Sheffield - don't be fooled by reputation! (Private accommodation in general)

Member Name: gibbon

Product:	Private accommodation in general
Date:	22/02/01 (1081 review reads)
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Advantages: Lots of property in Sheffield

Disadvantages: Landlords will rent anything

Finding a student house, is one of those hurdles designed to make maximum discord with all your mates. If you don't fall out over who get the lovely attic room and who gets the box room you can wait for rows over phone bills and washing up!

Sheffield, as the university love to say, does have a surplus of student accommodation but this doesn’t stop potential landlords trying to rip you off especially if you head of one of the known student areas.

Areas such as Crookes, Broomhill and Ecclesall are really popular with students and therefore the rents are incredibly high - for Sheffield anyway with people paying upwards of £45 a week. Which when you consider the cost of buying a house in Sheffield is quite a lot of profit. Now if you must live in a student area to enjoy those studenty pubs and a plethora of takeaways then look early as housing goes soon.

If you are working to a budget I think areas not considered great by students are well worth a look. Walkley, Broomhall and Hillsborough do have some decent student housing. Having lived in Crookes and Walkley I reckon Walkley is much nicer and also you don't have a massive great hill to walk up every day. Rents here can be low as £30 a week. The only downside is there is no cash point in Walkley. Hillsborough may be a little far away but there is a tram link and a Morrisons (the best supermarket in Sheffield).

If you are really brave, then think about renting from the council. They have a surplus of property and rent to a number of students. They publish a leaflet of flats and areas for rent and it's worth a look. They rent furnished and unfurnished properties. I'd think about where you might live, some places like the Manor are very student unfriendly I hear!! But there are properties, behind Broad Lane Court (near Mappin) which are about 2 minutes walk from Sheffield Uni. Besides that there are properties at the other side of town nearer to Ha
llam. They are well worth a look as rents are about £39 for a three bedroom flat (that's total not individual price) and tenancy is secured, you have to give 4 weeks notice to leave but you're not tied in for any period of time.

Whatever you decide to do the most important thing is not to be swayed by where people think is cool/ studenty etc but to have an open mind and you might just find a bargain!!

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