We wanted to keep this as simple and as hassle-free, so we do as much of the process ourselves as possible. We think we have got this off to such a fine art that one of our housemates dropped Andy an email on Thursday morning, met with Andy to show them around the property that afternoon, phoned him that night to reserve the room, filled in one online form with our professional reference checking company, and on Sunday was helped by Chris to carry things into the house as they checked in to their new home.