What to do with furniture in a furnished rented house?

[chicaguapa]

I have seen a really really nice house that I want to rent. It's in a fantastic location, next to a park for DC, end of a cul-de-sac so DC can play outside on bikes etc. The ONLY downside is that it's furnished and the agents have said there's no option to rent it unfurnished.

It's a bit of a lame question really, but I'm just hoping there's a solution out there that would magic all the furniture away. The house is the same size as the one we're in so we definitely wouldn't need any of it.

When I was in this position before the Agents (reputable company) said if we didn't want the furniture we would have to pay for storage ourselves.

How much is storage? Or is that a how long's a piece of string question?

Afraid it is We never took up the option as it was a cost we couldn't afford.

I recently looked into it as a mystery shopper and there are so many different options depending on size, type f storage, length of lease etc, but the price was not as bad as I thought (sorry, can't remember off the top of my head, and location may come into it as well)

ogle your local storage units and see if you can get a quote/idea. Good luck.

No ogle obviously - I'm sure the male staff wouldn't mind though but Google

We can't afford it either really. And we want to rent for 2 years so it's probably a no-go for us too.

Storage is usually very expensive.

Cnica - you have to ask yourself (or maybe even ask the letting agent) why the landlord wants the property to be furnished, rather than unfurnished.

In my experience in Estate Agency, most of the furnished properties were let by people who just wanted a short term let of a year (or actually 6 months, because they insisted on that pesky 6 month break clause you get in Assured Shorthold Tenancies). They were people who were usually letting short term because they were away travelling or away with their jobs and they fully intended to come back to their property and live in it themselves within a relatively short period.

Do not underestimate the cost and hassle of having to move again within 6 or 12 months of taking out a tenancy, will you?

Most professional landlords let unfurnished nowadays ime.

bibbity depends and location and quality of furniture. high end corporate lets still tend to be furnished.

Not on the Cadogan Estate in Chelsea where I worked for three years, Her Honesty.

Chica - is the house you like a "high end corporate let" ?

If not, do please consider what I have said.

btw i am actually a landlord. i have three properties. two are furnished, one is not.

No, I don't think it's high end corporate. Just a typical 4-bed detached house on a housing estate. The furniture looks like theirs, as opposed to stuff they've got in to furnish it. We are going to look elsewhere as there's always a better place around the corner.