Hiya this is just a short video to teach you some things about private
accommodation and tips and tricks about renting it and
things you should kind of know just to be able to do it
more easily it's just an informal conversation
between me and a friend I hope you enjoy it
so first years where can you find private accommodation
well um the uni actually has
things in place for this so it's got a Brighton facebook page and an Eastbourne
facebook page and you can just go on them and
you can find the links to the university websites and things like
that and you'll be able to find other
students looking to house themselves in private accommodation with you
what's the best way to sort out all of your bills and things like that once
you've moved in let me tell you um loads of letting
agents will offer to sort out for you and you
pay the extra but they're going to rip you off
probably um if it's a five bed house it should cost about £40
each a month and a bit more if there are less people
and vice versa um and if you're on a website called
split the bills or there are some others like it
they'll sort it all out for you and it's really easy and you pay
every month by direct debit yeah yeah it's really simple on split
the bills to be fair and it's cheap it is
what what are the landlords responsible for and what is the tenant responsible
for the landlords are responsible for
electrical issues wiring heating hot water boiler problems
structural stuff and dampened mold and you are responsible for
keeping the house clean making sure electrical appliances
are safe light bulbs and smoke alarm batteries
so all of the landlord things you never have to fix yourself
you have to call them and they have got to come around and do it
and fun fact a landlord is not allowed to come round without warning you 24
hours before so if they spring it on you and say
we're coming around for a house viewing for next year
you can say yes you are in 24 hours or later
yeah totally it's good to know that it is
what can you tell me about guarantors well uh most the time it'll be one of
your relatives or something like that and they can guarantee you for the house
and you will just sort of use them to guarantee that you can
afford to pay the house and they'll have to
usually earn a certain amount of money or
own a house in the uk but if you can't get them to do it then
there's a company called shelter who can give you a hand with that
uh just go on their website and they'll help you sort it out and get money
together or anything like that i don't know but
would you and if you can't do that if you're from
abroad and you don't want to pay for a
guarantor you can pay all of your rent in one go usually
and then you don't need one cool what are your tips and tricks for
living with students well most of the time they're nice
people so just you know hang out with them get to know them and
you can have a good time most of it most of the time
uh if you don't get on with them too well don't worry you know because you'll
be able to move into someone else soon and everyone's pretty respectful i've
never heard anything bad about it i don't know have you ever heard anything
bad about it? no not really
um like uh for the first year of uni i was in uni homes
and i didn't really get to know my housemates that well or anything
and it was just a quiet year i got to know people outside
of that but for most for the most part i was just
you know living in a house with them and it was totally totally easy
just you know make sure you respect their stuff don't
break their things and things like that and clean up after yourself
so you don't annoy them but for the most part it is nice
people are nice and to lead on from that um if you really really hate it and want
to get out of your tenancy if you check your tenancy agreement you
should be able to find a replacement and fill out some paperwork and then get
out of your tenancy which is quite handy
how much does your deposit cost your deposit will usually cost around 600
pounds i think but it depends around that um
and you will get it back most of it as long
as you don't wreck the house and it is illegal for it not to be in a
deposit protection scheme and that means it's going to be given back to you
fairly like it's not up to the landlord which is cool
definitely make sure of that once you've moved in, they should send you an email to confirm
so once you move into your student house what kind of things do you have to update
your address on well you got it you've got to make sure
that your ID has it on so that when you have to do
things with the bank or something like that they can confirm that
it's your address so update your bank uh register to vote um say like a DVLA
documents like your driving license or whatever
register with your pharmacy when you get here
uh register not to pay council tax because
full-time students don't have to pay council tax yeah and then
let your family know where you live so they can be
present yeah good luck and thank you for watching our video on
student housing you'll be fine and have a great time