Student digs are unfit for human occupancy (Accommodation in general)

Name: nicorebel

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Product:	Accommodation in general
Date:	08/03/06 (175 review reads)
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Advantages: Extract revenge on the landlord...

Disadvantages: Overpriced, scummy, stingey and greedy landlords, crap furniture

I resided in many a student dig in London. I observed that prisoners (mostly the scurge of society) must live in better conditions than us as student digs are not regulated/monitored whatsoever.

All my landlords were greedy fat pigs, charging excessive rents, providing us with manky (no doubt extracted from skips) furniture and not repairing the house. Once landlady painted over a crack with paint and her fire alarms did not work. It appears to me they are happy to take our money but not provide us with a house that is fit to live in. Plus many of my landlords made us pay extra for bills, did not provide a living room and any thing extra, really stingey. Anyway my first landlady was a miserable irritating woman and I extracted my revenge in a number of ways. Firstly before I left her house, I stuck a load of food behind the fridge (hope it's still rotting now, several years on), dumped all our cones in her poxy airing cupboard, wrote a letter of complaint to out Student Union Housing officer (she got blacklisted) and used to fill out forms so she would received heaps of unwanted junk mail and packages that she would have to pay for!. Serves her right, this is easy revenge that I suggest all of you who have been messed around by landlords, participate in. Landlords should be monitored, houses should be inspected, fitted with decent furniture, fire alarms, proper locks. Students are very vulnerable and rarely respected - no wonder they trash student houses as they are provided with crap to live in in the first place. I suggest if you are naive or new to being a student here are my tips to look out for when checking out student houses -
- makesure fire alarms are fitted and work
- Take a note of any already damaged goods (as if you don't, the landlord will more than likely blame you)
- ask how bills are paid and try to get a discount
- is there an oven, cooker etc?
- is the fridge big enough?
- try to get a house with a living room, it's more sociable instead of hanging around in someone's bedroom
- makesure you have a lock on your door
- check that lights work
- ask about heating
- if the place is filthy, ask them for a discount or makesure it is cleaned before you move in.
Hope this is all helpful. in an ideal world you should not have to check all this , it should be fine, however that's most landlords for you - greedy and stingey.

Summary: tudent houses downsides, tips when looking for houses and more