Our House (for 4) in Meanwood Road

Here are some photos that give an idea of the place (taken before the new double-glazing was put in throughout followed by redecoration). Unfortunately I don't have a wide-angle camera, so the room views are pretty hopeless because they show just a small part of each room. But they're better than nothing.


Front (before new windows)	Kitchen View (over fields)	Patio View (with horses)


Part of Front Room	Up the Stairs	Stair Well	Bath and Shower


Entrance Hall (period features)	View from the Top Back	Larger Attic Room (view 1)


Larger Attic Room (view 2)	Smaller Attic Room	Small Room with View

Hi! If you've come to this site then you're probably interested in finding out more about the house in Meanwood Road which I hope you might decide you'd like to join. My name's Peter, I'm a university lecturer, living with my partner + kids (so I won't actually be in the house myself), and ideally, we're looking for a group of postgraduate non-smokers, though really the most important thing is that you're a group of nice people who can get on well together, enjoy living there, and treat the place decently. We were both students for ages, so we're very "student-friendly". But we'd prefer postgrads or young professionals because we've put an awful lot of work into the house recently, e.g. putting down new floors, replacing the roof a few years ago, putting down a patio at the back a year ago, and we've just finished completely double-glazing the place and redecorating. So we don't want it trashed by non-stop undergraduate parties (a voice of experience here! :-(

But what we most want is a group of nice people who can get on well and treat the place considerately, so even if you're not a non-smoking postgrad, if you've got up to three friends and you all like the sound of this place, please do get in touch.

So What's Nice About the House?

Location

Not Burley!
It's not in the Burley/Headingley/Woodhouse student ghetto - this might put you off if you want to be surrounded by undergraduates, but we reckon it's much nicer not to be there. Certainly it means much less risk of crime - for which LS6 is notorious - and late night party noise, and correspondingly less insurance (the house is just over the border from LS6, in LS7).
Quiet, with a Taste of the Countryside
Behind, it looks over fields where horses graze, sloping down to Meanwood Beck (too far down for any risk of flooding!) and then up on the other side to the Meanwood Valley Urban Farm. Shut the front door and the inner door and you'll hear more of the birdsong at the back than the cars at the front (seriously - it's amazing how the car noise is suppressed by the slope and the trees!). There's a path to the farm shop, where you can buy eggs and milk etc. But it's not really a working farm; more a place where people take kids to meet furry animals, so it' s not smelly! :-)
Close to the City and Well Connected
As the crow flies, the house is almost exactly half a mile from Leeds University main entrance. Unless you're a crow, however, it'll take you 15-20 minutes to walk it (the most direct route is over the Woodhouse Ridge, which makes a very nice walk if the weather's reasonable; the road route's just under a mile). If you're not into walking, Meanwood Road is extremely well served with buses - lots of these go into the city centre, most of them via the Merrion Centre. Getting to the Leeds Metropolitan city centre site is dead easy because of these buses, and you're likely to have plenty of company going there because the house is just up the road from the Sugarwell student residence.

Rooms and Facilities

Large Rooms
Though they do of course vary in size and one of them's huge (and pays a bit more rent as a result). But none are really small.
Large Kitchen
With outlook over fields; a nice place to sit even if you're not cooking or eating. Has the usual facilities, plus a microwave.
Large Living Room
As big as the kitchen, and very comfortable with sofas etc, but unfortunately without the rural view!
Excellent Heating
Efficient gas central heating (new boiler just a few years ago), plus a separate electric shower in the bathroom (so you're not dependent on the supply of centrally heated water).
Laundry Facilities etc
Washing machine, tumble dryer, freezer etc, in the large basement store/drying room.
Security
Smoke alarms, burglar alarm, security lighting, car parking round the side/back of the house.
Garden
Small low-maintenance garden at the front, and a patio area (great for barbecues with the country view) at the back.

Maintenance

Various large Leeds landlords are notorious for leaving tenants with leaky roofs and repairs not done for months (a common theme in Leeds Student); you won't get that here!

New Roof!
A couple of years ago we replaced the entire roof, and made sure the new one was well insulated. So you won't have leaks, and should be warm.
New Windows!
Since Christmas 2005, all the windows are double-glazed, which looks much nicer, keeps the heat in during the winter, and cuts down noise from the road.
Redecorated
We recently redecorated the place internally, and then did another partial redecoration just after all the windows had gone in; hopefully we'll be able to decorate the outside soon too (not awful, but could do with a new lick of paint).
Builder on call.
Because we're really keen to keep the house nice, we'll give you the personal number of our builder, so you won't be waiting for repairs when they're necessary. What we ask in return is that you do report anything that needs to be done promptly.

Cost

Er, yes, sorry - the sordid matter of rent does arise!

Cheap
Basically, we're keen to get people in as soon as possible, having spent so much on doing the place up. So we've put the rent as an average of Ł49.50 per week this year for all but the big room, which is well below the Leeds average for this sort of thing.

Contacting Me

Well, that's about it. If you'd like to chat to me personally, I'm on 0775- 246-9753 (O2 network). You can also email me on peter@meanwoodroad.co.uk.

Cheers, Peter