Are you looking for a student hostel to pass the next course? Are you a total newbie in the rental world?
Follow these directions and you will not regret
10 Tips To Find The Ideal Student Hostel
Although you need something very cheap, you must demand a minimum to be comfortable and spend the whole year quiet.
When they show you the possible flats to rent, do not be embarrassed to ask questions and a few essential checks:
1.Water pressure
Open the faucets and the shower. Nothing cuts the roll more than taking a shower under a trickle with which you cannot rinse the shampoo.
Look well if the faucets work properly and find out where the stopcocks are in case you have to cut the water at some point.
2.Cooker
You will have to see if you prefer to have a gas cylinder or electric boiler. The natural gas are more comfortable and safe, but the receipt is somewhat more expensive.
A gas cylinder has the hassle of having to be asking for bottles every few days and carrying them from one side of the house to the other.
3.Air condition
Unless we live in a tropical country, heating is important. Ask the landlord or landlady what system the house has and put it to work during the visit to see if the radiators heat up or the appliance works.
You should also check the insulation of the house. If you have a wonderful heating but some windows that do not close well, you’ll freeze and ruin. If you find a flat with central heating, put it on top of the list: you have the white blackbird of the rents.
4.Utility and condition of the furniture
Student floors often have the ugliest and most worn furniture in the world.
The aesthetic issue is already a theme of each and surely you can give the house to the staff touch to not feel as if you lived among the remains of a market, but what you have to check is whether the mattress is comfortable and relatively new (if not, but the house interests you, negotiate with the owners to change it), if you have a good closet and if the table you will use to study fits your measurements.
5.Light
A very dark house is a sadness, but beyond that, the important thing that is that our house should provide us with a good place to study, and without light we will have it difficult.
If the house is wonderful (except for the lack of light), we can always spend on buying many bulbs and then fortune a month to keep them, but if we can have a good natural light, it will be much better.
6.Blinds
You have to check if they close and open well during the visit. There are very nice landlords who immediately fix all the damages, but others try to charge you with things that do not belong to you.
Check everything thoroughly and negotiate the arrangements. And if you think that a blind is not important, remember the last time you went to bed when it was daylight.
7.Home appliances
Open the fridge, turn on the oven, the microwave, the washing machine, the stove, everything must work well so you do not get tricked by the rent. Remember that, as a tenant, you have rights.
8.Trash
Looking now at the pros and cons of the neighborhood, in addition to the proximity to the faculty, the ease of access to public transport and noise at night, a very important thing that we do not have too much in mind is the issue of garbage .
If we have to walk to kilometer to throw away our waste, the trash will accumulate at home longer than it should and we will not recycle anything. Make sure you have containers nearby.
9.Shops
Another very important thing is where are we going to make our purchase. Ask what supermarkets are closest and what chain they are (we all have our favorites).
The ideal is that you can walk from your home and do not have to carry bags on public transport.
10.Security
Yes, the security of a neighborhood may not matter to us at first, but it is an issue to be taken into account.
It is not about living alone in walled urbanizations, but it is important that we feel at ease when going home. Look if the neighborhood has a high crime rate and if the lighting on the way to the house is good.
The course is about to start and you should be very focused to get your degree without problems, so put your batteries and find your ideal student flat.
