Current Properties
General Information
- All the accommodation is NON-SMOKING only. The smoking ban includes your guests and not smoking outside the premises.
- In the flats Hillcrest and
Heulwen l am looking for students looking for the QUIET life. In the
houses (which are mostly detached) you will only disturb each other.
- Deposits: £300
each for houses £150 each for flats
- 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 which will form part of the deposit on satisfactory completion and signing of the lease (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 and redocumenting. See the example below (para14).
- 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 If we have not received the signed forms from your guarantor within this time your application may be withdrawn and your booking deposit forfeited.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. It is acceptable for foreign students to pay the whole amount for the year in advance if they have no UK guarantor.
- 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 tenant's present accommodation, or our office. 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 St Georges Terrace, where several flats use the same line and ISP (You will need virus software installed on your PC 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. Virtually all tenants stay until their
stay in Abersytwyth ends. The record is 6 years.
- Changeovers. The lease will normally begin on June 5th 2010, but under the half rent summer retainer scheme, keys will be handed out on 18th September 2010. This is to allow any upgrades to be carried out. With new HMO (houses in multiple occupation) being implemented THIS year, the Environmental Health dept are in the process of examining EVERY student HMO with a view to improving your living quarters. So various upgrades planned by me or improvements ordered by them, will be carried out between those two dates. Because of this, anyone wishing to stay over the summer had better discuss with me beforehand!
- Summer retainers. The summer retainer scheme works
between 5th June 2010 and 18th September 2010. By agreeing not to be
in the premises over the summer recess you can pay only HALF RENT
for these 15 weeks. This is payable by the start of the
summer recess and is in the region of £540+ depending on which flat
etc
- Rent is payable by monthly standing order if paid by the guarantor or parent, or by 3 (not inc summer retainer) separate payments for those relying on the Student Loan Company using either standing order or internet banking. Apart from the initial reservation deposit, cheques will not be acceptable.
- For example if you agree to a rent of £72 per week you will each pay a booking deposit of £50 on initial agreement. You will fill in the online application form. I will send off the documentation based on these to parents/guarantors/credit agencies etc
- Within 2 weeks, having received back the parental guarantee, and on signing the lease, you will each pay the rest
(ie minus the £50)
of the deposit and then;
a) Your guarantor/parent will pay by standing order 12 payments of £267 from June 1st 2010, total of £3204 (ie to reach me by 5th of the month)
b) OR If you are relying on the Student Loan Company (to coincide with loan payments) you will pay the £540 (15 weeks half rent) by standing order/internet banking on 1st June 2010, £1152 (16 weeks) on 1st October, (16 weeks) £1152 on 12th January 2011(16weeks) and £360.00 (5 weeks) on 2nd May 2011 a total of £3204.