These luxurious flats are situated in the centre of Leeds opposite the St. Johns centre. If you've…read moreonly driven through Leeds the chances are that you'll have seen this building as it is one of the most prominent flat buildings in the city. A while back I had a friend who rented a flat here, so I had a chance to go and see what it was like inside. I remember being really quite daunted at trying to make my way inside, I think he'd given me the code so I could just go in but I forgot it and had to buzz him and it was all a little stressful and confusing - bear in mind that I'm guessing a normal-non-idiot might not find this such a problem... Anyway, once inside the decadent entrance hall - which the outsiders may gaze upon with envy as the foyer is encased in a glass outer shell - I made my way to the sizeable elevator and made my way virtually to the top. Once I'd reached the right flat I went inside. The flat was brand new, very modern and exactly what I expected. The whole space was quite small but not tiny, with a small hallway, two bedrooms, one with enough space for a double bed, the other with space for a bed and cabinet, a kitchen lounge that was separated by a small counter and a little bathroom. The most exciting part was the balcony, from which there was a beautiful view of Leeds. All in all, the flats themselves seem to be very modern, clean, trendy and not without personality - but just not my type. For a very high end rental price you can experience one of the best views of Leeds around, but other than that, you have a cosy flat that doesn't offer up a great deal of room.

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The building is now under new ownership, Collegiate AC bought the building at the beginning of…read more2015. Offering a better service, (from my experience to date) and have reduced the prices for next year. (2015/16 academic year) I've been told the contracts are however the full 51 weeks, rather than having the 41 and 51 week choice. http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/4268840426

I live here and I love it! Although the staff aren't complete professionals, they do their job and…read moreare quite friendly. The apartments are modern and light, with everything you need in a small package. For the price, you can't get better in Leeds city centre!

Do you want to rent with a scammer agent? Do you want to move into an uncleaned flat? Do you want…read moreto live with rats? Look no further, YPP is your FIRST choice! It took them almost a month to respond to the deposit refund. Finally, I have received a response, and they have decided to deduct over 33% of the deposit. Firstly, I moved into an uncleaned and unhygienic flat. Secondly, damages were present when I move in. Yet, they charged me for cleaning and damages that were already present when I move in. ATTENTION (!!!) to future tenants, if you'd decide to waste your money or be victimised by YPP, take all the pictures upon moving in. It will be very useful at the end of your contract. Before the end of the contract, they will either email you or text you endlessly to find out your moving out date. As if they can't wait for you to leave. According to their slogan, they rent properties to students and professionals. From a professional perspective, do not expect them to treat you like a professional. All they care about is your money! Again, if you want to be treated unprofessionally. Look no further YPP is your top choice. A reminder to all tenants, they do not provide landlord referencing when you wanted to rent with other agents (I have been told this is their company policy). I hope to attach all the pictures here.

Don't get fooled by all the 5-star reviews on Google. Scroll down and read the 1-star reviews, also…read morego to their Leeds City Centre reviews--those are the real ones. Scott and their maintenance team might be great, but it's only because they're not the ones being opportunistic, patronising, and dodgy when it comes to your deposit at the end of your tenancy. That one 'manager' I corresponded with was the most unprofessional and patronising I've ever had the displeasure to deal with. Be extra careful with these unprofessionals, especially if you're a student, and more so an international student, as you're an easy target for them because they think you don't know any better. Or here's a better option: don't rent with them, at all. You've been warned.

My friend decided to move into the city centre, as it was more convenient for her to get to work…read morethat way. She moved into these flats with a friend so I went along for a browse - I had dabbled with the idea of city centre living so wanted to check it out. The bedrooms were of a good medium size, the kitchen-cum-lounge (open plan) was really quite cosy and had a nice corner balcony attached. The balcony looked out over the parking courtyard facing the other flats, which seemed nice and sort of neighbourly. Overall it was quite a nice city flat and although there were those kind of superfluous items that came with it, such as canvas flower prints, it all seemed warm, new clean and cosy. There wasn't much in the way of storage but this fact could all be made up for by the fact that The Grove pub is situated just around the corner, as it is an excellent pub, and it is only a ten minute walk from town! All in all a pretty reasonable flat building!

We only used Nest once - their website is great but every property seems to be out of date (i.e…read more taken). We found this out the hard way when we booked 2 viewings only to be told upon being picked up to view the properties that both had been taken. In fact, they only told us when we enquired "this isn't what we booked to view?". Cleverly (or not so) they knew this all along but chose to show us "alternative" properties without even consulting us. One of which was water damaged by a burst pipe. Needless to say I was not impressed I'd wasted my afternoon off work.

As of today. Nest has agreed on a mutually decided settlement for my deposit money. I would like to…read morethank Christina for her cooperation.

After the oddity of our last house, my housemates and I wanted something entirely new - fresh,…read moreclean and most importantly young professional. We were now completely fed up with student style homes, with awful student style landlords and the poor service they offered. Enter: Park Crest Properties. As soon as we saw the website we felt we'd found a hidden gem, an exciting new mid-way between student life and young professional life. The website was easy to use, simple but classy and offered a great selection of houses and flats. Perfect. After choosing the one we desired (complete with little garden and 'cloud burst' shower head, oh yes!) we called to arrange an appointment. Our landlord-to-be (who is also also the estate agent) could not have been more efficient. He was punctual, informative and honest. After the viewing we signed up almost immediately - although it was a lot smaller than our previous home, it was lovely. It was the eye for detail (as it says on their website) that really made the difference, most especially in the bathroom - it was like some kind of luxury spa and extremely well looked after. Of course, you don't have a rented house without complaint, but anything we took issue with, our landlord was prompt in both communicating with us and acting on our problems. And once we had all decided to go our separate ways sorting out the bonds was, to my great relief, totally fine. We couldn't get them back until we sent proof that we had paid our final utilities, which I think is more than fair, and within the week of doing so we received our cheques with only a small deduction for some minor things. The entire experience was both professional and personal, and this is a lovely, understanding and efficient estate agents. I highly recommend!

Regular readers of my reviews will realise that over the last few years I have had quite a few…read moremoves in a short space of time. What this means is that I have visited practically every estate agent in Leeds. On the occasion that I visited this one I was on a very tight schedule to find somewhere to live and probably came across as quite panicked and desperate. Lucky for me then that the guy in the office was brilliant and calming. At the time they didn't have any properties that were suitable, only because I had to move in three weeks and they didn't have any available that soon. Rather than just tell me to try somewhere else bless him the guy spent nearly an hour with me going through my options. Not only did he tell me where else to try but suggested a couple of places and pointed me in the right direction. He was also lovely in that he told me about a couple of areas in Leeds that I hadn't considered. Although somewhere to live was the main goal of my journey and that wasn't satisfied, he did give me lots of advice that was really valuable. http://beautytruthsnotuglylies.blogspot.com/