My London Apartment Tour| Rental Guide | Cost, Process & Tips to rent - YouTube

Hello guys, welcome to my channel funplugged and today I will show you my apartment

as it is quarantine time and we cant go out, so thought to make this video so that you

guys can have an idea about how are the apartments in london.

And I will also let you know which are the websites you can visit to find an apartment

plus agent fees, cost etcetra

So lets go inside my home

Just after I enter the apartment, there is this storage cupboard which is not very big

but still has some space for our shoes, clothes airer etc.

Next is the cupboard where washing machine and boiler are placed, here for central heating

and water heating, the boiler is used The washing machine is fully automatic and

you can dry the clothes as much as you want , depends on the degree you choose and wash cycles

This is another space where we can hang the jackets and place our laundry bag and hoover

Now lets go to our living room and dining room

In the new apartments living ,dining room and kitchen are attached, may be in older builds its not the case

This one is a furnished apartment and the furniture is provided by the landlord and

this is my personal favourite space in the home, where I sit comfortably and watch a

lot of movies and webseries Look at the view, how beautiful this is

So next I will show you my dining area, it is actually quite small Lets go

The table is extendible and usually we keep it collapsed for two people

but it can easily accomodate 4 people by extending it out

Next I will take you to the kitchen which is one of the most important places in a house

This is a pretty standard modular kitchen which you will find mostly in all the apartments in London

I will show you the appliances that are fit in this kitchen,

There is this dishwasher which is of small size

you will find different sizes fit in different buildings But this one is enough for two people

This is an induction hob which is smart and if I switch it on and do not place anything, it will not work and show signal

There are total 3 variants of hob, induction hob I have already shown you, second is ceramic

which works on heating and can be found in a bit older buildings

and third one is gas hob which works with gas and is common in India

Microwave is integrated and you guys know how to use it

Then there is oven which we don't use it quite a lot but these are the appliances which are

fit in mostly all apartments Lets move to the fridge which is a full size

one, here the upper compartment is fridge and lower one is freezer (opposite to what we have in india)

So this is the best area of the apartment which is balcony

Today its really windy outside, so let me grab my jacket first

This is the docklands area where the ships used to load and unload during the old times

to import or export any goods or materials

Now its a residential area, look at this how beautiful this is

river and the greenery This is the London's train (or I should say its lifeline)

At the right side, the greenery that you can see is Thames Barrier park

which is a very big public park situated next to Thames river

Lets go to our bedroom now

this is our wardrobe

You can see the amazing view from here also

you can see the millenium mill right across the river where many films have been shot

the most famous one was spiderman This is a small temple of ours where we pray

This radiator is used for heating and in london mostly the weather is cold

so you will find radiators here commonly, but there will not be any fans.

There is another type of heating which heats from under the floor

Next let me show you my bathroom

This bathtub is very basic and mostly attached in the bathrooms here.

There is storage behind these mirrors where you can put all your stuff related to bathroom

So the space is quite a lot, this is towel dryer to hang towels and dry them

This is another storage space here

So most of the apartments have this security device which can show you who is downstairs

(outside the building) and you can talk to that person via this device as well as open the door for him/her

So Now I will let you know what things you will have to do to rent an apartment in london

These are some of the websites which you can visit and explore to find available apartments

You have to show your interest to the agent by either email or phone call

then they will confirm the viewing timings/date of the apartment

After that if you like the property you have to make an offer and you have to give a

holding deposit to book the apartment (which is one week's rent in most cases)

Here, multiple agents dont usually have the same property.

So after paying the holding deposit, if thats accepted by the landlord then

all your background details are checked thoroughly including employment, previous residency references etc.

And you have to provide some documents as well, for ex: salary slips, bank statements

to prove that you can pay the rent So you have to be very careful what information

you provide while filling the background verification forms,

because if any of that is incorrect your payment will be forfeited

After this verification, a contract will be shared by the agency so please read it carefully before signing it and clear all the doubts

Kindly ensure to get a break clause so that you can leave the apartment after a few months

if you dont like it or for any other reasons.

Common one is 4+2 break clause in which after 4 months, you can leave the apartment any

time after serving notice period of 2 months

When you move in to the property the inventory check is done in which detail condition of each and every thing in property is listed

and this process is usually done when you have to collect the keys

Regular inspections will be conducted to ensure you are maintaining the property rightly

So at the end of tenancy, you have to get the apartment deep cleaned and you have to

hire a professional cleaning agent to do so which cost you around 150 GBP to 300 GBP (depends

on the size of the property) Although the rent varies depending on the

area and size of the apartment, but the apartment I showed you is worth 1320 GBP per month,

although this wasnt the quoted price.

It was 1365 GBP but we were able to negotiate a bit and get it for 1320 GBP per month So

this was the whole process to rent an apartment in London

if you have any questions, please leave in comments section