JANICE: | Hello ... Flagstone. |
JON: | Oh hello; is that Flagstone Properties? |
JANICE: | Yes that’s right.
Flagstone here. How can I help you? |
JON: | Hello. I’m ringing just to make
enquiries about renting a house. My name’s Jon Anderson. |
JANICE: | Yes, Mr Anderson. What sort of
thing were you looking for? |
JON: | Two-bedroomed house with garden. |
JANICE: | Well. .. yes, sir, that shouldn’t be
any problem ... just to let you know that our main areas,
the main areas we deal with, are the city centre
itself... |
JON: | City centre ... uh-huh. |
JANICE: | And the north suburbs. |
JON: | Oh well... we were most interested in
the Northern areas actually. |
JANICE: | Right... yes... What sort of price
were you thinking of? |
JON: | Well... could you give me some idea? |
JANICE: | Certainly. It
really ranges from £250 per month. |
JON: | Only £250? |
JANICE: | Yes, to about
£500 depending on a number of different factors. |
JON: | What does it depend on? |
JANICE: | Well, obviously the quality of the
area. And then whether there’s a garden. |
JON: | Well, as I said, we’d want a garden. |
JANICE: | And a garage pushes up the price. |
JON: | Right... well, we wouldn’t necessarily
need one. I think about £350 a month would be our limit. |
JANICE: | OK. Well...
would you like to have a look at a couple of properties, sir? |
JON: |
Yes, that’d be great. |
JANICE: | Looking at our files ... I think
we’ve got two which might suit you ... |
JON: | Hang on. I’ll just get a pen. Right. |
JANICE: | OK. Well, there’s one on West Park
Road which is £325 a month. |
JON: | Are the bills included? |
JANICE: | Well, that one
just includes the water bill. |
JON: | OK, right. |
JANICE: | And the second house is in Tithe
Road. I’ll just spell that for you ... OK? |
JON: | T-I-T-H-E Road. |
JANICE: | Got that. And how much is that one? |
JON: | That’s £380. |
JANICE: | 380. Is that including water? |
JON: | No, I’m afraid not,
but it does include the telephone rental. |
JANICE: | Oh well, that’s not too bad then. So,
... |
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JANICE: | So, when would you be available to
see them? |
JON: | Well, I’ll be in town next week...
say... Thursday? |
JANICE: | No, I’m sorry we don’t have any
availability for Thursday. How about Wednesday
afternoon? |
JON: | OK. That’s fine. Would 5.00 be OK? |
JANICE: | Yes, fine. 5.00 it is. Just come to
the Flagstone Offices. |
JON: | Oh, before I forget. What sort of things
do I need to get done... to rent with you? |
JANICE: | Well, the most important thing is a
letter from your bank... |
JON: | No problem... |
JANICE: | And then a
reference letter from your employer. |
JON: | Yes, that’s OK. |
JANICE: | Great, and then
we would need you to give 2 weeks’ notice of moving in... |
JON: | Right... 2 weeks’ notice. And
what about a deposit? |
JANICE: | That’s one
month’s rent, whatever the amount is. |
JON: | OK. One month. Is that it? |
JANICE: | No, sorry, one more... you will have
to pay for the contract. |
JON: | Oh yes. I’d forgotten about that. OK,
fine. So I’ll start arranging those, and I’ll... |
JANICE: | ... I’ll see you next week. |
JON: | Yes. Thanks very much. Bye. |
JANICE: | Goodbye. |