"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message 43cc7799$1@earth, at 04:50:36 on Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Stuart
Palmer remarked:
I will be travelling the University of Plymouth in the UK in March 2006
(from Australia).

My family will be travelling with me (2 adults and 2 children) and we will
be
staying in Plymouth for 13 weeks.

I'm having some difficulty identifying suitable accommodation.

Our needs fall between short-term hotel accommodation and long-term
renting.

Due to the landlord/tenant laws in the UK it's very unusual for houses to
be rented for non-holiday purposes for less than six months.

We really need something that is furnished and offering better longer-term
rates than hotels.

I would expect the University to have an office which assists in such
matters - have you tried contacting them?

This may be the best bet for the OP. If he's an overseas scholar working
temporarily at the University, they ought to be prepared to assist him in
finding accommodation.

Alan Harrison