After my Didsbury squatting days I was a bit slapdash getting accomodation sorted, and ended up living with a sort-of friend and his three male housemates, who were with Manchester Easy Rent. It was a shortlived affair, because the first night I was there without the boyf (who had returned to Uni in Brum), the biggest, scariest of the housemates got off his face on ketamine and assaulted me. Obviously, this is a horrible story, and I don't want to depress you Yelpers, but the back story is necessary for you to understand how good Manchester Easy Rent are.
I immediately called them, and explained the situation, and that I could not stay any longer in that house. A few days of sleeping on Tea Snob Friend's couch while I started my first grown up job, and they'd found me a few alternatives. Though most of them involved moving in with other people (which I was obviously reluctant to do...) one was a nice little one-bedroom flat in Withington. I went for it. The process was very simple and within a week of the incident, I was moving into a flat I could call home. And I did for 8 months call it home.
Throughout my tenancy, I always found MER were happy to help in any situation, including prodding my landlord to get him to replace things when they broke, and that sort of thing.
It's a rough and ready service, family run, and they don't offer anything in the way of lush city centre living. However, if you're looking to live in Fallowfield or Withington, and want a good, human service from decent people, MER's spot-on. read more