Students
- We provide you with high-quality student accommodation with great facilities in close proximity to your College.
- We offer you an alternative to save your money.
- We know there are two sides to every Let and we want to ensure this happens as quickly and as stress-free as possible.
Choosing your property
All our Student Houses are within a short walk to the college. Rents vary depending on room sizes. The minimum tenancy length is 12 months. All our available properties are listed on our website. Alternatively, please pop in to our offices and meet our friendly team or email our team to arrange a viewing.
Guarantor
All students require a working UK-based guarantor earning a minimum of £12,000pa and with no County Court Judgements or Bankruptcy.
What’s included in the rent you pay?
All rents include Electric and Gas, Internet (Wi-Fi), Water and a Communal TV Licence and weekly cleaning of communal areas.
Stages
All communication and signing is done electronically, including the signing of your tenancy agreement. This means your guarantor does not need to visit our offices as we aware that they may not live nearby. We will send you an application form that should be completed and returned online within 7 days. The application form collects the information about your chosen guarantor. We then send an application form to your guarantor for completion.
Your guarantor will be required to provide proof of income, proof of address and proof of identification (passport). All of this can be sent to us electronically by email.
Recent Legislation introduced a requirement for all tenants to provide proof of identification and obtain a “Right to Rent in the UK”. This means that we will require sight of your original passport before you can move into the property.
The government also requires all tenants to read their How to Rent Guide
Ending Your Tenancy
All our student tenancies are on a minimum 12-month fixed term basis depending on the property that you have chosen. Your tenancy cannot be ended earlier than the fixed term. Towards the end of your fixed term, we will contact you to arrange a suitable date and time that you are available in order that we may carry out checks.
When we meet you for your check out, all your belongings must be removed from the property and you should leave the condition of it the same as when you first moved in, except for reasonable wear and tear. All keys should be returned to us.
It is advisable to thoroughly clean the property. We recommend that you consult your original inventory if there is any doubt as to what may require your special cleaning attention. The condition you should leave your own room is also very important. It needs to be clean and tidy and respectfully left with the furniture returned to the same position it was in when you moved in. Please do your best to remove marks and stains from carpets and wipe down any marks on the walls.
It is important to make good any damage caused in your property. Any drill holes (for example where shelving has been put up by you) should be filled and the area repainted.
If you would like us to meet you at the property as a “Pre Checkout” so that we can offer you general advice regarding your checkout and try and help you address any problems you have found, we are happy to do so.
As part of the process involving the release of your security deposit, we require you to provide us with a forwarding address for future correspondence which you can advise at the date of checkout.
As you know, all tenancy deposits are required to be protected within a government scheme and we will endeavour to agree any reasonable deductions for damage or excess wear during our check-out meeting. However, sometimes this is not always possible because the cost of replacement items or repairs cannot be immediately established.
After you have moved out of the property, we will ask your fellow and remaining housemates for their confirmation of the condition of the communal areas and to report any existing damage as obviously, they do not wish their liability to be increased should any damage be missed by us at check out.
Deposit funds will be released to you within 14 days of vacating the property. After we have checked you out of the property, you will need to process the release of your deposit. To do this, you will require your Deposit Protection Service (DPS) private PIN number that would have been emailed directly to you at the commencement of your tenancy. You then need to login to the DPS website and complete the required form.
Maintenance Issues
Please ensure all problems are reported in writing to us we cannot accept notifications verbally. You can arrange for any repairs to be carried out by emailing our lovely team at info@prospectconcernsltd.com
Inspections
We will visit your home to carry out a property condition and inspection report on behalf of your landlord. These take place every 1-3 months (Depending on the landlord’s requirements)
Paying rent
You are required to set up your own standing order to leave your account 3 days prior to the rent due date. All-inclusive and individual contracts with individual rent liability (you are not responsible for other people’s rent if they do not pay). Please call us on 01708385061 or email info@prospectconcernsltd.com for a selection of our available properties.
You have your own room (no sharing of rooms) ideally located and well-priced for people who want to be completely independent and not have to share rooms.
We have a limited number of rooms available on a late arrival contract. Please contact our team directly to find out more and to book.