you, it sounds so stressful! I am dreading looking for another house to rent....I keep looking but cannot find anything that we can afford 
My husband earns a decent amount, but I am not allowed to work, we have 3 kids at school....and the company health insurance has just gone up by about $150 a month 