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Being Guarantor For Son's Student Accommodation

Anoneemoose · 2016-04-08 09:58:09

Hi, I have just received a letter asking me to be guarantor for my son's rent for the next Uni year. It states potential liability of £3498 in rent if he should default. I totally understand this side of things, but I wondered whether it would be possible to get them to add something into the contract such as letting me…

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theoretica Posts: 12,691 Forumite

10 April 2016 at 2:16PM

foolofbeans wrote: »

But unless he has a guarantor he won't get the tenancy so there will be no rent to pay surely?

Oh dear, I meant as an ongoing condition when he paid rent - or face parental enquiries - rather than putting the requirement to notify of issues on the landlord.

But a banker, engaged at enormous expense,

Had the whole of their cash in his care.
Lewis Carroll

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