A two-bed flat in Salford, for working across Greater Manchester

What the flat is

A two-bedroom apartment in Salford, on the western side of Manchester city centre, set up for people who are here to work rather than to sightsee. Both bedrooms have a double bed. The kitchen, dining table and living room are one open-plan space, with a sofa, an armchair and a television; the sofa is a double sofa bed.

One bathroom, with a shower, basin and toilet.

• Kitchen: electric oven and hob, dishwasher, microwave, fridge-freezer, kettle, toaster, coffee machine, pans, crockery, cutlery and glasses. Tea and coffee are left for the first morning.
• A washing machine in the flat. No separate tumble dryer is listed.
• Wi-Fi in the apartment. We publish no speed for it, so do not assume one.
• A dining table seating four, in the open-plan room. There is no desk.
• Self check-in by lockbox from 4pm, check-out at 10am. Access details and the parking bay come through the guest portal before you travel.

The parking, which is why most people pick it

Parking is free, on site, in marked bays at the front of the building. Not a permit scheme, not a meter, not a public car park five minutes away. Which bay to use is in your arrival instructions.

The M602 slip road is under 700 metres from the door, signed for the M60 ring road and the M62 towards Liverpool. If your work is spread across Greater Manchester rather than fixed to one office, that combination — a car left outside for nothing and a motorway two minutes away — is the argument for this flat over something closer to the city centre.

Living here for weeks, not nights

Two double bedrooms mean two colleagues can share a booking without either of them ending up on the sofa. That is the arrangement this flat handles best.

Stays over ten nights include a housekeeping visit. It is charged separately, and it is arranged around working hours rather than dropped on you mid-morning.

• A washing machine in the flat, so no launderette run on a six-week stay.
• An Aldi and a Morrisons Daily are both within about ten minutes' walk.
• Quiet hours from 10pm.
• Pets by prior arrangement: £100 per pet per stay, maximum two dogs or one cat.
• Monthly bookings are welcome.

What is not here

The things people find out in week two, said now instead.

• No desk. The working spot is the four-seat dining table in the open-plan room. If a proper desk decides it for you, the Forest Gate flat in E7 has a wall-mounted desk, an office chair and a lamp. This one does not.
• One bathroom, with a shower rather than a bath. Comfortable for two, tight for six.
• Sleeping six means two people on the double sofa bed in the open-plan living room. Four is the number that gets a bed in a bedroom.
• No outdoor space is listed for this flat — no garden, balcony or patio appears anywhere in the listing. Ask us before you book if that matters to you.
• It is not central Manchester. The city centre is under two miles away and the nearest tram stop is about a ten-minute walk, so without a car you walk to the tram first.
• Cleaning is not free here. A £65 cleaning fee is charged for the stay, and stays over ten nights add the separately charged housekeeping visit.

What it costs, and what is extra

The live rate changes with the dates you pick. Guesty shows the exact price, any eligible long-stay adjustment and the £65 cleaning fee before payment. Prices and fees include VAT.

On top of the nightly rate: a £65 cleaning fee for the stay, a separately charged housekeeping visit on stays over ten nights, and £100 per pet per stay if you are bringing a dog or a cat.

On a six-week booking the number worth comparing is the total, not the nightly rate. Send us your dates and we will put the whole figure in writing before you commit to anything.

Booking on someone else's behalf

We take bookings from employers, agencies and office managers placing people on site. One invoice rather than a company card at checkout, payment terms by arrangement, and a named contact rather than a support queue.

Placements run over. We would rather extend an existing booking than move someone mid-contract, so tell us both dates — the one in the contract and the one you actually expect.

Getting about

• Anchorage Metrolink stop is about a 10-minute walk; Harbour City about 11. Both are on the Eccles to Ashton-under-Lyne line, and some services run via MediaCityUK.
• Salford Crescent railway station is about 15 to 20 minutes' walk.
• The M602 slip road is under 700 metres from the building, signed for the M60 ring road and the M62 towards Liverpool.
• MediaCityUK — the BBC, ITV and dock10 — is about a mile and a half away.
• Manchester city centre is under two miles. Manchester Piccadilly is under three.
• Old Trafford is under three miles, the Trafford Centre eight, Manchester Airport twelve.
• Parking is free and on site, in marked bays at the front of the building.
• An Aldi and a Morrisons Daily are both within about ten minutes' walk.

Who it suits

Contractors, engineers, site teams and anyone on a longer job spread across Greater Manchester, particularly if they are driving. Two double bedrooms let two colleagues share a booking without one of them on the sofa, the washing machine handles a six-week stay, and the car sits in a free marked bay at the front instead of a paid city-centre car park. It is a weaker fit for someone who wants to walk out into the city centre in the evening, for anyone who needs a proper desk rather than a dining table, and for a group of six who all expect their own room.

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