struggling to find a place to rent (rant incoming)
i (student, 21f) and my boyfriend (working, 21m) cannot for the life of us find a place to rent in Cheltenham. we want to stick close to Cheltenham as we will be starting our new job/uni at the beginning of sept. we had 5 viewings booked for today, and 4 of them were cancelled. we feel that it is utterly impossible for us. we have a guarantor, this is our first time renting and when we WERE able to get a viewing previously, we were competing with 30+ individuals which makes us feel even more hopeless because of course someone on that great list has more history with renting than us. we are looking at max 1100pcm. we have the savings. all the agents we speak to do not communicate effectively, we've experienced some rude ones too! random cancellations on viewings last moment, some of which did not even have the decency to tell us (we found out by the sudden removal of the listing online).
i honestly dont know what to think anymore, we have been at this for over a month now, and we are frustrated to say the least. we even tried the openrent route, only to be ghosted. we live 2 hours away from Cheltenham, and my partner works full-time so finding the opportunity to go to viewings during the week cuts us down alot. we are trying to arrange some that i can attend on his behalf too, of course.
any advice is appreciated, this was honestly just a huge rant to get it all of my chest because omg!! lol