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Christmas opening hours

Please note that all our offices will close at 5.30pm on Thursday 22nd December and will re-open 9am on Tuesday 3rd January. Voicemail and email will be checked periodically during this time but all non-urgent enquiries will be dealt with upon our return from the Christmas break.

Our emergency team and protocols will be in place as usual, contact details are available using the ‘Emergencies’ link on our contact us page.

Until then we’re open as normal and doing viewings up until the end of the day on 22nd December.

We’re currently looking for some part time team members to help us in Birmingham, Bristol and Nottingham.

For full details and information on how to apply please visit:

www.purplefrogproperty.com/jobs

You’ll have to be quick, the application deadline is looking!

Can you help our friends out?

It would be out of the goodness of your own heart but they would definitely appreciate your feedback if you have literally 2 minutes spare!

All you need to do is click the link below:

http://cpsurveys.wufoo.com/forms/university-books-survey/

Our 2012-2013 student accommodation will be live mid-November.

To be one of the first to view simply follow this link…

http://eepurl.com/gtPTf

We’ve had some questions about phone lines recently so we’ve spoken to BT to get some up to date information:

There are 4 different status’ for a phone line in a house:

1. Live – the probably means there are people living there using the phone line.
2. Stop – This is what happens when one tenant moves out and cancels the contract, lines can be on stop for any length of time but eventually BT go and cut off the line at the exchange.
3. Dead – this is when the line has been cut off at the exchange
4. Not present

If the phone line is on ‘Stop’ then BT will activate the line for free.

If the phone line is ‘Dead’ or ‘Not Present’ there is normally a charge of £130 to connect/install a line. If the you sign up for broadband with BT this charge is normally waived.

FAQ’s

Is there a phone line at the property:

If you call 0800 800 150 and ask to check if there is a line at the property BT will let you know.

What is the phone number at the property:

BT will change the phone number at the property when the current tenants move out so any current numbers won’t be of any use.

Hope that helps!

For any international or ERASMUS students coming to the UK to study at any of university’s in Birmingham, Bristol and Nottingham that don’t want to live in university accommodation, we have some properties available for you.

We had some house hunting tips and guides translated to explain the student  rental market in the UK in a bit more detail and they also cover how best to look for a property, you can find these using the links below:

http://www.purplefrogproperty.com/chinese/

http://www.purplefrogproperty.com/french/

http://www.purplefrogproperty.com/german/

http://www.purplefrogproperty.com/spanish/

http://www.purplefrogproperty.com/czech/

http://www.purplefrogproperty.com/dutch/

http://www.purplefrogproperty.com/polish/

http://www.purplefrogproperty.com/russian/

http://www.purplefrogproperty.com/italian/

Happy  house hunting and please let us know if you need any assistance. If you’d like to live in a property with UK students to help improve your English, select ‘house share’ on our homepage. If you would like to live with friends you are travelling over with or have made through your department or school then select the number of bedrooms you need on our homepage.

If you would like any other parts of our website translating into any other languages or have any questions at all please let us know by emailing greg@purplefrogproperty.com