Definitely ignore the people burbling about "Tree Streets". Some of those streets are literally miles long, encompassing many totally different neighborhoods.

A. Affordable B. Habitable C. Available

We used to be able to tell you to pick any two. These days you're lucky if you get to pick one.

That's pretty much everything you need to know about renting in Manchester except... don't hand money to someone who offers to show you a place and then says the tenants are busy, or the tenants are missing, or "won't let us in today" or whatever. If they don't have the keys and don't bring you in, you're probably not talking to the landlord and are getting scammed. A Word To The Wise. It's a tough town and you are fresh meat.