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The Student Property Guide

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I speak from experience when I say that finding a house at University is never easy. During my time of study I went through all the usual mishaps of sharing a house in a University city. Mold, mushrooms growing through the bathroom floor, rats and mice and mountains of washing up that went ignored for weeks on end until it started to develop and become aware if own existence. Despite all of this, I can categorically say that it was the best time in my entire life. All of the above situations are part of the learning curve when it comes to finding your own place and being a student. Because being a student isn’t just about getting your name called out on stage and picking up a degree after three or four years’ worth of hard work. It’s about all the other things that you learn outside of the lecture room. How to get along with your peers, how to look after your own finances, how to live without your parents and of course, how to drink your own body weight in intoxicati...