{"id":2092,"date":"2019-01-16T10:49:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T10:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentstudents\/?p=2092"},"modified":"2019-01-16T10:49:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T10:49:27","slug":"student-housing-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentstudents\/2019\/01\/16\/student-housing-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Student housing tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2094\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentstudents\/files\/2019\/01\/studenthousing-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"An image of students relaxing in a kitchen\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentstudents\/files\/2019\/01\/studenthousing-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentstudents\/files\/2019\/01\/studenthousing.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Think about who you want to live with &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0This is probably one of the most important decisions you\u2019ve made since picking Kent. Who you live with has a massive impact on your university experience<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t be afraid to say no to your friends<\/strong> \u2013 sometimes you can be friends with someone but know that living with them just wouldn\u2019t work out. If you think your friendship won\u2019t survive the 100<sup>th<\/sup> argument about who needs to take the bin out, then politely tell them that it just might not be the best idea<\/p>\n<p>If you want to continue living with your current housemates&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t be afraid to ask people early<\/strong> \u2013 everyone is in the same boat and will appreciate some else taking the lead<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t be afraid to ask questions<\/strong> &#8211; I\u2019ve looked at houses that have visible damp and mould. You don\u2019t have to keep your questions to the landlord\/agent, ask any current tenants what they think about the house, and ask other students who are already living off campus. If there are any issues with the house ask the agent about them and if they\u2019re due to be fixed, then email to get this confirmed. Whilst it might not be part of your contract at least you have some proof<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research The Agents &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Whilst word of mouth is a great way to get information, it\u2019s also a good idea to check out all the reviews online, but keep in mind that they might not all be what they appear. Double check fees, you don\u2019t want to get to the last week of your tenancy before finding out there\u2019s an eighty-pound moving fee.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentstudents\/lucy-webb\/\">This post is by Lucy Webb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think about who you want to live with &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0This is probably one of the most important decisions you\u2019ve made since picking Kent. Who you live &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentstudents\/2019\/01\/16\/student-housing-tips\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57904,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[789,9871],"tags":[143731,19158,5349,23268,8814,135294,205722,37,143768,74],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57904"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2092"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2095,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092\/revisions\/2095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}