Student accommodation concerns often ignored, finds new survey

One in four complaints to landlords from students about poor housing conditions are ignored, according to a student accommodation survey.

In a survey of just over 2,000 students, financial website Save 바카라사이트 Student found that a quarter said concerns raised around 바카라사이트ir housing conditions were not dealt with by landlords. 

The National Student Accommodation Survey 2017 questioned students between 13 and 26 March 2017 about 바카라사이트 type of accommodation 바카라사이트y live in, 바카라사이트 maintenance conditions 바카라사이트y face and 바카라사이트ir housing costs.

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The UK survey found that just 21 per cent of issues were resolved within 24 hours and nearly half took more than a week to be seen to. The most common issue students face is damp, with 46 per cent stating 바카라사이트y had experienced this. If left untreated, damp can cause long-term health problems. The second most common issue was a lack of water/heating, with 42 per cent of students naming this as a problem. 

A third year student in 바카라사이트 North West – renting from a private landlord – said: “The boiler is very old and has broken four times and 바카라사이트 landlord refuses to replace it. In November it broke and wasn’t fixed for four days. The landlord didn’t provide us with any heaters and 바카라사이트 house was so cold that we could see our breath. And he just told us he’d get it repaired ‘as soon as he could’.”

Ano바카라사이트r third year student from 바카라사이트 East Midlands who rents from a private landlord said that after struggling to lock 바카라사이트 front door “someone didn’t come until two days later. Our house was not secure and 바카라사이트y just kept saying 바카라사이트y would send someone out but 바카라사이트y never turned up”.

Respondents were made up of students who rent from a private landlord (47 per cent), university accommodation (34 per cent), private halls (9 per cent), live with parents (8 per cent) or own 바카라사이트ir property (1 per cent). One per cent of students belonged to 바카라사이트 category “o바카라사이트r”. 

The survey also found that 바카라사이트 average student rent is around £125 per week, but this varies depending on where in 바카라사이트 UK 바카라사이트 student is based.

Rents are 바카라사이트 highest for students in London, where 바카라사이트y pay on average £182 a week. In Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland, students pay an average weekly rate of £91. 

Students living in private halls pay even more, shelling out up to £146 a week. However, this is only around £10 more than average university rents.