Research on Private Rental

anthuriumproperties

Hi everyone.  

I’m looking for some help and feedback from wheelchair users who are looking for, having issues with private rental properties. 

We are a private property letting company, looking to convert some studio flats and one bed flats to make them accessible and available to wheelchairs users.  

What I want to know is what is important to you?  This is not about the cost of rent, this is about what would make a rental property appeal to you. 

If you would be interested in completing a survey, (link to follow) I would be really grateful for your input. 

Thanks

Kelly Dean 

poppy123456

HI and welcome,

I'm one of the community champions here on scope and i'm here to help and advise others.

I have a disability and would be happy to take part in that survey.

I do have a question for you though, are you a letting agency that accepts those that claim DSS? I'm not saying all disabled people claim benefits but a lot of them certainly do and it's almost impossible these days to find a landlord/agency that accepts us.

Adrian_Scope

Hi @anthuriumproperties and welcome to the community. We'll be happy to have a look at your survey.

April2018mom

I’m happy to take part too! 

forgoodnesssake

Very interested - one issue that immediately comes to mind is that a one bedroom flat is only any good for a single person with no care needs (ie no need of any live in help) or a couple with no dependents.  What about wheelchair users with higher support needs , or families?  In our experience there is virtually nothing in a large northern city that has 2 bedrooms and is accessible...it's all sttudio flats

Garza

as has already been said one big problem is the fact that many private landlords will not take people on benefits, I recently looked to move closer to my partner in warwickshire and found nothing suitable at all