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Giving you weekly tips to help you through your uni days.
 

6 Most Common Ways Students Lose Their Deposits

Posted by Craig Sullivan on Wednesday, January 4, 2017


Want a guaranteed way to ensure you don't lose out on your student house deposit? Well, you're in the right place! At the end of your tenancy, it's quite possible that you'll not remember every fine detail of the agreed check out. So when it’s time to say goodbye to your student digs, it's usually good practice to revisit the tenancy agreement and just refresh your memory so that don't fall foul of the following deposit stingers...

1. Checking the Inventory 
This probably sounds pretty obviou...


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6 Tips For Keeping Your Student House Safe At Christmas!

Posted by Student Accommodation Gillingham on Tuesday, December 13, 2016


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Are you "Driving (going) Home for Christmas"? Well we’ve got 6 tips for you on how to keep your uni house safe over the festive period.

1. Take Valuables Home With You

If you’re going home for Christmas, take your valuables with you. Some of the most hit areas for thefts and burglaries have been those that are highly populated with students. 

Thieves know student houses are very likely to contain multiple laptops, phones and other portable devices. Take yours with you, or secure the...


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Best Hot Drinks in Gills for Students!

Posted by Craig Sullivan on Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Best Hot Drinks in Gillingham! 


With the Christmas season upon us and the theme song from the John Lewis Advert in our heads, we set off to find the best Coffee and Hot chocolate in all the land (Gillingham)! After searching every coffee shop, back-street and alleyway, we shortlisted our favourite mugs of festiveness for you guys to enjoy…

1. Costa Coffee
Orders: Regular Honeycomb Latte - £3.20 / Regular Toasted Marshmallow Hot Chocolate - £3.25

First stop was Costa Coffee, a mainstream Coffe...


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Christmas At Uni

Posted by Craig Sullivan on Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Christmas At Uni! 


Christmas is well on its way and fast approaching with not many sleeps left to go! If you’re anything like me then you’ll relish in the fact that it’s now an ‘acceptable’ time for you to decorate and make your house all Christmassy.

However, you’re at uni and you can’t rely on the abundance of Christmas decorations that are supplied by your parents. Well, fear not! Here are some tips to get your student homes ready for the festive period.

1. Take a Trip to the P...


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House of Horrors

Posted by Student Accommodation Gillingham on Monday, December 5, 2016 In : Tenant Tip 

House of Horrors - 7 Tips for Avoiding a Dodgy Student House!!

For the last two weeks, Drill Hall Library has been host to the House of Horrors Exhibition - to help make students aware of the possible pit-falls when choosing your student digs for the next academic year.

We met with Clara Lee, the President of Welfare at the University of Kent, who put together a fantastic showcase and ran us through the common issues Students face against rogue landlords in private rented houses.

If you missed t...


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