There's usually some good options here. Remember to use this if you should ever need to move out before the end of your tenancy. Letting Agencies There are several Letting Agencies in Bristol, some specialising in student lets. Agencies will ask you to register with them, it would be illegal to charge you to register. The Letting Agencies are managing a substantial number of properties.
Some Agencies own all or some of their properties.
Some Landlords will be paying the Agency just to let the property, other Landlords will be paying the Agency to manage the property over the year. The Agencies are very different. It is not good practise for an Agency to send you to view an occupied property unaccompanied and without telling the current residents. It is not good practice for an Agency to only show you one property. It is not good practice for an Agency to ask you to pay large amounts of money within 12 hours.