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Student Tenancy - Can he live there now he's left Uni?
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Sleepysophie
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My son was dropped off his uni course - he claims due to medical needs his attendance suffered and they made the decision to ask him to leave as he could not produce evidence of his ill health...
Anyway - it is his final term and I am his guarantor so we / I have about £1400 left to pay as they frontload the rent on the first two terms.
He is insistent that if we have to pay (of course we do) then he will stay in the flat until the end of the year.
Its a Halls type residence. However, I am curious as I am sure you have to be a student to stay in Student Halls?
If he is no longer a student then will he be allowed to live there, even if the rent is paid?
I don't want him to go back as its 3 hours away and I just want him to get a job.
Anyway - it is his final term and I am his guarantor so we / I have about £1400 left to pay as they frontload the rent on the first two terms.
He is insistent that if we have to pay (of course we do) then he will stay in the flat until the end of the year.
Its a Halls type residence. However, I am curious as I am sure you have to be a student to stay in Student Halls?
If he is no longer a student then will he be allowed to live there, even if the rent is paid?
I don't want him to go back as its 3 hours away and I just want him to get a job.
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Does the contract have anything specific to say about this? That would need to be your starting point. I think now there’s likely to be something in there about needing to be a student to stay there. And possibly either a break clause or something about having to pay rent if they can’t find anyone to take your son’s place.All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.1 -
Private student halls or university owned?I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0
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If he is officially no longer a student, then Council Tax may cause issues. Something to be aware of before he gets an unexpected bill.
But a banker, engaged at enormous expense,Had the whole of their cash in his care.
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I work in Private Provider Student Accommodation and our terms would be that although he has dropped out of Uni, he couldn’t provide them with medical evidence and therefore has forced himself out of Uni and would be liable for the contract. We do allow medical cancellations and we request evidence of this. If he couldn’t provide it to uni, he wouldn’t provide it to us. He would need to find someone to take over the tenancy if he doesn’t want the financial burden.1
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That would be an issue in a student house share, it won’t apply to student halls.theoretica said:If he is officially no longer a student, then Council Tax may cause issues. Something to be aware of before he gets an unexpected bill.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.2 -
Acknowledging that you know your child and that there's a limited amount of information in your post, I went to university with someone who killed themselves after dropping out from uni due to poor attendance. He had been to his GP for help but felt he wasn't taken seriously and no one who knew him thought he had anything 'clinically' wrong with him.Sleepysophie said:My son was dropped off his uni course - he claims due to medical needs his attendance suffered and they made the decision to ask him to leave as he could not produce evidence of his ill health...
I'm not in anyway suggesting you are unsupportive of him in person or that he is actually suffering with any undiagnosed issues, but stress and depression present differently in different people.I'm not an early bird or a night owl; I’m some form of permanently exhausted pigeon.1 -
@ArbitaryRandom That sounds horrific! I'm so sorry you experienced that.
My son's illnesses were more around him constantly having tonsilitis / glandular fever etc. dare I say from partying too hard and for too long? He has had issues with mental health as most teens do nowadays and he "came out" about 18 months ago but I believe as a family we have been very supportive of him. When he dropped out we didn't give him a hard time at all. We are probably too soft if anything? / if thats even possible? because I am terrified of anything happening to him in the way you have described in your experience. This is probably why I want him home and not miles away. However he is insistent now that if he has to pay for the accommodation he is going to live there. On the flip side, he has lots of friends there - his flat mates adore him but I just want him home and I thought if he wasn't allowed to occupy the flat if he isn't a student anymore, it would help me in my quest to keep him here.1 -
silvercar said:Private student halls or university owned?
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Yeah - he accepts he can't get out of the contract so he's going to live in it.elsien said:Does the contract have anything specific to say about this? That would need to be your starting point. I think now there’s likely to be something in there about needing to be a student to stay there. And possibly either a break clause or something about having to pay rent if they can’t find anyone to take your son’s place.0 -
I meant, does the contract specify what happens if he does leave the course and is no longer a student.How is he planning to support himself while still living there? Because if he expects you to fund his other living expenses, there’s an easy answer.All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.0
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