At Flat Rent Edinburgh we have been hard at work this month on making it simpler for tenants to find the specific property that they are looking for.

We know that letting a flat in Edinburgh can be time consuming, and more importantly, expensive! Costs of advertising a flat to rent can soar very quickly! That’s why we offer a one of fee for listing your property to rent with us, and we let you leave your flat listed on the site until it is let out! Our property insertion fees are very competitive too! We also offer discounted rates for multiple properties being uploaded at once and have a bulk listing insertion too which can be used too insert numerous properties all at once.

The thought of BIDs came from an improvement scheme which was first intorduced in Canada. The principles of the scheme were to form a partnership between local businesses all with the view to boosting the local economy and development within their designated area. The thought was adopted in the US and became increasingly well loved throughout the United States in the late 1970s.

The concept of a Green Belt policy was identified post World War Two when the construction and development of buildings increased significantly. New residential developments, hospital and amenity buildings were being constructed at a quick pace. Concerns arose over the preservation of the natural landscape and expansion of major cities. It was indentified something had to be done to monitor and control the rate of growth in and around the cities and to prevent coalescence.
Sir Frank Mears a highly influential figure in Town and Country Plotting in Scotland first brought forward the thought in 1948 in the Regional Survey and Plot for Central and South-East Scotland. He identified the need to distribute development to the most appropriate locations, protect the character of the landscape and provide open space and green space in and around towns and cities. The first Scottish Green Belt policy was officially introduced in Edinburgh in 1957.
“The objectives agreed by the participating local authorities in 1956 were:

At Flat Rent Edinburgh we have recently fininished compiling a list of all of Edinburgh’s property agents: