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Landlord Guide: Student Renting

Written on November 10, 2011 – 4:21 pm | by admin

If you are already a landlord then you will know how important the student market is to your business especially if you operate in a city with a university or a well known college. If you are thinking about getting into the letting game then it is important to know that students will make up a large base of your clients. Here are some handy tips for letting your properties to student.

Most students will prefer to have a bigger bedroom than they will the lounge. It is in their rooms that students will spend most of their time so try and ensure that the properties that you advertise as students houses or flats have big bedrooms as it is these that will attract the most attention. Even going as far as partitioning the living room and making an extra bedroom will do wonders to your appeal to the student market.

Double beds are also a must for student flats and try and do your best to squeeze them into even the smallest of bedrooms. It is often one of the things that students look for when deciding what flat or house to rent. Furthermore it is also important to have the proper contents insurance and looking at the likes of Just Landlords can help you with this. Student flats and houses will usually always have some form of damage come the end of term of the end of their lease and if you have the proper insurance cover in place then it will be of no extra cost to yourself in terms of replacing or repairing the damaged item in question. Modifying your properties to suit the needs of students may seem like a drastic step in the short term but in the bigger scheme of things it will result in a much larger client base for your business.