Specialised requirements
This section is designed to give those professionals with more specialised needs additional help and support.
Often professionals look in areas out of the traditional student ones. Chapel Allerton, Far Headingley, Horsforth, Beeston and Armley are all areas that have become increasingly popular with postgraduates and professionals. For advice and information on areas click here.
You may find it useful to use the Noticeboard to find other people in the same position to share a house.
Wheelchair accessibility
Wheelchair accessible properties available in the private sector can be found by doing an ‘advanced search’ on our website and the ‘facilities’ section has a tick-box option for wheelchair accessible accommodation.
Short term accommodation
Accommodation up to 2 weeks
If you are looking for accommodation for a very short period then it may be more appropriate to find bed and breakfast accommodation through Gateway Yorkshire who offer an accommodation booking service with details of room availability in hotels, guest houses or bed and breakfasts.
Gateway Yorkshire
Telephone: 0800 80 8050.
or visit the 'Leeds, Live it, Love it' site
Some housing organisations can provide accommodation on a weekly basis in serviced apartments, these can be quite costly and are generally located in the business district of the city centre
Accommodation up to 6 months
Owners who specialise in professional lets are more likely to offer shorter term lets. Often the advert will not display the minimum period of the contract so you should contact them for more details. There is a surplus of good quality accommodation, which should hopefully encourage owners to be more flexible with contract lengths. Try doing an 'Advanced Search', where you put in all the amenities you would like to have from your accommodation, including location, maximum rent etc. At the bottom of this page there is a key word search box where you could type ‘short term lets’. When you press 'search', a list of properties which meet your criteria will appear. Each advert will display the owner's contact details so that you may contact him/her directly to make appointments to view. Ask them when you ring whether they are prepared to consider a short let.
You can also look on the Noticeboard where users are often offering shorter term lets. You may wish to browse through 'Accommodation Available' but suggest that you place a notice about yourself on ‘Accommodation wanted’ too. You may leave contact details on your advert or ask people to reply to you at the site. You should know that there is a delay of a few hours before your message will appear as we have to check all messages before they appear on the site.
You could also try searching in the section 'Rooms in a Private Home'. Owners of these properties are sometimes prepared to be a little more flexible about the length of contract they offer.
International Arrivals
Leeds has a great choice of private-sector housing.
Before you sign any contract seek advice from a contract checking service, especially as you are unlikely to be familiar with contracts in the UK. Please click here to go to the advice section.
The University of Leeds has a small stock of property for letting to members of staff to assist them whilst they find more permanent accommodation, and to short term official visitors to the University. These are known as rentroll properties, and are operated by the Property office. These properties are allocated on a priority system and are available for short-term lettings.
All the properties are provided with basic furnishings and are available on a six month assured shorthold tenancy agreement. The minimum let period is one month.
You are advised to give 3 months notice of impending arrival, with an absolute minimum of one month. Generally, you would be informed approximately two months before the due arrival date whether or not they would be able to accommodate you.
Please use the following link for details: www.leeds.ac.uk/accommodation/staff/
Families and Couples
Accommodation that may be suitable for families is advertised on the website. However you would need to contact the landlord of the property you were interested in to discuss its suitability for your family. If you use the advanced search facility you can fine tune your search to give you only the properties that are suitable to you. Here you can more specifically select the type and location of property and also choose which amenities you would like the property to have. This allows you complete flexibility over the features you want in the accommodation. At the bottom of the advanced search page you can use the Keyword search facility. If you tick any of the categories i.e. Families or Couples this will bring up any properties where owners have specifically stated that they feel their properties are suitable for this client group.