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  • All the accommodation is NON-SMOKING only. The smoking ban includes your guests.

  • Deposits. There is new legislation regarding deposits (Apr'07). The administrative side of this is so onerous, that we are going to do without deposits entirely. Instead, the first payment of rent will be made at the time of signing the lease. If there is a damage or cleaning charge during or at the end of the tenancy, we will ask for an appropriate amount, or failing that, demand it from the guarantor.

  • Booking deposit. At the point you agree that you would like to rent a property, and us remove it from the available list, you will each be charged a non-returnable £50 ( £20 of which is the agency fee for the processing of  all the documentation, and £30 of which will form part of the first rent payment on satisfactory completion and receipt of the guarantor documents). In the event of you deciding to withdraw from the let, this amount is to cover the reasonable additional costs incurred in re-marketing.

  • A damage and cleaning inventory are completed and signed on arrival to establish the condition of everything in the accommodation. This is fair to tenant and landlord. This is the document l will refer to at the end of your tenancy, or during cleaning inspections. Normal wear and tear is not regarded as damage.

  • Guarantor details. When completing your application, we shall require details of your guarantor. This is to include your guarantor's name, address and full contact information. A guarantor document and specimen tenancy agreement will then be posted to them, together with a copy of your application form, and they will need to to complete, sign, and return the guarantor documents to us, within 14 days, in order for your application to proceed. If we have not received the signed forms from your guarantor within this time your application may be withdrawn and your booking deposit forfeited. All guarantors MUST be UK based for us to be able to accept them.

  • Agency fees. Already mentioned above, there is a £20 agency fee inc vat per tenant to cover the drawing up of the lease, and the damage inventory.

  • Tenancy agreement: A tenancy agreement will be drawn up which all occupants must sign. The signing will take place as soon as the paperwork has been received, in a place to be agreed, usually the tenants present accommodation. You will be provided with a copy of the tenancy agreement.

  • BROADBAND. This is now the most frequent request! All of the accommodation has broadband hard-wired to every bedroom from 2004.There are conditions attached to broadband use in Hillcrest and Heulwen, where several flats use the same line and ISP (You will need daily updated antispy, trojan and virus software installed at your expense or risk disconnection). In Fairview, Blue Gardens and Cae Tynyfron, you will organize your own ISP and telephone line (already connected) but l supply the router and will maintain the wired connections. You will need your own cable to connect from your PC to the wall in your bedroom. All the routers we supply have wifi, but cannot guarantee all corners of every house or flat can be reached!

  • Insurance. It is a recommendation that tenants insure their contents prior to commencement of the agreement. Landlords insurance may not cover tenants possessions, or damage caused to the fabric or furnishings within the property. Neither Aber Student nor the landlord can be held responsible in the event of any loss or damage arising from a tenant having inadequately insured their own belongings.

  • Repairs. If anything doesn't work, it will be fixed as soon as possible, the part ordered the same day. Please ask present tenants to see if we keep our promises. We treat students the same way as holidaymakers- valued customers. Be assured that you will get value for money. We have one tenant who has been with us for 5 years, another 2 for 3 years, 8 for two years, and one house is trying to reserve it for the year after next after a year in industry.

  • Changeovers. The leases are run back to back without a break so that arriving tenants can be thrown out of hall on Saturday morning (31st May 2008) and within 4-6 hours move their belongings in to their new accommodation. So if there are any minor works - usually due to having to upgrade for Environmental Health regulations, these will be carried out over the summer period, to avoid any disturbances once the September term is underway. Any room which is uninhabitable for any reason during this period will have the rent refunded at the same rate as it is being paid. Major work will involve the whole flat/house being withdrawn from letting for the summer. Obviously any works planned will be discussed with the tenants as soon as they are foreseen, and in the case of major work planned, before leases are signed.

  • Rent is payable by monthly standing order if paid by the guarantor or parent, or by 4 separate payments for those relying on the Student Loan Company using either standing order or internet banking. Apart from the initial rent payment, cheques will not be acceptable.

  • For example if you agree to a rent of £56 per week you will each pay a booking deposit of £50 on initial agreement, and on signing the lease the agency fee and the first months rental less the booking deposit: £242.66+ £10 = £202.66 and either;

    a) Your guarantor/parent will pay by standing order 11 payments of £242.66 from July 1st 2008, total of £2922.

    b) If you are relying on the Student Loan Company (to coincide with loan payments) you will pay the remainder of the first 15 weeks rent £597.34 by standing order/internet banking on 1st July, (16 weeks) £896 on 1st October, (16 weeks) £896 on 10th January and (5 weeks) £280 on 25th April a total of £2922.