Those that have enrolled describe gruelling searches which have left them short of hope and embroiled in bidding wars.
One student revealed that despite a three-month search for a flat, blanket bans on students and bidding wars over rents has made it near impossible.
There has been no significant rise in the number of students attending the university, which has also increased rooms for students by 25 per cent, yet some have also been advised to pause their studies. Despite enquiring for upward of 50 flats, they only managed to secure four viewings during the summer-long search.
Despite sending an inquiry on a Saturday evening and calling at 9am on Monday, she did not get to view the flat. “I don’t know whether this comes from the letting agency or the landlord, but the letting agency said so many people have been doing it that they've had to put the box on the form. “It seems very wrong,” she added. “You’re being outbid and sometimes this is without even viewing the flat.”
“It's obviously not the students’ fault,” he said. “I find it even harder to try and get a long-term tenancy, because there's a massive influx of students.”
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