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Accommodation tips

  • To survive week-in week-out, you’ll need to be stocked up with all the things you didn’t need to think twice about when you were pampered at home; now it’s time to get real, and get...
  •  A long long time ago, as a first year class rep, I remember hearing horrifying accommodation related stories in class rep meetings. Stories of homeless students having to stay in hostels with...
  • Campus Accommodation A number of Colleges either own their own campus accommodation or have agreements with developers for the provision of campus accommodation. Talk to the college accommodation...
  • Finding accommodation and negotiating the accommodation minefield throughout your years at college is something most students cannot avoid. However, if you pay very close attention to this section...
  • Have a good look round the accommodation before making a decision. You might find the following checklist helpful:
  • Who is entitled to a rent book? Every tenant paying rent is legally entitled to have a rent book supplied by the landlord. This applies to houses rented by private landlords, voluntary bodies, local...
  • Losing the deposit and breaking a lease are two very common issues students renting face. By Bernadette Farrell Losing the deposit and breaking a lease, which many fear will result in losing the...
  • An illegal eviction occurs when a landlord forcibly removes a tenant or a tenant's belongings from a rented dwelling and then denies the tenant access to the dwelling, whether or not a valid of...
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