The best and worst student accommodation – guardian.co.uk

Posted on August 25, 2010

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This week the money section of the Guardian newspaper (guardian.co.uk/money) lead with an article entitled “The best and worst student accommodation – Our practical overview will give you a wide range of information about accommodation location and cost”

The Guardian did its research and provided some great information on costs forfood and going out in addition to housing costs on campus housing and off-campus housing.

The Guardian have estimated that living on campus can cost up to £1,000 more each year than living in private rented accommodation where you have more control over your costs (including heating and power).

Around Town Flat’s primarily operates in the Manchester and surrounding areas so let’s take a look at that breakdown.  From the research we see that cost of university accommodations runs, on the high end, around £144.00 per week and private halls cost near £133.00 per week.  Depending on which hall you stay in the accommodations vary but can include a shared bathroom and shared washbasin.  Others are fully furnished although these are at the top costs in rent.

For a two bedroom, fully furnished, kitchen, bathroom suite including secure parking we find comparable examplesof cost at the time of writing this article ranging from £92.00 to £137.50 per week.  Some of these even have more bedrooms which can then divide the cost of rent again.

So there you have it.  We here at ATF are happily thanking the Guardian newspaper for doing all the heavy research for us. At the end of the day, depending on your university or school, it’s cost effective to do a little bit of research into your local property agents because not only is it cost effective for parents it can also offer a better quality of life for your children.

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