Making Sure Your Student Accommodation Is Safe
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Going to the university is a dream for a lot of students, but if you don’t have a safe place to stay you can live in a nightmare. Good accommodation is essential for your learning. If you are safe you can concentrate on your studies and your family can stay calm about you and your life at the University. Looking for a student house in Southampton is not an easy task. You have to search on the websites, go to the locations, ask the neighborhood about the place, take pictures, take notes, and after that, you can sit and decide the best place for your security. Before everything you can create a big list with all the things that you need to analyze before rent. Such as electrical system, water, gas, and where you can see all the emergency buttons are, Criminal facts, safe transportation, safe walking during the day and night, the age of the Installation, fire, and more.
Knowing the city
When you are from the same city that you will study in you can know about all the safe places to live. But sometimes you need more information about Studyhomes that are far away from your house. You know that Southampton is the 6th safest city in the UK. Inside the Universities is safer for the Southampton students from the first year. But let’s see some pieces of information from other places in the city. According to the site Crimerate, the safest neighborhoods in Southampton are Bassett Green, Highfield & University, and Sholing East in this sequence. And the most dangerous regions are Central Southampton west, Newtown & Nicholstown, Shirley Warren in this sequence.
Choosing the place
Inside the University
Southampton is a city that has a lot of students and they are living everywhere. Because of if you can find a lot of places to live from the University to the neighborhood. The safest place for students is inside the University because these places have staff who can take care of the students. The students don’t need to take buses or other transportation to go to the classes. They can leave both places by bike or walking. Inside the University they can think only to study. the rest of it is from the UNiversity. There the students can go to the library late at night and study in peace. This place was a project for you to enjoy all the things at the University. This is the first studyhomes you have to look for.
Flats
In Southampton have a lot of building that was built specifically for Southampton students. They are big building complexes that have a lot of flats and the best, they are next to the University. In these Buildings the students can have a lot of things to do, they have many things to students feel safe like camera systems, an onsite service team, secure access, Content insurance, a fire system, and 24 assistance. After the first year at the University, a lot of students leave the dorms from the university they go to outside accommodations. This is the best option for your safe.
Student houses in Southampton
This might be the last option if you are looking for safe places. Some houses are far from the University, the students have to take the bus or walk long distances to go to the classes. When they need to stay at the library late. When they live far away from the university they have to walk on the streets so late and maybe happens some bad things.
Houses
After the construction of the Universities in Southampton, a lot of people adapted their homes to receive students and rent these houses. They are normal houses where a group of students can stay for a long period. Try to find these places next to the UNiversity. You can take a map on your phone, open the map, and you will find a lot of houses that are for rent. After that, you can observe on the map the qualification of the house, comments, and photos. Then, you can go there and observe the house and the neighborhood. This is for the houses next to the University.
Asking for help
When are having some difficulties finding a good place you can ask for help. On the University website, you can find a lot of options for living, some flats are from the university. But this is for Postgraduate students or mature students. Another option is looking for a real state agency, they know all the places in the city and tell you what are the best places with a good price. If you are a second-year or postgraduate or mature student you have friends from the University, talk with them, they maybe know about the places ad you can live with them. Live with friends is safer than being an unknown person.
Safe houses - Things that you have to pay attention
1. Woking alarm - if it is house check all the rooms, it is flat you have to check if all the floors have it.
2. Gas safe certificate and a place to turn off in one emergency, it’s easy to find?
3. Perfonce energy certificate. And is all the electrical Installation working?
4. Hot water and heating are working?
5. most important, your landlord has to present these documents for you, this is mandatory.
6. After moving, and you have any problem you can ask in writing or e-mail because this has more proof that you are asking to solve the problem.
Every time you need new accommodation don’t forget to analyze all the things that you read here. Then you can have a safe place to live. Sometimes the people believe that they can solve all the problems and are brave to face the risk. But you have to think about your safety and your parents that are trusting in you and the place that you are. We know that a lot of houses are safe but, sometimes you can find something that they didn’t see it. Because you must not make a decision at the moment that you are at the house. Take notes about everything, go to your parent’s home and ask for them to help you to decide.
